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Senator Crist moved the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between line(s) 151 and 152,

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insert:

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     Section 4. The Office of Program Policy Analysis and

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Government Accountability shall conduct an annual study to

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evaluate the effectiveness and cost-efficiency of pretrial

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release programs in this state. The study's scope shall include,

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but need not be limited to, gathering information pertaining to

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the funding sources of each pretrial release program, the nature

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of criminal convictions of defendants accepted into the programs,

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the number of failed court appearances by defendants accepted

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into each program, and the number of warrants issued subsequently

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by defendants in each program, as well as the program's

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compliance with the provisions of this section. OPPAGA shall

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submit a report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of

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the House of Representatives by January 1 of each year.

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line(s) 24, after the semicolon,

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insert:

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requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and

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Government Accountability to conduct a study to evaluate

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the effectiveness and cost-efficiency of pretrial release

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programs in this state; describing the scope of the study;

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requiring OPPAGA to submit a report of the study to the

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President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of

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Representatives by a specified date;

4/23/2008  8:10:00 PM     12-08570-08