HB 183

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to special organized crime investigators;
3	amending s. 27.251, F.S.; specifying matters that may be
4	investigated by special organized crime investigators;
5	providing an effective date.
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7	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9	Section 1.  Section 27.251, Florida Statutes, is amended to
10	read:
11	27.251  Special organized crime investigators.--The state
12	attorney of each judicial circuit is authorized to employ any
13	municipal or county police officer or sheriff's deputy on a
14	full-time basis as an investigator for the state attorney's
15	office with full powers of arrest throughout the judicial
16	circuit provided such investigator serves on a special task
17	force to investigate matters involving organized crime,
18	including gang violence, or other criminal activity the
19	detection of which might benefit from an interagency task force
20	and, provided further, that the salary of such municipal or
21	county police officer or sheriff's deputy shall be paid by the
22	city, county, or sheriff by which the investigator is
23	principally employed, and with the consent of the county,
24	sheriff, or municipality. The arrest powers granted in this
25	section may herein shall be exercised only in the furtherance of
26	the conduct of the business of the special task force to which
27	such municipal or county police officer or sheriff's deputy is
28	assigned by the said state attorney.
29	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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