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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Community Violence Task Force; 2
creating the task force within the Department of Law 3
Enforcement; providing for membership, duties, and 4
meetings of the task force; requiring state agencies 5
to provide assistance when requested; authorizing the 6
task force to receive exempt or confidential and 7
exempt information and specifying that the information 8
maintains such status; requiring the task for ce to 9
submit a report to the Governor and Legislature by a 10
specified date; providing for expiration of the task 11
force; 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. Community Violence Task Force .— 16
(1) The Community Violence Task Force, a task force as 17
defined in s. 20.03(8), Florida Statutes, is created within the 18
Department of Law Enforcement. Except as otherwise provided in 19
this section, the task force shall comply with the requirements 20
of s. 20.052, Florida Statutes. 21
(2)(a) The task force shall consist of 15 members as 22
follows: 23
1. Four members appointed by the Governor, one of whom the 24
Governor shall designate as the chair of the task force. 25
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2. Four members appointed by the President of the Senate, 26
two of whom must be members of the Legislative Black Caucus of 27
the Florida Senate. 28
3. Four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of 29
Representatives, two of whom must be members of the Legislative 30
Black Caucus of the Florida House of Representatives. 31
4. A representative from the Florida Sheriffs Association, 32
nominated by the executive director and appointed by the 33
Governor. 34
5. A representative from the Florida Police Chiefs 35
Association, nominated by the executive director and appoi nted 36
by the Governor. 37
6. The Secretary of Children and Families, or his or her 38
designee. 39
(b) Members must be appointed no later than August 1, 40
2022. Members serve at the pleasure of the officer who appointed 41
them, and a vacancy on the task force must b e filled in the same 42
manner as the original appointment. Members of the task force 43
shall serve without compensation but are entitled to 44
reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses pursuant to s. 45
112.061, Florida Statutes. 46
(c) The task force shall meet at the call of the chair at 47
a time and location in this state designated by the chair. The 48
task force may conduct its meetings by teleconference or other 49
electronic means. 50
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(3) The task force shall review system failures and the 51
causes of high crime rates and violence in urban core 52
neighborhoods and communities. In addition, the task force shall 53
develop recommendations for solutions, programs, services, and 54
strategies for improved interagency communication between local 55
and state governmental agencies to help facilitate the reduction 56
of crime and violence in urban core neighborhoods and 57
communities. 58
(4) The Department of Law Enforcement shall provide 59
staffing and administrative assistance to the task force in 60
performing its dutie s. The task force may call upon other state 61
agencies for such professional assistance as may be needed in 62
the discharge of its duties, and such agencies shall provide 63
such assistance in a timely manner. 64
(5) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the 65
task force may request and shall be provided with access to any 66
information or records that pertain to crime or violent 67
incidents in this state's urban core neighborhoods and 68
communities. Information or records obtained by the task force 69
which are otherwise exempt or confidential and exempt shall 70
retain such exempt or confidential and exempt status, and the 71
task force may not disclose any such information or records. 72
(6) The task force shall submit a report on its findings 73
and recommendations to the G overnor, the President of the 74
Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by June 75
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1, 2024. 76
(7) This section expires June 30, 2024. 77
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 78