HB 0891

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CHAMBER ACTION

1	The Committee on Public Safety & Crime Prevention recommends the
2	following:
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4	Committee Substitute
5	Remove the entire bill and insert:
6	A bill to be entitled
7	An act relating to persons appointed or employed to work
8	with children; requiring that each state or governmental
9	subdivision search the records of sexual predators and
10	sexual offenders maintained by the Department of Law
11	Enforcement before appointing or employing a person to
12	work or volunteer at a park, playground, day care center,
13	or other place where children regularly congregate;
14	authorizing the use of the department's Internet site to
15	conduct the search; providing an exception; providing an
16	effective date.
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18	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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20	Section 1.  Search of registration information regarding
21	sexual predators and sexual offenders required prior to
22	appointment or employment.--A state agency or governmental
23	subdivision, prior to making any decision to appoint or employ a
24	person to work, whether for compensation or as a volunteer, at
25	any park, playground, day care center, or other place where
26	children regularly congregate, must conduct a search of that
27	person's name or other identifying information against the
28	registration information regarding sexual predators and sexual
29	offenders maintained by the Department of Law Enforcement under
30	section 943.043, Florida Statutes. The agency or governmental
31	subdivision may conduct the search using the Internet site
32	maintained by the Department of Law Enforcement. This section
33	does not apply to those positions or appointments within a state
34	agency or governmental subdivision for which a state and
35	national criminal history background check is conducted.
36	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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