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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Department of Law Enforcement; 2
repealing ss. 943.031 and 943.042, F.S., relating to 3
the Florida Violent Crime and Drug Control Council and 4
the Violent Crime Investigative Emergency and Drug 5
Control Strategy Implementation Account, re spectively; 6
amending ss. 943.041 and 943.17, F.S.; conforming 7
provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 8
943.0313, F.S.; revising the membership of the 9
Domestic Security Oversight Council; revising 10
rewporting requirements; amending s. 943.0311, F.S .; 11
revising requirements for a report by the Chief of 12
Domestic Security; amending s. 943.60, F.S.; including 13
the Governor's mansion in the definition of the term 14
"Capitol Complex" for specified provisions; amending 15
s. 943.69, F.S.; increasing the maximum a nnual amount 16
that may be spent for veterinary care of retired 17
police dogs under a program administered through the 18
department; amending ss. 914.25 and 914.27, F.S.; 19
conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 20
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. Sections 943.031 and 943.042, Florida Statutes, 25
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are repealed. 26
Section 2. Section 943.041, Florida Statutes, is amended 27
to read: 28
943.041 Child Exploitation and Crimes Against Children 29
Criminal Profiling Program.—There is created the Child 30
Exploitation and Crimes Against Children Criminal Profiling 31
Program within the department. The program shall perform 32
investigative, intelligence, research, and training activities 33
related to child exploitation and other crimes against children. 34
Section 3. Subsection (5) of section 943.17, Florida 35
Statutes, is amended to read: 36
943.17 Basic recruit, advanced, and career development 37
training programs; participation; cost; evaluation. —The 38
commission shall, by rule, design, implement, maintain, 39
evaluate, and revise entry requirements and job -related 40
curricula and performance standards for basic recruit, advanced, 41
and career development training programs and courses. The rules 42
shall include, but are not limited to, a methodology to assess 43
relevance of the subject matter to the job, student performance, 44
and instructor competency. 45
(5) The commission, in consultation with the Florida 46
Violent Crime and Drug Control Council, shall establish 47
standards for basic and advanced training programs for law 48
enforcement officers in the subjects of investigating and 49
preventing violent crime. After January 1, 1995, Every basic 50
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skills course required in order for law enforcement officers to 51
obtain initial certification mu st include training on violent 52
crime prevention and investigations. 53
Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and subsection 54
(6) of section 943.0313, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 55
943.0313 Domestic Security Oversight Council. —The 56
Legislature finds that there exists a need to provide executive 57
direction and leadership with respect to terrorism and 58
immigration enforcement incident prevention, preparation, 59
protection, response, and recovery efforts by state and local 60
agencies in this state. In recognition of this need, the 61
Domestic Security Oversight Council is hereby created. The 62
council shall serve as an advisory council pursuant to s. 63
20.03(7) to provide guidance to the state's regional domestic 64
security task forces and other domestic securit y working groups 65
and to make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature 66
regarding the expenditure of funds and allocation of resources 67
related to counter-terrorism and cooperating with and providing 68
assistance to the Federal Government in the enfo rcement of 69
federal immigration laws and domestic security efforts. 70
(1) MEMBERSHIP.— 71
(a) The Domestic Security Oversight Council shall consist 72
of the following voting members: 73
1. The executive director of the Department of Law 74
Enforcement. 75
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2. The director of the Division of Emergency Management. 76
3. The Attorney General. 77
4. The Commissioner of Agriculture. 78
5. The State Surgeon General. 79
6. The Commissioner of Education. 80
7. The State Fire Marshal. 81
8. The adjutant general of the Florida National Guard. 82
9. The state chief information officer. 83
10. Each sheriff or chief of police who serves as a co -84
chair of a regional domestic security task force pursuant to s. 85
943.0312(1)(b). 86
11. Each of the department's special agents in charge who 87
serve as a co-chair of a regional domestic security task force. 88
12. Two representatives of the Florida Fire Chiefs 89
Association. 90
13. One representative of the Florida Police Chiefs 91
Association. 92
14. One representative of the Florida Prosecuting 93
Attorneys Association. 94
15. One statewide domestic security intelligence 95
representative selected by the chair of the Florida Fusion 96
Center Executive Advisory Board The chair of the Statewide 97
Domestic Security Intelligence Committee . 98
16. One representative of th e Florida Hospital 99
Association. 100
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17. One representative of the Emergency Medical Services 101
Advisory Council. 102
18. One representative of the Florida Emergency 103
Preparedness Association. 104
19. One representative of the Florida Seaport 105
Transportation and Econ omic Development Council. 106
(6) REPORTS.—The council shall report annually on its 107
activities, on or before December 31 of each calendar year, to 108
the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the 109
House of Representatives, and the chairs of the c ommittees 110
having principal jurisdiction over domestic security in the 111
Senate and the House of Representatives. The report shall 112
include information submitted by the Chief of Domestic Security 113
as required under s. 943.0311(4). 114
Section 5. Subsection (4) of section 943.0311, Florida 115
Statutes, is amended to read: 116
943.0311 Chief of Domestic Security; duties of the 117
department with respect to domestic security. — 118
(4) The chief shall report to the Governor, the President 119
of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives 120
by November 1 of each year suggestions for specific and 121
significant security enhancements of any building, facility, or 122
structure owned or leased by a state agency, state university, 123
or community college or any entity that has con ducted an 124
assessment under subsection (6). Such suggestions must be 125
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submitted to the Domestic Security Oversight Council for 126
inclusion in the report required under s. 943.0313(6). The chief 127
may use utilize the assessments provided under subsection (6) in 128
making his or her suggestions. The report shall suggest 129
strategies to maximize federal funds in support of building or 130
facility security if such funds are available. 131
Section 6. Section 943.60, Florida Statutes, is amended to 132
read: 133
943.60 Definitions. —For the purposes of ss. 943.60 -943.68, 134
the term "Capitol Complex" means that portion of Tallahassee, 135
Leon County, Florida, commonly referred to as the Capitol, the 136
Historic Capitol, the Senate Office Building, the House Office 137
Building, the Knott Building, the Pepper Building, the Holland 138
Building, the Elliot Building, the R.A. Gray Building, and the 139
associated parking garages and curtilage of each, including the 140
state-owned lands and public streets adjacent thereto within an 141
area bounded by and including C alhoun Street, East Pensacola 142
Street, Monroe Street, Jefferson Street, West Pensacola Street, 143
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and Gaines Street. The term 144
includes the State Capital Circle Office Complex located in Leon 145
County, Florida. The term includes the Governor's mansion and 146
the curtilage thereof, located in Leon County, Florida. The term 147
does not include the Supreme Court Building or the public 148
streets adjacent thereto. The portion of the Capitol Complex 149
existing between and including the Elliot Bui lding and the 150
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Holland Building within an area bounded by and including Monroe 151
Street, Gaines Street, Calhoun Street, and East Pensacola Street 152
shall be known as "Memorial Park." 153
Section 7. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section 154
943.69, Florida Stat utes, is amended to read: 155
943.69 Care for Retired Police Dogs Program. — 156
(5) FUNDING.— 157
(b) Annual disbursements to a former handler or an adopter 158
to reimburse him or her for the cost of the retired police dog's 159
veterinary care may not exceed $5,000 $1,500 per dog. A former 160
handler or an adopter of a retired police dog may not accumulate 161
unused funds from a current year for use in a future year. 162
Section 8. Subsection (5) of section 914.25, Florida 163
Statutes, is amended to read: 164
914.25 Protective se rvices for certain victims and 165
witnesses.— 166
(5) The lead law enforcement agency that provides 167
protective services, as authorized in this section, may seek 168
reimbursement for its reasonable expenses from the Victim and 169
Witness Protection Review Committee, pursuant to s. 943.031. 170
This section does not prev ent any law enforcement agency from 171
providing protective services at the agency's expense beyond the 172
4-year maximum period established in this section. Any such 173
additional expenditures for protective services are not eligible 174
for the reimbursement provided in this section. 175
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Section 9. Subsections (1) and (4) of section 914.27, 176
Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 177
914.27 Confidentiality of victim and witness information. — 178
(1) Information held by any state or local law enforcement 179
agency, state attorney, the statewide prosecutor, the Victim and 180
Witness Protection Review Committee created pursuant to s. 181
943.031, or the Department of Law Enforcement which discloses: 182
(a) The identity or location of a victim or witness who 183
has been identified or certified for protective or relocation 184
services pursuant to s. 914.25; 185
(b) The identity or location of an immediate family member 186
of a victim or witness who has been identified or certified 187
pursuant to s. 914.25; 188
(c) Relocation sites, techniques, or pr ocedures utilized 189
or developed as a result of the victim and witness protective 190
services afforded by s. 914.25; or 191
(d) The identity or relocation site of any victim, 192
witness, or immediate family member of a victim or witness who 193
has made a relocation of permanent residence by reason of the 194
victim's or witness's involvement in the investigation or 195
prosecution giving rise to certification for protective or 196
relocation services pursuant to s. 914.25; 197
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is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) 199
and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. Such information 200
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may be shared by law enforcement agencies, state attorneys, and 201
the statewide prosecutor to facilitate the protective or 202
relocation services provided pursuant to s. 914.25 and to 203
support the prosecution efforts of the state attorneys and the 204
statewide prosecutor. Any information so shared must remain 205
confidential and exempt in the hands of any agency or entity to 206
which the information is provided. 207
(4) The certifying state attorney or st atewide prosecutor 208
may state in writing to the Victim and Witness Protection Review 209
Committee established pursuant to s. 943.031 that even though 210
certification for participation in the victim or witness 211
protective services program is about to expire, discl osure of 212
information made confidential and exempt by paragraph (1)(a) or 213
paragraph (1)(b) continues to constitute an unwarranted risk to, 214
or jeopardizes the safety of, victims, witnesses, or family 215
members of such victims or witnesses. Accordingly, The 216
confidential and exempt status of such information shall 217
continue until the certifying state attorney or statewide 218
prosecutor determines that disclosure of such information would 219
not constitute an unwarranted risk to, or jeopardize the safety 220
of, such persons, and provides written notification to that 221
effect to the Victim and Witness Protection Review Committee . 222
Section 10. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 223