| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to the Florida State Guard; creating 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | s. 251.002, F.S.; requiring each applicant for the 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Florida State Guard to submit a complete set of 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | fingerprints to the Division of the State Guard or to 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | a certain vendor, entity, or agency; requiring 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | fingerprints to be forwarded to the Department of Law 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Enforcement for state processing and to the Federal 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | history record check; requiring the Department of 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Military Affairs, and authorizing the division, to 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | review certain results and make a specified 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | determination; requiring the division to bear the fees 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | for state and federal fingerprint processing and 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | retention; specifying the state cost for fingerprint 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | processing; requiring retention of fingerprints by the 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Department of Law Enforcement and enrollment of the 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | fingerprints in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | national retained print arrest notification progra m; 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | requiring an identified arrest record to be reported 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | to the division; providing an effective date. 21 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Section 1. Section 251.002, Florida Statutes, is created 25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 51 | 51 | | to read: 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 251.002 Florida State Guard applicants; criminal history 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | record checks.— 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (1) Each applicant for the Florida State Guard must submit 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | a complete set of fingerprints to the Division of the State 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Guard or to the vendor, entity, or agency authorized by s. 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | 943.053(13) to accept electronic fingerprints. The division, 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | vendor, entity, or agency, as applicable, shall forward the 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | fingerprints to the Department of Law Enforcement for state 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | processing, and the Department of Law Enforcement shall forward 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | national criminal history record check. 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (2) The Department of Military Affairs shall, and the 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Division of the State Guard may, review the results of the state 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | and national criminal history record checks and determine 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | whether the applicant meets the specified qualifications to 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | serve in the Florida State Guard. 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (3) Fees for state and federal fingerprint processing and 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | retention must be borne by the Division of the State Guard. The 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | state cost for fingerprint processing must be as provided in s. 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | 943.053(3)(e). 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (4) Fingerprints submitted to the Department of Law 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Enforcement pursuant to this section must be retained by the 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Department of Law Enforcement as provided in s. 943.05(2)(g) and 49 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (h) along with enrollment of the fingerpri nts in the Federal 50 |
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