House Bill hb9057

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HR 9057

        By Representative Trovillion






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution designating the month of October

  3         2002 as "Children's Internet Protection

  4         Awareness Month."

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  6         WHEREAS, Internet and online technologies are an

  7  invaluable source of information, amusement, and pleasure for

  8  scores of users in Florida, providing a window on the world

  9  undreamed of a few short decades ago, and

10         WHEREAS, Florida's academic and educational

11  institutions have set the standard for the rest of the nation

12  in providing distance learning and the use of online

13  technology in classrooms, homes, and libraries, allowing

14  students to share coursework and class assignments with fellow

15  students and indeed with those around the world and is perhaps

16  unsurpassed in preparing children to perform research and to

17  better equip them in working toward undergraduate, graduate,

18  and professional degree programs and successful careers, and

19         WHEREAS, early in life, children become familiar with

20  today's advanced technology and are found to be especially

21  comfortable with computers, using them as tools in accessing

22  information in furtherance of educational and academic goals,

23  as well as for entertainment and as a means of interaction

24  with friends and classmates, family members, and others, and

25         WHEREAS, in addition to the positive benefits afforded

26  society, this remarkable technology also provides a means by

27  which unsuspecting users may be preyed upon, with children

28  being especially vulnerable to this type of exploitation, and

29         WHEREAS, believing that awareness and knowledge are

30  indispensable tools in safeguarding the well-being of children

31  and families, the Florida Peace Officers' Association, Inc.,

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HR 9057

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  1  has a long tradition of combatting crime and aggressively

  2  promoting safety by offering training and education on the

  3  elementary and secondary school levels through programs such

  4  as its "Consequences of Crime" and "Kids Against Crime

  5  Online," NOW, THEREFORE,

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  7  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  8  Florida:

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10         That the House of Representatives applauds the

11  outstanding efforts of the Florida Peace Officers'

12  Association, Inc., in striving toward increased safety for the

13  state's children and hereby designates the month of October

14  2002 as "Children's Internet Protection Month," a time during

15  which Florida residents are urged to focus their energies on

16  ensuring that use of the Internet is a safe, beneficial, and

17  pleasant experience for all Floridians.

18         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

19  be presented to the Florida Peace Officers' Association, Inc.,

20  as a tangible token of the sentiments expressed herein.

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