Florida 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1093 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to the Community Violence Task Force; 2
16	16	creating the task force within the Department of Law 3
17	17	Enforcement; providing for membership, duties, and 4
18	18	meetings of the task force; requiring state agencies 5
19	19	to provide assistance when requested; authorizing the 6
20	20	task force to receive exempt or confidential and 7
21	21	exempt information and specifying that the information 8
22	22	maintains such status; requiring the task for ce to 9
23	23	submit a report to the Governor and Legislature by a 10
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27	27	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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29	29	Section 1. Community Violence Task Force .— 16
30	30	(1) The Community Violence Task Force, a task force as 17
31	31	defined in s. 20.03(8), Florida Statutes, is created within the 18
32	32	Department of Law Enforcement. Except as otherwise provided in 19
33	33	this section, the task force shall comply with the requirements 20
34	34	of s. 20.052, Florida Statutes. 21
35	35	(2)(a) The task force shall consist of 15 members as 22
36	36	follows: 23
37	37	1. Four members appointed by the Governor, one of whom the 24
38	38	Governor shall designate as the chair of the task force. 25
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52	52	two of whom must be members of the Legislative Black Caucus of 27
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54	54	3. Four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of 29
55	55	Representatives, two of whom must be members of the Legislative 30
56	56	Black Caucus of the Florida House of Representatives. 31
57	57	4. A representative from the Florida Sheriffs Association, 32
58	58	nominated by the executive director and appointed by the 33
59	59	Governor. 34
60	60	5. A representative from the Florida Police Chiefs 35
61	61	Association, nominated by the executive director and appoi nted 36
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63	63	6. The Secretary of Children and Families, or his or her 38
64	64	designee. 39
65	65	(b) Members must be appointed no later than August 1, 40
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67	67	them, and a vacancy on the task force must b e filled in the same 42
68	68	manner as the original appointment. Members of the task force 43
69	69	shall serve without compensation but are entitled to 44
70	70	reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses pursuant to s. 45
71	71	112.061, Florida Statutes. 46
72	72	(c) The task force shall meet at the call of the chair at 47
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88	88	(3) The task force shall review system failures and the 51
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90	90	neighborhoods and communities. In addition, the task force shall 53
91	91	develop recommendations for solutions, programs, services, and 54
92	92	strategies for improved interagency communication between local 55
93	93	and state governmental agencies to help facilitate the reduction 56
94	94	of crime and violence in urban core neighborhoods and 57
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97	97	staffing and administrative assistance to the task force in 60
98	98	performing its dutie s. The task force may call upon other state 61
99	99	agencies for such professional assistance as may be needed in 62
100	100	the discharge of its duties, and such agencies shall provide 63
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102	102	(5) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the 65
103	103	task force may request and shall be provided with access to any 66
104	104	information or records that pertain to crime or violent 67
105	105	incidents in this state's urban core neighborhoods and 68
106	106	communities. Information or records obtained by the task force 69
107	107	which are otherwise exempt or confidential and exempt shall 70
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109	109	task force may not disclose any such information or records. 72
110	110	(6) The task force shall submit a report on its findings 73
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126	126	(7) This section expires June 30, 2024. 77
127	127	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 78