| 1 | Representatives Hukill offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 627-649 and insert: |
| 5 | Section 15. Section 796.12, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 6 | to read: |
| 7 | 796.12 Payment for information pertaining to a violation |
| 8 | of chapter.--Any person providing information to a law |
| 9 | enforcement agency pursuant to s. 796.101 that materially |
| 10 | assists the law enforcement agency in the investigation of a |
| 11 | violation of this chapter that leads to a felony conviction or |
| 12 | withholding of adjudication shall be eligible for a $5,000 |
| 13 | payment from the Crime Stoppers Trust Fund within the Department |
| 14 | of Legal Affairs in furtherance of the crime fighting goals of |
| 15 | s. 16.555. Persons who were subject to any pending warrants, |
| 16 | indictments, or informations in any jurisdiction or were on any |
| 17 | community supervision at the time they provided the information |
| 18 | are not entitled to the payment. Law enforcement officers shall |
| 19 | not be eligible for the payment. Notwithstanding s. 16.555(5), |
| 20 | funds deposited in the Crime Stoppers Trust Fund within the |
| 21 | Department of Legal Affairs shall be available for the payments |
| 22 | authorized in this section, subject to any restrictions placed |
| 23 | on grants provided by a federal, state, or private entity |
| 24 | providing grant funds. |
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| 26 | ======= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ======= |
| 27 | Remove lines 57-60 and insert: |
| 28 | creating s. 796.12, F.S.; providing for payments from |
| 29 | a specified trust fund to persons who provide |
| 30 | information that materially assists law enforcement in |
| 31 | the investigation of specified violations leading to |
| 32 | felony convictions or withholdings of adjudication; |
| 33 | providing that certain persons are ineligible for |
| 34 | payments; amending |