Bill Text: FL H1203 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Decennial Census

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-04 - Filed [H1203 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H1203-Introduced.html

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HB 1203

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the decennial census; amending s.
3	11.031, F.S.; requiring the Legislature to adjust federal
4	decennial census figures to include prisoners in the
5	geographic areas where they last resided before
6	incarceration rather than the facility where they were
7	residing at the time of the federal census; creating s.
8	944.805, F.S.; requiring the Department of Corrections to
9	provide a report to the Legislature listing certain
10	information relating to prisoners in state correctional
11	institutions and federal facilities; providing an
12	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.  Subsection (1) of section 11.031, Florida
17	Statutes, is amended to read:
18	11.031  Official census.-
19	(1)  All acts of the Florida Legislature based upon
20	population and all constitutional apportionments shall be based
21	upon the last federal decennial statewide census as adjusted
22	under this subsection. For each prisoner included in the report
23	submitted by the Department of Corrections pursuant to s.
24	944.805, the Legislature shall determine the geographic units
25	for which population counts are reported in the federal
26	decennial census which contain the last address where the
27	prisoner resided before incarceration. If that address is in
28	this state, the Legislature shall:
29	(a)  Adjust all relevant population counts reported in the
30	census, including populations by age, gender, and race as if the
31	person resided at that address on the day the census reports
32	population.
33	(b)  Eliminate the person from all applicable population
34	counts reported in the census for the geographic units in this
35	state which include the state correctional institution or
36	federal facility for which the census reports population.
37	Section 2.  Section 944.805, Florida Statutes, is created
38	to read:
39	944.805  Decennial census of prison population.-
40	(1)  By June 1 of the year in which the federal decennial
41	census is conducted, the Department of Corrections shall submit
42	a report to the Legislature containing the following
43	information:
44	(a)  The name of each prisoner incarcerated in a state
45	correctional institution or federal facility located in this
46	state on the date the census reports population who completed a
47	census form, responded to a census inquiry, or is included in
48	any report provided to census officials, if the form, response,
49	or report indicates that the prisoner resides at the
50	correctional institution or federal facility.
51	(b)  The age, gender, and race of each prisoner included in
52	the report.
53	(c)  The location of the state correctional institution or
54	federal facility where the prisoner is residing on the date the
55	population is counted.
56	(d)  The last address where the prisoner resided before his
57	or her incarceration.
58	(2)  The Secretary of Corrections shall request each agency
59	that operates a federal facility in this state which
60	incarcerates prisoners convicted of a federal criminal offense
61	to provide a report that includes the information listed in
62	subsection (1) for each prisoner residing at the facility.
63	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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