Bill Text: FL S7038 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Department of Law Enforcement

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Rules [S7038 Detail]

Download: Florida-2019-S7038-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2019                                    SB 7038
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Infrastructure and Security
       
       
       
       
       
       596-02382-19                                          20197038__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Department of Law Enforcement;
    3         amending s. 943.0321, F.S.; renaming the Florida
    4         Domestic Security and Counter-Terrorism Intelligence
    5         Center as the Office of Domestic Security and
    6         Counterterrorism; renaming the Florida Domestic
    7         Security and Counter-Terrorism Database as the
    8         Domestic Security and Counterterrorism Database;
    9         providing an effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsections (1), (2), and (4) of section
   14  943.0321, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   15         943.0321 Office of The Florida Domestic Security and
   16  Counterterrorism Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Center and the
   17  Florida Domestic Security and Counterterrorism Counter-Terrorism
   18  Database.—
   19         (1)(a) There is created within the Department of Law
   20  Enforcement the Office of Florida Domestic Security and
   21  Counterterrorism Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Center.
   22         (b) The Florida Domestic Security and Counterterrorism
   23  Counter-Terrorism Database is created within the Office of
   24  Florida Domestic Security and Counterterrorism Counter-Terrorism
   25  Intelligence Center.
   26         (2) The office intelligence center shall:
   27         (a) Gather, document, and analyze active criminal
   28  intelligence and criminal investigative information related to
   29  terrorism, as defined in s. 775.30, including information
   30  related to individuals or groups that plot, plan, or coordinate
   31  acts of terrorism, as defined in s. 775.30, and that operate
   32  within this state or otherwise commit acts affecting this state;
   33         (b) Maintain and operate the Domestic Security and
   34  Counterterrorism Counter-Terrorism Database; and
   35         (c) Provide support and assistance to federal, state, and
   36  local law enforcement agencies and prosecutors that investigate
   37  or prosecute terrorism, as defined in s. 775.30.
   38         (4)(a) Information that is exempt from public disclosure
   39  under chapter 119 when in the possession of the office
   40  intelligence center retains its exemption from public disclosure
   41  after such information is revealed to a federal, state, or local
   42  law enforcement agency or prosecutor, except as otherwise
   43  provided by law.
   44         (b) Information obtained by the office intelligence center
   45  from a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency or
   46  prosecutor which is exempt from public disclosure under state or
   47  federal law when in the possession of a federal, state, or local
   48  law enforcement agency or prosecutor retains its exemption from
   49  public disclosure after such information is revealed to the
   50  office intelligence center, except as otherwise provided by law.
   51         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.