| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to victim advocate services; creating s. |
| 3 | 1006.671, F.S.; requiring that each postsecondary |
| 4 | educational institution provide an advocate to assist |
| 5 | students who are victims of violent crime; requiring that |
| 6 | the advocate complete a specified number of hours in |
| 7 | victim advocacy training and enlist the assistance of |
| 8 | public and voluntary health, education, welfare, and |
| 9 | rehabilitation agencies or groups and law enforcement |
| 10 | agencies; requiring that an advocate be made available on |
| 11 | any campus that provides student housing or has a minimum |
| 12 | number of full-time students; providing an effective date. |
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| 14 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 16 | Section 1. Section 1006.671, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 17 | to read: |
| 18 | 1006.671 Victim advocate services.-Each postsecondary |
| 19 | educational institution shall provide an advocate to aid |
| 20 | students who are victims of violent crime. The victim advocate |
| 21 | must have completed at least 30 hours of victim advocacy |
| 22 | training and shall enlist the assistance of public and voluntary |
| 23 | health, education, welfare, and rehabilitation agencies or |
| 24 | groups and law enforcement agencies in coordinating services. An |
| 25 | advocate must be made available on any campus that provides |
| 26 | student housing or has 10,000 or more full-time students. |
| 27 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |