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The Committee on Transportation and Economic Development

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Appropriations (Hill) recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete everything after the enacting clause

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and insert:

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     Section 1.  Subsections (15) and (16) are added to section

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311.125, Florida Statutes, to read:

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     311.125  Uniform Port Access Credential System.--

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     (15) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

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may accept a Transportation Security Administration's

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Transportation Worker Identification Credential card in lieu of

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the Uniform Port Access Credential Card required under this

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section. For purposes of s. 311.12(3), state seaports shall

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accept the criminal history and security threat assessment

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conducted on individuals holding a valid Transportation Worker

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Identification Credential card as sufficient to authorize

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unescorted access to a seaport or restricted access area. The

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department may set and collect a fee for entering a

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Transportation Worker Identification Credential cardholder into

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the Uniform Port Access Credential System. The fee may not exceed

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the department's actual cost.

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     (16) This section expires July 1, 2009.

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     Section 2.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section

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943.053, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

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     943.053  Dissemination of criminal justice information;

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fees.--

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     (3)

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     (b)  The fee per record for criminal history information

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provided pursuant to this subsection is $23 per name submitted,

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except that the fee for vendors of the Department of Children and

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Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the

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Department of Elderly Affairs shall be $8 for each name

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submitted; the fee for a state criminal history provided for

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application processing as required by law to be performed by the

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Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall be $15 for

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each name submitted; and the fee for requests under the National

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Child Protection Act shall be $18 for each volunteer name

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submitted. The state offices of the Public Defender may shall not

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be assessed a fee for state Florida criminal history information

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or wanted person information. The state seaports identified in s.

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311.09 may not be assessed a fee for state criminal history

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information provided pursuant to s. 311.12(3).

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

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete everything before the enacting clause

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and insert:

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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to seaport security; amending s. 311.125,

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F.S.; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and

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Motor Vehicles to accept the Transportation Security

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Administration's Transportation Worker Identification

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Credential card in lieu of the Uniform Port Access

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Credential Card; authorizing the department to set and

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collect a fee; limiting the amount of such fee; providing

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for future repeal; amending s. 943.053, F.S.; exempting

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state seaports from the fee assessed by the Department of

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Law Enforcement for conducting state criminal history

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checks; providing an effective date.

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