Florida 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0383 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 by the task 6
20	20	force; authorizing the task force to receive exempt or 7
21	21	confidential and exempt information and specifying 8
22	22	that the information maintains such status; requ iring 9
23	23	the task force to submit a report to the Governor and 10
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28	28	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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30	30	Section 1. Community Violence Task Force.— 17
31	31	(1) The Community Violence Task Force, a task force as 18
32	32	defined in s. 20.03(5), Florida Statutes, is created within the 19
33	33	Department of Law Enforcement. Except as otherwise provided in 20
34	34	this section, the task force shall comply with the requirements 21
35	35	of s. 20.052, Florida Statutes. 22
36	36	(2)(a) The task force shall consist of the following 23
37	37	members: 24
38	38	1. Four members appointed by the Governor, one of whom the 25
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51	51	Governor shall designate as the chair of the task force. 26
52	52	2. Four members appointed b y the President of the Senate, 27
53	53	two of whom must be members of the Legislative Black Caucus of 28
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55	55	3. Four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of 30
56	56	Representatives, two of whom must be members of the Legislative 31
57	57	Black Caucus of the House o f Representatives. 32
58	58	4. A representative from the Florida Sheriffs Association, 33
59	59	nominated by the executive director and appointed by the 34
60	60	Governor. 35
61	61	5. A representative from the Florida Police Chiefs 36
62	62	Association, nominated by the executive director and app ointed 37
63	63	by the Governor. 38
64	64	6. The Secretary of Children and Families, or his or her 39
65	65	designee. 40
66	66	(b) Members must be appointed no later than August 1, 41
67	67	2024. Members serve at the pleasure of the officer who appointed 42
68	68	them, and a vacancy on the task force must be filled in the same 43
69	69	manner as the original appointment. Members of the task force 44
70	70	shall serve without compensation but are entitled to 45
71	71	reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses pursuant to s. 46
72	72	112.061, Florida Statutes. 47
73	73	(c) The task force shall me et at the call of the chair at 48
74	74	a time and location in this state designated by the chair. The 49
75	75	task force may not conduct its meetings by teleconference or 50
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88	88	other electronic means. 51
89	89	(3) The task force shall review system failures and the 52
90	90	causes of high crime rates and violence in urban core 53
91	91	neighborhoods and communities. In addition, the task force shall 54
92	92	develop recommendations for solutions, programs, services, and 55
93	93	strategies for improved interagency communication between local 56
94	94	and state governmental agenci es to help facilitate the reduction 57
95	95	of crime and violence in urban core neighborhoods and 58
96	96	communities. 59
97	97	(4) The Department of Law Enforcement shall provide 60
98	98	staffing and administrative assistance to the task force in 61
99	99	performing its duties. The task force m ay call upon other state 62
100	100	agencies for such professional assistance as may be needed in 63
101	101	the performance of its duties, and such agencies shall provide 64
102	102	such assistance in a timely manner. 65
103	103	(5) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the 66
104	104	task force may request and shall be provided with access to any 67
105	105	information or records that pertain to crime or violent 68
106	106	incidents in this state's urban core neighborhoods and 69
107	107	communities. Information or records obtained by the task force 70
108	108	which are otherwise exempt or confidential and exempt shall 71
109	109	retain such exempt or confidential and exempt status, and the 72
110	110	task force may not disclose any such information or records. 73
111	111	(6) The task force shall submit a report on its findings 74
112	112	and recommendations to the Gover nor, the President of the 75
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126	126	1, 2026. 77
127	127	(7) This section expires June 30, 2026. 78
128	128	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 79