Florida Senate - 2019 (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7038
FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Infrastructure and
Security
596-00840A-19 20197038pb
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Department of Law Enforcement;
3 amending s. 943.0321, F.S.; renaming the Florida
4 Domestic Security and Counter-Terrorism Intelligence
5 Center as the Office of Domestic Security and
6 Counterterrorism; renaming the Florida Domestic
7 Security and Counter-Terrorism Database as the
8 Domestic Security and Counterterrorism Database;
9 providing an effective date.
10
11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Subsections (1), (2), and (4) of section
14 943.0321, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
15 943.0321 Office of The Florida Domestic Security and
16 Counterterrorism Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Center and the
17 Florida Domestic Security and Counterterrorism Counter-Terrorism
18 Database.—
19 (1)(a) There is created within the Department of Law
20 Enforcement the Office of Florida Domestic Security and
21 Counterterrorism Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Center.
22 (b) The Florida Domestic Security and Counterterrorism
23 Counter-Terrorism Database is created within the Office of
24 Florida Domestic Security and Counterterrorism Counter-Terrorism
25 Intelligence Center.
26 (2) The office intelligence center shall:
27 (a) Gather, document, and analyze active criminal
28 intelligence and criminal investigative information related to
29 terrorism, as defined in s. 775.30, including information
30 related to individuals or groups that plot, plan, or coordinate
31 acts of terrorism, as defined in s. 775.30, and that operate
32 within this state or otherwise commit acts affecting this state;
33 (b) Maintain and operate the Domestic Security and
34 Counterterrorism Counter-Terrorism Database; and
35 (c) Provide support and assistance to federal, state, and
36 local law enforcement agencies and prosecutors that investigate
37 or prosecute terrorism, as defined in s. 775.30.
38 (4)(a) Information that is exempt from public disclosure
39 under chapter 119 when in the possession of the office
40 intelligence center retains its exemption from public disclosure
41 after such information is revealed to a federal, state, or local
42 law enforcement agency or prosecutor, except as otherwise
43 provided by law.
44 (b) Information obtained by the office intelligence center
45 from a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency or
46 prosecutor which is exempt from public disclosure under state or
47 federal law when in the possession of a federal, state, or local
48 law enforcement agency or prosecutor retains its exemption from
49 public disclosure after such information is revealed to the
50 office intelligence center, except as otherwise provided by law.
51 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.