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The Committee on Criminal Justice (Wilson) recommended the

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following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between line(s) 68 and 69

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insert:

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     Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 760.10, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     760.10  Unlawful employment practices.--

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     (1)  It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer:

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     (a)  To discharge or to fail or refuse to hire any

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individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual

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with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges

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of employment, because of such individual's race, color,

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religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap, or marital

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status.

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     (b)  To limit, segregate, or classify employees or

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applicants for employment in any way which would deprive or tend

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to deprive any individual of employment opportunities, or

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adversely affect any individual's status as an employee, because

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of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, national

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origin, age, handicap, or marital status.

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     (c)     With regard to an application for employment to

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request any information, to make or keep a record of such

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information, to use any form of application or application blank

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which requests such information, or to exclude, limit or

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otherwise discriminate against any person by reason of his or

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her failure to furnish such information through a written

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application or oral inquiry or otherwise regarding:

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     1. an arrest, detention, or disposition regarding any

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violation of law in which no conviction resulted;

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     2. a first and only conviction for any misdemeanor of the

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second degree; or

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     3. any conviction of a misdemeanor where the date of such

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conviction or the completion of any period of incarceration

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resulting there from, whichever date is later, occurred five or

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more years prior to the date of such application for employment

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or such request for information, unless such person has been

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convicted of any offense within five years immediately preceding

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the date of such application for employment or such request for

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information.

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No applicant for employment shall be held under any provision of

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any law to be guilty of perjury or of otherwise giving a false

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statement by reason of his failure to recite or acknowledge such

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information as he has a right to withhold by this subsection.

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(Redesignate Subsequent Section.)

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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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     On line 11, after the semicolon,

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insert:

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amending s. 760.10, F.S., prohibiting employers from

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requesting, making or keeping certain criminal history

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records; prohibiting the criminal prosecution for perjury

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in certain circumstances;

3/14/2008  10:43:00 AM     CJ.CJ.05002