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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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An act relating to the Florida State Guard; creating 2
s. 251.002, F.S.; requiring each applicant for the 3
Florida State Guard to submit a complete set of 4
fingerprints to the Division of the State Guard or to 5
a certain vendor, entity, or agency; requiring 6
fingerprints to be forwarded to the Department of Law 7
Enforcement for state processing and to the Federal 8
Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal 9
history record check; requiring the Department of 10
Military Affairs, and authorizing the division, to 11
review certain results and make a specified 12
determination; requiring the division to bear the fees 13
for state and federal fingerprint processing and 14
retention; specifying the state cost for fingerprint 15
processing; requiring retention of fingerprints by the 16
Department of Law Enforcement and enrollment of the 17
fingerprints in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's 18
national retained print arrest notification progra m; 19
requiring an identified arrest record to be reported 20
to the division; providing an effective date. 21
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23
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Section 1. Section 251.002, Florida Statutes, is created 25
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251.002 Florida State Guard applicants; criminal history 27
record checks.— 28
(1) Each applicant for the Florida State Guard must submit 29
a complete set of fingerprints to the Division of the State 30
Guard or to the vendor, entity, or agency authorized by s. 31
943.053(13) to accept electronic fingerprints. The division, 32
vendor, entity, or agency, as applicable, shall forward the 33
fingerprints to the Department of Law Enforcement for state 34
processing, and the Department of Law Enforcement shall forward 35
the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a 36
national criminal history record check. 37
(2) The Department of Military Affairs shall, and the 38
Division of the State Guard may, review the results of the state 39
and national criminal history record checks and determine 40
whether the applicant meets the specified qualifications to 41
serve in the Florida State Guard. 42
(3) Fees for state and federal fingerprint processing and 43
retention must be borne by the Division of the State Guard. The 44
state cost for fingerprint processing must be as provided in s. 45
943.053(3)(e). 46
(4) Fingerprints submitted to the Department of Law 47
Enforcement pursuant to this section must be retained by the 48
Department of Law Enforcement as provided in s. 943.05(2)(g) and 49
(h) along with enrollment of the fingerpri nts in the Federal 50
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Bureau of Investigation's national retained print arrest 51
notification program. Any arrest record identified must be 52
reported to the Division of the State Guard. 53
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 54