Senate Bill sb1216

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1216

    By Senator Bennett





    21-629A-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to domestic violence centers;

  3         amending ss. 39.903 and 39.905, F.S.; providing

  4         for the statewide association under contract

  5         with the Department of Children and Family

  6         Services to provide technical assistance to

  7         certified domestic violence centers; requiring

  8         the association to administer and evaluate

  9         services provided by those centers; providing

10         for the distribution of funds to certified

11         domestic violence centers according to a

12         formula approved by the department; providing

13         an effective date.

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15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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17         Section 1.  Subsection (7) of section 39.903, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         39.903  Duties and functions of the department with

20  respect to domestic violence.--

21         (7)  The department shall contract with a statewide

22  association whose primary purpose is to represent and provide

23  technical assistance to certified domestic violence centers.

24  This association shall administer and evaluate all services

25  provided by the certified domestic violence centers receive 2

26  percent of the Domestic Violence Trust Fund for this purpose.

27  In distributing funds allocated by the Legislature for

28  certified domestic violence centers, the association shall use

29  a formula approved by the department as specified in s.

30  39.905(7)(a).

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1216
    21-629A-03




  1         Section 2.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section

  2  39.905, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

  3         39.905  Domestic violence centers.--

  4         (7)(a)  All funds collected and appropriated to the

  5  domestic violence program for certified domestic violence

  6  centers shall be distributed annually by the department to

  7  each district according to an allocation formula approved

  8  determined by the department.  In developing the formula, the

  9  factors of department shall consider population, the a rural

10  characteristics and geographical area factor, and the

11  incidence of domestic violence shall be considered.

12         Section 3.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.

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16    Requires a statewide association to provide technical
      assistance to certified domestic violence centers under a
17    contract with the Department of Children and Family
      Services. Requires the association to distribute funds to
18    certified domestic violence centers according to a
      formula approved by the department.
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