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Introduced
03/03/2019
03/03/2019
In Committee
03/08/2019
03/08/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
05/03/2019
05/03/2019
Introduced Session
2019 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Provides for reallocation of unencumbered funds returned to Crime Stoppers Trust Fund; specifies permissible uses for funds awarded to counties from trust fund; provides criminal penalties for disclosure of privileged communications or protected information or information concerning them.
AI Summary
This bill makes several key changes to the Crime Stoppers Trust Fund and crime stoppers organizations in Florida:
1) It allows up to 50% of unencumbered funds returned to the Trust Fund from a previous grant year to be reallocated to other judicial circuits for special crime stoppers initiatives or other programs of the Florida Association of Crime Stoppers.
2) It specifies that counties awarded grants from the Trust Fund can use the funds to pay rewards for tips that result in arrests, recovery of stolen property or illegal narcotics, recovery of homicide victims' bodies or human trafficking/missing persons connected to criminal activity, recovery of illegal firearms on school campuses, prevention of terrorist acts, and solving unsolved violent felonies.
3) It creates a new law making it a felony, with exceptions for the person providing the information and law enforcement, to disclose privileged communications or protected information provided to crime stoppers organizations.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Justice
Sponsors (2)
Last Action
Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167) (on 05/03/2019)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1315 |
| Bill | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1315/BillText/Filed/PDF |
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