Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 652
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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The Committee on Criminal Justice (Pizzo) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Section 943.6872, Florida Statutes, is created
6 to read:
7 943.6872 Urban Core Gun Violence Task Force.—
8 (1) The Urban Core Gun Violence Task Force, a task force as
9 defined in s. 20.03, is created within the Department of Law
10 Enforcement. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
11 task force shall comply with the requirements of s. 20.052.
12 (2)(a) The 10-member task force shall convene no later than
13 September 1, 2020, and must be composed of 2 members appointed
14 by each of the following: the President of the Senate, the
15 Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
16 Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of
17 Representatives, and the Governor. Appointments must be made by
18 August 1, 2020. The Governor shall appoint a chair from among
19 the members. Members serve at the pleasure of the officer who
20 appointed them. A vacancy on the task force must be filled in
21 the same manner as the original appointment. At least five of
22 the task force members must be women and at least six must be
23 members of racial minority groups.
24 (b) The General Counsel of the Department of Law
25 Enforcement shall serve as the general counsel for the task
26 force.
27 (c) The chair shall assign staff from the Department of Law
28 Enforcement and the Department of Juvenile Justice to assist the
29 task force in performing its duties.
30 (d) The task force shall meet on a quarterly basis or at
31 the call of the chair, as necessary to conduct its work, at a
32 time and location in this state designated by the chair. The
33 task force may not conduct its meetings through teleconferences
34 or other similar means.
35 (3) The task force shall investigate system failures and
36 the causes of high crime rates and gun violence incidents in
37 urban core neighborhoods and communities. In addition, the task
38 force shall develop recommendations for solutions, programs,
39 services, and strategies for improved interagency communications
40 between local and state government agencies which will help
41 facilitate the reduction of crime and gun violence in urban core
42 neighborhoods and communities.
43 (4) The task force may call upon appropriate state
44 government agencies for such professional assistance as may be
45 needed in the discharge of its duties, and such agencies shall
46 provide such assistance in a timely manner.
47 (5) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the task
48 force may request and shall be provided with access to any
49 information or records that pertain to crime and gun violence
50 incidents in this state’s urban core neighborhoods and
51 communities. Information or records obtained by the task force
52 which are otherwise exempt or confidential and exempt shall
53 retain such exempt or confidential and exempt status, and the
54 task force may not disclose any such information or records.
55 (6) The task force shall submit an initial report on its
56 findings and recommendations to the Governor, the President of
57 the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by
58 January 1, 2021, and may issue reports annually thereafter.
59 (7) This section is repealed on December 31, 2025.
60 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
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62 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
63 And the title is amended as follows:
64 Delete everything before the enacting clause
65 and insert:
66 A bill to be entitled
67 An act relating to the Urban Core Gun Violence Task
68 Force; creating s. 943.6872, F.S.; creating the Urban
69 Core Gun Violence Task Force; requiring the task force
70 to comply with specified requirements; providing for
71 membership; providing for staff support; providing
72 requirements for meetings; specifying duties and
73 powers of the task force; authorizing the task force
74 to seek assistance from state agencies; providing for
75 access to certain information; requiring an initial
76 report; authorizing annual reports; providing for
77 repeal of the task force; providing an effective date.