Florida Senate - 2017                             CS for SB 1092
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; and
       Senator Gainer
       
       
       
       
       586-02678-17                                          20171092c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to sheriffs providing child protective
    3         investigative services; amending s. 39.3065, F.S.;
    4         requiring the Walton County Sheriff to have the
    5         responsibility to provide all child protective
    6         investigations in Walton County beginning with a
    7         specified fiscal year; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
   12  39.3065, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         39.3065 Sheriffs of certain counties to provide child
   14  protective investigative services; procedures; funding.—
   15         (3)(a) Beginning in fiscal year 1999-2000, the sheriffs of
   16  Pasco County, Manatee County, Broward County, and Pinellas
   17  County have the responsibility to provide all child protective
   18  investigations in their respective counties. Beginning with the
   19  2017-2018 fiscal year, the Walton County Sheriff has the
   20  responsibility to provide all child protective investigations in
   21  Walton County. Beginning in fiscal year 2000-2001, the
   22  Department of Children and Families is authorized to enter into
   23  grant agreements with sheriffs of other counties to perform
   24  child protective investigations in their respective counties.
   25         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.