Florida Senate - 2018                             CS for SB 1460
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Montford
       
       
       
       
       
       591-02322-18                                          20181460c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Joint Task Force on State
    3         Agency Law Enforcement Communications; amending s.
    4         282.709, F.S.; providing that a representative of the
    5         Florida Sheriffs Association shall be an appointed
    6         member of the Joint Task Force on State Agency Law
    7         Enforcement Communications; providing that the
    8         sheriff’s office that employs the representative must
    9         pay the per diem and travel expenses incurred by the
   10         representative; providing an effective date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (e) of subsection (2) of
   15  section 282.709, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   16         282.709 State agency law enforcement radio system and
   17  interoperability network.—
   18         (2) The Joint Task Force on State Agency Law Enforcement
   19  Communications is created adjunct to the department to advise
   20  the department of member-agency needs relating to the planning,
   21  designing, and establishment of the statewide communication
   22  system.
   23         (a) The Joint Task Force on State Agency Law Enforcement
   24  Communications shall consist of the following members:
   25         1. A representative of the Division of Alcoholic Beverages
   26  and Tobacco of the Department of Business and Professional
   27  Regulation who shall be appointed by the secretary of the
   28  department.
   29         2. A representative of the Division of Florida Highway
   30  Patrol of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
   31  who shall be appointed by the executive director of the
   32  department.
   33         3. A representative of the Department of Law Enforcement
   34  who shall be appointed by the executive director of the
   35  department.
   36         4. A representative of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
   37  Commission who shall be appointed by the executive director of
   38  the commission.
   39         5. A representative of the Department of Corrections who
   40  shall be appointed by the secretary of the department.
   41         6. A representative of the Department of Financial Services
   42  who shall be appointed by the Chief Financial Officer.
   43         7. A representative of the Department of Agriculture and
   44  Consumer Services who shall be appointed by the Commissioner of
   45  Agriculture.
   46         8. A representative of the Florida Sheriffs Association who
   47  shall be appointed by the president of the Florida Sheriffs
   48  Association.
   49         (e) The per diem and travel expenses incurred by a member
   50  of the joint task force who represents a state agency in
   51  attending task force its meetings and in attending to task force
   52  its affairs shall be paid pursuant to s. 112.061, from funds
   53  budgeted to the state agency that the member represents. The per
   54  diem and travel expenses incurred by the member of the task
   55  force who represents the Florida Sheriffs Association in
   56  attending task force meetings and in attending to task force
   57  affairs shall be paid pursuant to s. 112.061, by the sheriff’s
   58  office that employs the representative.
   59         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.