Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1302
       
       
       
       By Senator Storms
       
       
       
       
       10-01111A-10                                          20101302__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to victim advocate services; creating
    3         s. 1006.671, F.S.; requiring that each postsecondary
    4         educational institution provide an advocate to assist
    5         students who are victims of violent crime; requiring
    6         that the advocate complete a specified number of hours
    7         in victim advocacy training and enlist the assistance
    8         of public and voluntary health, education, welfare,
    9         and rehabilitation agencies or groups and law
   10         enforcement agencies; requiring that an advocate be
   11         made available on any campus that provides student
   12         housing or has a minimum number of full-time students;
   13         providing an effective date.
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   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Section 1006.671, Florida Statutes, is created
   18  to read:
   19         1006.671 Victim advocate services.—Each postsecondary
   20  educational institution shall provide an advocate to aid
   21  students who are victims of violent crime. The victim advocate
   22  must have completed at least 30 hours of victim advocacy
   23  training, and shall enlist the assistance of public and
   24  voluntary health, education, welfare, and rehabilitation
   25  agencies or groups and law enforcement agencies in coordinating
   26  services. An advocate must be made available on any campus that
   27  provides student housing or has 5,000 or more full-time
   28  students.
   29         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.