| 1 | Representative Snyder offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove line 1994 and insert: |
| 5 | Section 37. (1) This section shall take effect July 1, |
| 6 | 2008. |
| 7 | (2) Coordinating Council on Criminal Gang Reduction |
| 8 | Strategies.-- |
| 9 | (a) The Coordinating Council on Criminal Gang Reduction |
| 10 | Strategies is established within the Department of Legal Affairs |
| 11 | and may consist of the following 11 members: |
| 12 | 1. The Attorney General or his or her designee. |
| 13 | 2. The executive director of the Department of law |
| 14 | Enforcement or his or her designee. |
| 15 | 3. The Commissioner of Education or his or her designee. |
| 16 | 4. The Secretary of Children and Family Services or his or |
| 17 | her designee. |
| 18 | 5. The Secretary of Corrections or his or her designee. |
| 19 | 6. The Secretary of Juvenile Justice or his or her |
| 20 | designee. |
| 21 | 7. The Director of the Office of Drug Control or his or |
| 22 | her designee. |
| 23 | 8. The Director of the Division of the Florida Highway |
| 24 | Patrol or his or her designee. |
| 25 | 9. The President of the Florida Sheriffs Association or |
| 26 | his or her designee. |
| 27 | 10. The President of the Florida Police Chiefs Association |
| 28 | or his or her designee. |
| 29 | 11. The President of the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys |
| 30 | Association or his or her designee. |
| 31 | (b) The Attorney General shall serve as chair of the |
| 32 | council, and the executive director of the Department of Law |
| 33 | Enforcement shall serve as vice chair of the council. In the |
| 34 | absence of the chair, the vice chair shall serve as chair. |
| 35 | (c) The council shall meet at the call of the chair. A |
| 36 | majority of the members of the council constitutes a quorum, and |
| 37 | action by a majority of the council shall be official. |
| 38 | (d) Members of the council may leave the council at any |
| 39 | time upon notification to chair. |
| 40 | (e) The council shall: |
| 41 | 1. Gather, compile, assimilate, and facilitate the |
| 42 | distribution to government agencies and community organizations |
| 43 | information on criminal gangs and at-risk youth prevention and |
| 44 | intervention programs in this state. |
| 45 | 2. Develop a statewide strategy to stop the growth of, |
| 46 | reduce the number of, and render ineffectual criminal gangs in |
| 47 | this state. |
| 48 | 3. Coordinate and give guidance and support to efforts by |
| 49 | federal, state, and local government agencies; federal, state |
| 50 | and local law enforcement agencies; at-risk youth prevention and |
| 51 | intervention organizations; elected officials and community |
| 52 | leaders to combat criminal gangs and reduce criminal gang- |
| 53 | related crime and violence in this state. |
| 54 | 4. Coordinate with any state agency, any political |
| 55 | subdivision, or any school district of the state in the |
| 56 | performance of its duties. |
| 57 | 5. Request from any department, division, board, bureau, |
| 58 | commission, or other agency of the state or of any political |
| 59 | subdivision thereof, cooperation and assistance in the |
| 60 | performance of its duties. |
| 61 | (f)1. The business of the council shall be presented to |
| 62 | the council in the form of an agenda. The agenda shall be set by |
| 63 | the chair and shall include items of business requested by the |
| 64 | council members. |
| 65 | 2. The minutes for each meeting shall be submitted to the |
| 66 | chair within 14 days after each meeting. |
| 67 | (g) The Office of the Attorney General shall provide staff |
| 68 | and administrative support to the council. |
| 69 | (h) Members of the council or their designees shall serve |
| 70 | without compensation. Notwithstanding s. 20.052, Florida |
| 71 | Statutes, members are not entitled to reimbursement for per diem |
| 72 | and travel expenses. |
| 73 | (i) The council shall be subject to the provisions of |
| 74 | chapter 119, Florida Statutes, related to public records, and |
| 75 | the provisions of chapter 286, Florida Statutes, related to |
| 76 | public meetings. |
| 77 | (j) The council shall cease to exist on November 1, 2008. |
| 78 | Section 38. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this |
| 79 | act, this act shall take effect October 1, 2008. |
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| 82 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 83 | Remove lines 87-88 and insert: |
| 84 | Division of Statutory Revision; creating the |
| 85 | Coordinating Council on Criminal Gang Reduction |
| 86 | Strategies; providing membership of the council; |
| 87 | providing duties of the council; providing for |
| 88 | expiration of the council; providing effective dates. |