Bill Text: FL H0871 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Pinellas Police Standards Council, Pinellas County

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Community and Military Affairs Subcommittee [H0871 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-H0871-Introduced.html

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HB 871

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Pinellas Police Standards
3	Council, Pinellas County; amending chapter 72-666,
4	Laws of Florida, as amended; increasing a court cost
5	to fund the council; providing an effective date.
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7	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9	Section 1.  Paragraph (2) of subsection (k) of section 4 of
10	chapter 72-666, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapter 97-333,
11	Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
12	Section 4.  Powers and duties.-In the performance of its
13	duties and the execution of its functions under this act, the
14	council shall have the following powers:
15	(k)  To provide for a centralized screening and information
16	center on prospective law enforcement officers in Pinellas
17	County, to be known as the Public Safety Applicant Screening
18	Service (PSASS).
19	(2)  The council's annual budget shall be submitted to the
20	Board of County Commissioners for their approval. The provisions
21	of this section shall be funded by a $3 $2 court cost on all
22	payable offenses, to be assessed by the circuit and county
23	courts in Pinellas County on all contested and uncontested
24	traffic cases, criminal and civil, excluding parking fines,
25	bicycle violations, and pedestrian violations that are payable
26	offenses. Additional funding may be secured by the council by
27	assessing the law enforcement agencies a fee for the cost of
28	screening the applicants.
29	Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2012.

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