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This bill establishes the Financial Crimes Intelligence Center within the Department of Legal Affairs to serve as the primary state entity for coordinating law enforcement responses to financial crimes, including fraud, forgery, counterfeiting, and payment fraud. The center will have broad powers to collaborate with federal, state, and local agencies, assist financial institutions and law enforcement in developing strategies to identify and prosecute financial crimes, and serve as a centralized information collection point. The bill authorizes the department to enter into operational agreements with law enforcement agencies and appoint a director who can be a licensed attorney or law enforcement officer. The center will be responsible for providing training, public outreach, and releasing non-sensitive information to relevant institutions. Beginning December 1, 2026, the center must submit an annual report to the department detailing its operational plan, financial fraud statistics, geographic fraud hotspots, communication strategies, and expenditures. The department is required to adopt rules to implement the center's operations, with the act taking effect on July 1, 2026.

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/950