Senate Bill sb1774e1

    SB 1774                                        First Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to persons appointed or

  3         employed to work with children; requiring that

  4         each state or governmental subdivision search

  5         the records of sexual predators and sexual

  6         offenders maintained by the Department of Law

  7         Enforcement before appointing or employing a

  8         person to work or volunteer at a park,

  9         playground, day care center, or other place

10         where children regularly congregate;

11         authorizing use of the department's Internet

12         site to conduct the search; providing an

13         exception; providing 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.  Search of registration information

18  regarding sexual predators and sexual offenders required prior

19  to appointment or employment.--A state agency or governmental

20  subdivision, prior to making any decision to appoint or employ

21  a person to work, whether for compensation or as a volunteer,

22  at any park, playground, day care center, or other place where

23  children regularly congregate, must conduct a search of that

24  person's name or other identifying information against the

25  registration information regarding sexual predators and sexual

26  offenders maintained by the Department of Law Enforcement

27  under section 943.043, Florida Statutes. The agency or

28  governmental subdivision may conduct the search using the

29  Internet site maintained by the Department of Law Enforcement.

30  This section does not apply to those positions or appointments

31  within a state agency or governmental subdivision for which a


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    SB 1774                                        First Engrossed



 1  state and national criminal history background check is

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 3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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