Florida Senate - 2015                                     SB 334
       
       
        
       By Senator Joyner
       
       
       
       
       
       19-00782-15                                            2015334__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to criminal history records of minors;
    3         amending s. 943.0515, F.S.; reducing the period for
    4         which the criminal history records of certain minors
    5         must be retained before expungement; providing an
    6         effective date.
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    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 943.0515, Florida
   11  Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         943.0515 Retention of criminal history records of minors.—
   13         (1)(a) The Criminal Justice Information Program shall
   14  retain the criminal history record of a minor who is classified
   15  as a serious or habitual juvenile offender or committed to a
   16  juvenile correctional facility or juvenile prison under chapter
   17  985 until the minor’s 18th birthday for 5 years after the date
   18  the offender reaches 21 years of age, at which time the record
   19  shall be expunged unless it meets the criteria of paragraph
   20  (2)(a) or paragraph (2)(b).
   21         (b) If the minor is not classified as a serious or habitual
   22  juvenile offender or committed to a juvenile correctional
   23  facility or juvenile prison under chapter 985, the program shall
   24  retain the minor’s criminal history record until the minor’s
   25  18th birthday for 5 years after the date the minor reaches 19
   26  years of age, at which time the record shall be expunged unless
   27  it meets the criteria of paragraph (2)(a) or paragraph (2)(b).
   28         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.