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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to funding for sheriffs providing 2
child protective investigative services; amending s. 3
39.3065, F.S.; authorizing sheriffs who provide child 4
protective investigative services to carry forward a 5
certain percentage of unexpended state funds each 6
fiscal year; requiring certain funds to be returned to 7
the Department of Children and Families; prohibiting 8
funds carried forward from being used in cert ain ways; 9
requiring that certain expenditures be reported to the 10
department; requiring certain funds to be returned to 11
the department; providing an effective date. 12
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section 16
39.3065, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 17
39.3065 Sheriffs of certain counties to provide child 18
protective investigative services; procedures; funding. — 19
(3) 20
(c) Funds for providing child protective investigations 21
must be identified in the annual appropriation made to the 22
department, which shall award grants for the full amount 23
identified to the respective sheriffs' offices. Notwithstanding 24
ss. 216.181(16)(b) and 216.351, the department may advance 25
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payments to the sher iffs for child protective investigations. 26
The sheriffs may carry forward documented unexpended funds from 27
one fiscal year to the next. However, the cumulative amount 28
carried forward may not exceed 8 percent of the total contract 29
amount or grant award agree ment amount as specified in the 30
General Appropriations Act. Any unexpended funds in excess of 31
that amount must be returned to the department. The funds 32
carried forward may not be used to create increased recurring 33
future obligations or for any type of prog ram or service that is 34
not currently authorized by the existing contract or grant award 35
agreement with the department. The expenditure of funds carried 36
forward must be separately reported to the department. A sheriff 37
must return all unexpended funds to the department if that 38
sheriff's office will no longer be providing child protective 39
investigations. Funds for the child protective investigations 40
may not be integrated into the sheriffs' regular budgets. 41
Budgetary data and other data relating to the performa nce of 42
child protective investigations must be maintained separately 43
from all other records of the sheriffs' offices and reported to 44
the department as specified in the grant award agreement. 45
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 46