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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 by the task 6
force; authorizing the task force to receive exempt or 7
confidential and exempt information and specifying 8
that the information maintains such status; requ iring 9
the task force to submit a report to the Governor and 10
Legislature by a specified date; providing for 11
expiration of the task force; providing an effective 12
date. 13
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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Section 1. Community Violence Task Force.— 17
(1) The Community Violence Task Force, a task force as 18
defined in s. 20.03(5), Florida Statutes, is created within the 19
Department of Law Enforcement. Except as otherwise provided in 20
this section, the task force shall comply with the requirements 21
of s. 20.052, Florida Statutes. 22
(2)(a) The task force shall consist of the following 23
members: 24
1. Four members appointed by the Governor, one of whom the 25
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Governor shall designate as the chair of the task force. 26
2. Four members appointed b y the President of the Senate, 27
two of whom must be members of the Legislative Black Caucus of 28
the Senate. 29
3. Four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of 30
Representatives, two of whom must be members of the Legislative 31
Black Caucus of the House o f Representatives. 32
4. A representative from the Florida Sheriffs Association, 33
nominated by the executive director and appointed by the 34
Governor. 35
5. A representative from the Florida Police Chiefs 36
Association, nominated by the executive director and app ointed 37
by the Governor. 38
6. The Secretary of Children and Families, or his or her 39
designee. 40
(b) Members must be appointed no later than August 1, 41
2024. Members serve at the pleasure of the officer who appointed 42
them, and a vacancy on the task force must be filled in the same 43
manner as the original appointment. Members of the task force 44
shall serve without compensation but are entitled to 45
reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses pursuant to s. 46
112.061, Florida Statutes. 47
(c) The task force shall me et at the call of the chair at 48
a time and location in this state designated by the chair. The 49
task force may not conduct its meetings by teleconference or 50
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other electronic means. 51
(3) The task force shall review system failures and the 52
causes of high crime rates and violence in urban core 53
neighborhoods and communities. In addition, the task force shall 54
develop recommendations for solutions, programs, services, and 55
strategies for improved interagency communication between local 56
and state governmental agenci es to help facilitate the reduction 57
of crime and violence in urban core neighborhoods and 58
communities. 59
(4) The Department of Law Enforcement shall provide 60
staffing and administrative assistance to the task force in 61
performing its duties. The task force m ay call upon other state 62
agencies for such professional assistance as may be needed in 63
the performance of its duties, and such agencies shall provide 64
such assistance in a timely manner. 65
(5) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the 66
task force may request and shall be provided with access to any 67
information or records that pertain to crime or violent 68
incidents in this state's urban core neighborhoods and 69
communities. Information or records obtained by the task force 70
which are otherwise exempt or confidential and exempt shall 71
retain such exempt or confidential and exempt status, and the 72
task force may not disclose any such information or records. 73
(6) The task force shall submit a report on its findings 74
and recommendations to the Gover nor, the President of the 75
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Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by June 76
1, 2026. 77
(7) This section expires June 30, 2026. 78
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 79