HB 0891

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to persons appointed or employed to work
3	with children; requiring that each state or governmental
4	subdivision search the records of sexual predators and
5	sexual offenders maintained by the Department of Law
6	Enforcement before appointing or employing a person to
7	work or volunteer at a park, playground, day care center,
8	or other place where children regularly congregate;
9	authorizing use of the department's toll-free telephone
10	number or Internet site to conduct the search; providing
11	an effective date.
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13	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15	Section 1.  Search of registration information regarding
16	sexual predators and sexual offenders required prior to
17	appointment or employment.--A state agency or governmental
18	subdivision, prior to making any decision to appoint or employ a
19	person to work, whether for compensation or as a volunteer, at
20	any park, playground, day care center, or other place where
21	children regularly congregate, must conduct a search of that
22	person's name or other identifying information against the
23	registration information regarding sexual predators and sexual
24	offenders maintained by the Department of Law Enforcement under
25	section 943.043, Florida Statutes. The agency or governmental
26	subdivision may conduct the search using the toll-free telephone
27	number or the Internet site maintained by the Department of Law
28	Enforcement.
29	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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