Bill Text: FL S1434 | 2013 | Regular Session | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Law Enforcement

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-25 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 585 (Ch. 2013-116) [S1434 Detail]

Download: Florida-2013-S1434-Comm_Sub.html
       Florida Senate - 2013                             CS for SB 1434
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Evers
       
       
       
       
       591-02623-13                                          20131434c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to law enforcement; amending ss.
    3         125.5801 and 166.0442, F.S.; revising provisions for
    4         criminal history record checks for certain county and
    5         municipal employees and appointees; amending s.
    6         406.145, F.S.; deleting duties of law enforcement
    7         agencies and the department relating to unidentified
    8         person reporting forms; amending s. 538.26, F.S.;
    9         limiting the number of lead-acid batteries or parts
   10         thereof that a secondary metals recycler may purchase
   11         in certain transactions in a single day; amending s.
   12         937.021, F.S.; revising provisions relating to missing
   13         child and adult reports; amending s. 937.024, F.S.;
   14         revising provisions relating to the birth records of
   15         missing children; amending s. 937.025, F.S.; revising
   16         provisions providing criminal penalties for persons
   17         who knowingly provide false information concerning a
   18         missing child; amending s. 937.028, F.S.; revising
   19         provisions relating to fingerprints of missing
   20         persons; authorizing retention of such fingerprints
   21         entered into the statewide biometric identification
   22         system; amending s. 943.03, F.S.; revising terminology
   23         relating to documents and information systems;
   24         deleting an obsolete provision; amending s. 943.031,
   25         F.S.; correcting a reference; revising provisions
   26         relating to meetings of the Florida Violent Crime and
   27         Drug Control Council, the Drug Control Strategy and
   28         Criminal Gang Committee, and the Victim and Witness
   29         Protection Review Committee; making specified
   30         provisions subject to legislative funding; providing
   31         for return of unexpended funds by specified
   32         recipients; amending s. 943.0435, F.S.; specifying
   33         additional items to be reported by persons required to
   34         register as sexual offenders; amending s. 943.04351,
   35         F.S.; revising requirements for searches of
   36         registration information regarding sexual predators
   37         and sexual offenders; amending s. 943.0438, F.S.;
   38         deleting an obsolete provision; amending s. 943.045,
   39         F.S.; defining the term “biometric”; revising the
   40         definition of the term “criminal justice information”;
   41         amending s. 943.05, F.S.; revising duties of the
   42         Criminal Justice Information Program; redesignating
   43         the statewide automated fingerprint identification
   44         system as the statewide automated biometric
   45         identification system; amending s. 943.051, F.S.;
   46         requiring additional information to be collected from
   47         persons charged with or convicted of specified
   48         offenses and submitted electronically to the
   49         department; providing an exception to the
   50         fingerprinting of certain juveniles; amending s.
   51         943.052, F.S.; revising terminology relating to
   52         disposition reporting; revising information to be
   53         submitted concerning persons received by or discharged
   54         from the state correctional system or certain
   55         juveniles committed to the Department of Juvenile
   56         Justice; amending s. 943.053, F.S.; revising a
   57         reference to rules governing criminal justice
   58         information received from the Federal Government or
   59         other states; conforming terminology; amending s.
   60         943.054, F.S.; revising provisions relating to the
   61         availability of criminal history information derived
   62         from any United States Department of Justice criminal
   63         justice information system; amending s. 943.0542,
   64         F.S.; revising terminology relating to requests for
   65         screening; authorizing rulemaking relating to payments
   66         for screening; amending s. 943.0544, F.S.; revising
   67         terminology relating to the Criminal Justice Network;
   68         amending s. 943.055, F.S.; revising provisions
   69         relating to dissemination of criminal justice
   70         information derived from department information
   71         systems; providing for audits of noncriminal justice
   72         agencies when necessary to ensure compliance with
   73         requirements; amending s. 943.056, F.S.; providing for
   74         requests for corrections of federal criminal history
   75         record information in certain circumstances; amending
   76         s. 943.0582, F.S.; increasing the period in which a
   77         minor may seek expunction of a nonjudicial arrest
   78         record following completion of a diversion program;
   79         revising language relating to a statement to the
   80         department by a state attorney concerning such an
   81         expunction request; deleting an obsolete provision;
   82         amending ss. 943.0585 and 943.059, F.S.; revising
   83         language relating to expunctions and sealing precluded
   84         by prior criminal history sealings or expunctions;
   85         authorizing persons seeking authorization for
   86         employment with or access to certain seaports to deny
   87         or fail to acknowledge certain expunged or sealed
   88         records; amending s. 943.125, F.S.; providing for
   89         accreditation of correctional facilities, public
   90         agency offices of inspectors general, and certain
   91         pretrial diversion programs; authorizing funding and
   92         support of additional accreditation programs; amending
   93         s. 943.13, F.S.; deleting a provision authorizing
   94         temporary employment of a person seeking employment as
   95         a law enforcement or correctional officer if there is
   96         an administrative delay in fingerprint processing;
   97         deleting obsolete language; amending s. 943.132, F.S.;
   98         revising references to federal qualified active or
   99         qualified retired law enforcement concealed firearms
  100         provisions; deleting a requirement that the Criminal
  101         Justice Standards and Training Commission develop a
  102         uniform firearms proficiency verification card;
  103         amending s. 943.1395, F.S.; revising language relating
  104         to investigations on behalf of the Criminal Justice
  105         Standards and Training Commission; amending s.
  106         943.1755, F.S.; providing that the department
  107         maintains responsibility for delivering and
  108         facilitating all Florida Criminal Justice Executive
  109         Institute training; revising membership of the
  110         institute’s policy board; amending s. 943.1757, F.S.;
  111         deleting a requirement for a periodic report by the
  112         Criminal Justice Executive Institute concerning
  113         executive training needs; amending s. 943.25, F.S.;
  114         authorizing, rather than requiring, the Criminal
  115         Justice Standards and Training Commission to forward
  116         to each regional training council a list of its
  117         specific recommended priority issues or items to be
  118         funded; authorizing the commission to use computer
  119         based testing as an assessment instrument; amending s.
  120         943.325, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending
  121         s. 943.33, F.S.; revising provisions relating to the
  122         availability to defendants of state-operated criminal
  123         analysis laboratories; specifying that defense experts
  124         and others are not authorized to be present in such
  125         laboratories or use laboratory equipment; revising
  126         provisions relating to costs of laboratory testing
  127         performed for defendants; amending s. 943.68, F.S.;
  128         revising the due date of a report detailing
  129         transportation and protective services provided by the
  130         department; amending ss. 285.18, 414.40, 447.045,
  131         455.213, 468.453, 475.615, 493.6105, 493.6108,
  132         494.00312, 494.00321, 494.00611, 517.12, 538.09,
  133         538.25, 548.024, 550.105, 550.908, 551.107, 560.141,
  134         628.906, 633.34, 744.3135, 775.21, 775.261, 790.06,
  135         944.607, 944.608, 985.11, 985.644, 985.4815, 1002.395,
  136         1002.421, 1012.32, and 1012.467, F.S.; conforming
  137         provisions to changes made by the act; providing an
  138         effective date.
  139  
  140  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  141  
  142         Section 1. Section 125.5801, Florida Statutes, is amended
  143  to read:
  144         125.5801 Criminal history record checks for certain county
  145  employees and appointees.—
  146         (1) Notwithstanding chapter 435, a county may require, by
  147  ordinance, state and national criminal history employment
  148  screening for:
  149         (a) Any position of county employment or appointment,
  150  whether paid, unpaid, or contractual, which the governing body
  151  of the county finds is critical to security or public safety;,
  152  or for
  153         (b) Any private contractor, employee of a private
  154  contractor, vendor, repair person, or delivery person who is
  155  subject to licensing or regulation by the county; or
  156         (c) Any private contractor, employee of a private
  157  contractor, vendor, repair person, or delivery person who has
  158  direct contact with individual members of the public or access
  159  to any public facility or publicly operated facility in such a
  160  manner or to such an extent that the governing body of the
  161  county finds that preventing unsuitable persons from having such
  162  contact or access is critical to security or public safety.
  163         (2) The ordinance must require each person applying for, or
  164  continuing employment or appointment in, any such position,
  165  applying for initial or continuing licensing or regulation, or
  166  having such contact or access to any such facility to be
  167  fingerprinted. The fingerprints shall be submitted to the
  168  Department of Law Enforcement for a state criminal history
  169  record check and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a
  170  national criminal history record check. The information obtained
  171  from the criminal history record checks conducted pursuant to
  172  the ordinance may be used by the county to determine a person’s
  173  an applicant’s eligibility for such employment or appointment
  174  and to determine a person’s an employee’s eligibility for
  175  continued employment or appointment. This section is not
  176  intended to preempt or prevent any other background screening,
  177  including, but not limited to, criminal history record checks,
  178  which a county may lawfully undertake.
  179         Section 2. Section 166.0442, Florida Statutes, is amended
  180  to read:
  181         166.0442 Criminal history record checks for certain
  182  municipal employees and appointees.—
  183         (1) Notwithstanding chapter 435, a municipality may
  184  require, by ordinance, state and national criminal history
  185  employment screening for:
  186         (a) Any position of municipal employment or appointment,
  187  whether paid, unpaid, or contractual, which the governing body
  188  of the municipality finds is critical to security or public
  189  safety;, or for
  190         (b) Any private contractor, employee of a private
  191  contractor, vendor, repair person, or delivery person who is
  192  subject to licensing or regulation by the municipality; or
  193         (c) Any private contractor, employee of a private
  194  contractor, vendor, repair person, or delivery person who has
  195  direct contact with individual members of the public or access
  196  to any public facility or publicly operated facility in such a
  197  manner or to such an extent that the governing body of the
  198  municipality finds that preventing unsuitable persons from
  199  having such contact or access is critical to security or public
  200  safety.
  201         (2) The ordinance must require each person applying for, or
  202  continuing employment or appointment in, any such position,
  203  applying for initial or continuing licensing or regulation, or
  204  having such contact or access to any such facility to be
  205  fingerprinted. The fingerprints shall be submitted to the
  206  Department of Law Enforcement for a state criminal history
  207  record check and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a
  208  national criminal history record check. The information obtained
  209  from the criminal history record checks conducted pursuant to
  210  the ordinance may be used by the municipality to determine a
  211  person’s an applicant’s eligibility for such employment or
  212  appointment and to determine a person’s an employee’s
  213  eligibility for continued employment or appointment. This
  214  section is not intended to preempt or prevent any other
  215  background screening, including, but not limited to, criminal
  216  history background checks, that a municipality may lawfully
  217  undertake.
  218         Section 3. Section 406.145, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  219  read:
  220         406.145 Unidentified persons; reporting requirements.—When
  221  an unidentified body is transported to a district medical
  222  examiner pursuant to this chapter, the medical examiner shall
  223  immediately report receipt of such body to the appropriate law
  224  enforcement agency, provided such law enforcement agency was not
  225  responsible for transportation of the body to the medical
  226  examiner. If the medical examiner cannot determine the law
  227  enforcement agency having jurisdiction, he or she shall notify
  228  the sheriff of the county in which the medical examiner is
  229  located, who shall determine the law enforcement agency
  230  responsible for the identification. It is the duty of the law
  231  enforcement officer assigned to and investigating the death to
  232  immediately establish the identity of the body. If the body is
  233  not immediately identified, the law enforcement agency
  234  responsible for investigating the death shall complete an
  235  Unidentified Person Report and enter the data concerning the
  236  body, through the Florida Crime Information Center, into the
  237  Unidentified Person File of the National Crime Information
  238  Center. An Unidentified Person Report is that form identified by
  239  the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for use by law
  240  enforcement agencies in compiling information for entrance into
  241  the Unidentified Person File.
  242         Section 4. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section
  243  538.26, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  244         538.26 Certain acts and practices prohibited.—It is
  245  unlawful for a secondary metals recycler to do or allow any of
  246  the following acts:
  247         (5)
  248         (b) The purchase of any of the following regulated metals
  249  property is subject to the restrictions provided in paragraph
  250  (a):
  251         1. A manhole cover.
  252         2. An electric light pole or other utility structure and
  253  its fixtures, wires, and hardware that are readily identifiable
  254  as connected to the utility structure.
  255         3. A guard rail.
  256         4. A street sign, traffic sign, or traffic signal and its
  257  fixtures and hardware.
  258         5. Communication, transmission, distribution, and service
  259  wire from a utility, including copper or aluminum bus bars,
  260  connectors, grounding plates, or grounding wire.
  261         6. A funeral marker or funeral vase.
  262         7. A historical marker.
  263         8. Railroad equipment, including, but not limited to, a tie
  264  plate, signal house, control box, switch plate, E clip, or rail
  265  tie junction.
  266         9. Any metal item that is observably marked upon reasonable
  267  inspection with any form of the name, initials, or logo of a
  268  governmental entity, utility company, cemetery, or railroad.
  269         10. A copper, aluminum, or aluminum-copper condensing or
  270  evaporator coil, including its tubing or rods, from an air
  271  conditioning or heating unit, excluding coils from window air
  272  conditioning or heating units and motor vehicle air-conditioning
  273  or heating units.
  274         11. An aluminum or stainless steel container or bottle
  275  designed to hold propane for fueling forklifts.
  276         12. A stainless steel beer keg.
  277         13. A catalytic converter or any nonferrous part of a
  278  catalytic converter unless purchased as part of a motor vehicle.
  279         14. Metallic wire that has been burned in whole or in part
  280  to remove insulation.
  281         15. A brass or bronze commercial valve or fitting, referred
  282  to as a “fire department connection and control valve” or an
  283  “FDC valve,” that is commonly used on structures for access to
  284  water for the purpose of extinguishing fires.
  285         16. A brass or bronze commercial potable water backflow
  286  preventer valve that is commonly used to prevent backflow of
  287  potable water from commercial structures into municipal domestic
  288  water service systems.
  289         17. A shopping cart.
  290         18. A brass water meter.
  291         19. A storm grate.
  292         20. A brass sprinkler head used in commercial agriculture.
  293         21. More than two lead-acid batteries, or any part or
  294  component thereof, in a single purchase or from the same
  295  individual in a single day.
  296         Section 5. Paragraphs (b), (d), and (e) of subsection (5)
  297  of section 937.021, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  298         937.021 Missing child and missing adult reports.—
  299         (5)
  300         (b) Upon receiving a request to record, report, transmit,
  301  display, or release information and photographs pertaining to a
  302  missing adult or missing child from the law enforcement agency
  303  having jurisdiction over the missing adult or missing child, the
  304  department, a state or local law enforcement agency, and the
  305  personnel of these agencies; any radio or television network,
  306  broadcaster, or other media representative; any dealer of
  307  communications services as defined in s. 202.11; or any agency,
  308  employee, individual, or person is immune from civil liability
  309  for damages for complying in good faith with the request to
  310  provide information and is presumed to have acted in good faith
  311  in recording, reporting, transmitting, displaying, or releasing
  312  information or photographs pertaining to the missing adult or
  313  missing child.
  314         (d) The presumption of good faith is not overcome if a
  315  technical or clerical error is made by any agency, employee,
  316  individual, or entity acting at the request of the local law
  317  enforcement agency having jurisdiction, or if the Amber Alert,
  318  Missing Child Alert, missing child information, missing adult
  319  information, or Silver Alert information is incomplete or
  320  incorrect because the information received from the local law
  321  enforcement agency was incomplete or incorrect.
  322         (e) Neither this subsection nor any other provision of law
  323  creates a duty of the agency, employee, individual, or entity to
  324  record, report, transmit, display, or release the Amber Alert,
  325  Missing Child Alert, missing child information, missing adult
  326  information, or Silver Alert information received from the local
  327  law enforcement agency having jurisdiction. The decision to
  328  record, report, transmit, display, or release information is
  329  discretionary with the agency, employee, individual, or entity
  330  receiving the information.
  331         Section 6. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (1) and
  332  paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 937.024, Florida
  333  Statutes, are amended to read:
  334         937.024 Birth records of missing children; registrars’
  335  duties.—
  336         (1) The Office of Vital Statistics shall:
  337         (d) Recall each missing child’s birth certificate or birth
  338  record from the local registrar of vital statistics in the
  339  county of the missing child’s birth.
  340         (d)(e) Collect each month a list of missing children who
  341  have been located, as provided by the Department of Law
  342  Enforcement’s Florida Crime Information Center; identify which,
  343  if any, of the located children were born in this state; and
  344  remove its flags from the birth certificates or birth records of
  345  such children accordingly.
  346         (2)(a) A copy of the birth certificate or information
  347  concerning the birth record of any child whose record has been
  348  flagged or recalled pursuant to paragraph (1)(c) or paragraph
  349  (1)(d) may not be provided by the State Registrar or any local
  350  registrar in response to any inquiry, unless the flag has been
  351  removed pursuant to paragraph (1)(d) or upon the official
  352  request of the Department of Law Enforcement’s Missing
  353  Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse (1)(e).
  354         Section 7. Subsection (7) of section 937.025, Florida
  355  Statutes, is amended to read:
  356         937.025 Missing children; student records; reporting
  357  requirements; penalties.—
  358         (7) A person who knowingly provides false information
  359  concerning a missing child or the efforts to locate and return a
  360  missing child whose to a parent, family member, or guardian of a
  361  child who has been reported the child missing commits a
  362  misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.
  363  775.082 or s. 775.083.
  364         Section 8. Section 937.028, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  365  read:
  366         937.028 Fingerprints; missing persons children.—
  367         (1) If fingerprints have been taken for the purpose of
  368  identifying a child, in the event that child becomes missing,
  369  the state agency, public or private organization, or other
  370  person who took such fingerprints shall not release the
  371  fingerprints to any law enforcement agency or other person for
  372  any purpose other than the identification of a missing child.
  373  Such records and data are exempt from the provisions of s.
  374  119.07(1).
  375         (2) Fingerprints of children taken and retained by any
  376  state agency other than the Department of Law Enforcement, any
  377  public or private organization, or other person, excluding the
  378  parent or legal custodian of the child, shall be destroyed when
  379  the child attains becomes 18 years of age. Fingerprints of
  380  persons, including children, who are reported missing that have
  381  been entered into the automated biometric identification system
  382  maintained by the Department of Law Enforcement may be retained
  383  until the department is notified that the missing person has
  384  been recovered.
  385         Section 9. Paragraph (a) of subsection (6) and subsections
  386  (12), (13), and (15) of section 943.03, Florida Statutes, are
  387  amended to read:
  388         943.03 Department of Law Enforcement.—
  389         (6)(a) The department shall be governed by all laws
  390  regulating the purchase of supplies and equipment as other state
  391  agencies and may enter into contracts with other state agencies
  392  to make photographs and photocopies photostats, to transmit
  393  information electronically by teletype, and to perform all those
  394  services consonant with the purpose of this chapter.
  395         (12) The department may establish, implement, and maintain
  396  a statewide, integrated violent crime information system capable
  397  of transmitting criminal justice information relating to violent
  398  criminal offenses to and between criminal justice agencies
  399  throughout the state.
  400         (13) Subject to sufficient annual appropriations, the
  401  department shall develop and maintain, in consultation with the
  402  Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Systems Council under
  403  s. 943.08, an information system that supports the
  404  administration of the state’s criminal and juvenile justice
  405  information sharing system in compliance with this chapter and
  406  other provisions of law. The department shall serve as custodial
  407  manager of the Criminal Justice statewide telecommunications and
  408  data Network developed and maintained as part of the information
  409  system authorized by this subsection.
  410         (15) The Department of Law Enforcement, in consultation
  411  with the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Systems
  412  Council established in s. 943.06, shall modify the existing
  413  statewide uniform statute table in its criminal history system
  414  to meet the business requirements of state and local criminal
  415  justice and law enforcement agencies. In order to accomplish
  416  this objective, the department shall:
  417         (a) Define the minimum business requirements necessary for
  418  successful implementation.
  419         (b) Consider the charging and booking requirements of
  420  sheriffs’ offices and police departments and the business
  421  requirements of state attorneys, public defenders, criminal
  422  conflict and civil regional counsel, clerks of court, judges,
  423  and state law enforcement agencies.
  424         (c) Adopt rules establishing the necessary technical and
  425  business process standards required to implement, operate, and
  426  ensure uniform system use and compliance.
  427  
  428  The required system modifications and adopted rules shall be
  429  implemented by December 31, 2012.
  430         Section 10. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2), subsections
  431  (4) and (5), paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (6), and
  432  paragraphs (a), (b), and (e) of subsection (8) of section
  433  943.031, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  434         943.031 Florida Violent Crime and Drug Control Council.—
  435         (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The council shall consist of 14 members, as
  436  follows:
  437         (c) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections or a
  438  designate.
  439  
  440  The Governor, when making appointments under this subsection,
  441  must take into consideration representation by geography,
  442  population, ethnicity, and other relevant factors to ensure that
  443  the membership of the council is representative of the state at
  444  large. Designates appearing on behalf of a council member who is
  445  unable to attend a meeting of the council are empowered to vote
  446  on issues before the council to the same extent the designating
  447  council member is so empowered.
  448         (4) MEETINGS.—The council must meet at least annually
  449  semiannually. Additional meetings may be held when it is
  450  determined by the department and the chair that extraordinary
  451  circumstances require an additional meeting of the council. A
  452  majority of the members of the council constitutes a quorum.
  453  Council meetings may be conducted by conference call,
  454  teleconferencing, or similar technology.
  455         (5) DUTIES OF COUNCIL.—Subject to funding provided to the
  456  department by the Legislature, the council shall provide advice
  457  and make recommendations, as necessary, to the executive
  458  director of the department.
  459         (a) The council may advise the executive director on the
  460  feasibility of undertaking initiatives which include, but are
  461  not limited to, the following:
  462         1. Establishing a program that provides grants to criminal
  463  justice agencies that develop and implement effective violent
  464  crime prevention and investigative programs and which provides
  465  grants to law enforcement agencies for the purpose of drug
  466  control, criminal gang, and illicit money laundering
  467  investigative efforts or task force efforts that are determined
  468  by the council to significantly contribute to achieving the
  469  state’s goal of reducing drug-related crime, that represent
  470  significant criminal gang investigative efforts, that represent
  471  a significant illicit money laundering investigative effort, or
  472  that otherwise significantly support statewide strategies
  473  developed by the Statewide Drug Policy Advisory Council
  474  established under s. 397.333, subject to the limitations
  475  provided in this section. The grant program may include an
  476  innovations grant program to provide startup funding for new
  477  initiatives by local and state law enforcement agencies to
  478  combat violent crime or to implement drug control, criminal
  479  gang, or illicit money laundering investigative efforts or task
  480  force efforts by law enforcement agencies, including, but not
  481  limited to, initiatives such as:
  482         a. Providing enhanced community-oriented policing.
  483         b. Providing additional undercover officers and other
  484  investigative officers to assist with violent crime
  485  investigations in emergency situations.
  486         c. Providing funding for multiagency or statewide drug
  487  control, criminal gang, or illicit money laundering
  488  investigative efforts or task force efforts that cannot be
  489  reasonably funded completely by alternative sources and that
  490  significantly contribute to achieving the state’s goal of
  491  reducing drug-related crime, that represent significant criminal
  492  gang investigative efforts, that represent a significant illicit
  493  money laundering investigative effort, or that otherwise
  494  significantly support statewide strategies developed by the
  495  Statewide Drug Policy Advisory Council established under s.
  496  397.333.
  497         2. Expanding the use of automated biometric fingerprint
  498  identification systems at the state and local levels level.
  499         3. Identifying methods to prevent violent crime.
  500         4. Identifying methods to enhance multiagency or statewide
  501  drug control, criminal gang, or illicit money laundering
  502  investigative efforts or task force efforts that significantly
  503  contribute to achieving the state’s goal of reducing drug
  504  related crime, that represent significant criminal gang
  505  investigative efforts, that represent a significant illicit
  506  money laundering investigative effort, or that otherwise
  507  significantly support statewide strategies developed by the
  508  Statewide Drug Policy Advisory Council established under s.
  509  397.333.
  510         5. Enhancing criminal justice training programs that
  511  address violent crime, drug control, illicit money laundering
  512  investigative techniques, or efforts to control and eliminate
  513  criminal gangs.
  514         6. Developing and promoting crime prevention services and
  515  educational programs that serve the public, including, but not
  516  limited to:
  517         a. Enhanced victim and witness counseling services that
  518  also provide crisis intervention, information referral,
  519  transportation, and emergency financial assistance.
  520         b. A well-publicized rewards program for the apprehension
  521  and conviction of criminals who perpetrate violent crimes.
  522         7. Enhancing information sharing and assistance in the
  523  criminal justice community by expanding the use of community
  524  partnerships and community policing programs. Such expansion may
  525  include the use of civilian employees or volunteers to relieve
  526  law enforcement officers of clerical work in order to enable the
  527  officers to concentrate on street visibility within the
  528  community.
  529         (b) The full council shall:
  530         1. Receive periodic reports from regional violent crime
  531  investigation and statewide drug control strategy implementation
  532  coordinating teams which relate to violent crime trends or the
  533  investigative needs or successes in the regions, including
  534  discussions regarding the activity of significant criminal gangs
  535  in the region, factors, and trends relevant to the
  536  implementation of the statewide drug strategy, and the results
  537  of drug control and illicit money laundering investigative
  538  efforts funded in part by the council.
  539         2. Maintain and use criteria for the disbursement of funds
  540  from the Violent Crime Investigative Emergency and Drug Control
  541  Strategy Implementation Account or any other account from which
  542  the council may disburse proactive investigative funds as may be
  543  established within the Department of Law Enforcement Operating
  544  Trust Fund or other appropriations provided to the Department of
  545  Law Enforcement by the Legislature in the General Appropriations
  546  Act. The criteria shall allow for the advancement of funds to
  547  reimburse agencies regarding violent crime investigations as
  548  approved by the full council and the advancement of funds to
  549  implement proactive drug control strategies or significant
  550  criminal gang investigative efforts as authorized by the Drug
  551  Control Strategy and Criminal Gang Committee or the Victim and
  552  Witness Protection Review Committee. Regarding violent crime
  553  investigation reimbursement, an expedited approval procedure
  554  shall be established for rapid disbursement of funds in violent
  555  crime emergency situations.
  556         (c) As used in this section, “significant criminal gang
  557  investigative efforts” eligible for proactive funding must
  558  involve at a minimum an effort against a known criminal gang
  559  that:
  560         1. Involves multiple law enforcement agencies.
  561         2. Reflects a dedicated significant investigative effort on
  562  the part of each participating agency in personnel, time devoted
  563  to the investigation, and agency resources dedicated to the
  564  effort.
  565         3. Reflects a dedicated commitment by a prosecuting
  566  authority to ensure that cases developed by the investigation
  567  will be timely and effectively prosecuted.
  568         4. Demonstrates a strategy and commitment to dismantling
  569  the criminal gang via seizures of assets, significant money
  570  laundering and organized crime investigations and prosecutions,
  571  or similar efforts.
  572  
  573  The council may require satisfaction of additional elements, to
  574  include reporting criminal investigative and criminal
  575  intelligence information related to criminal gang activity and
  576  members in a manner required by the department, as a
  577  prerequisite for receiving proactive criminal gang funding.
  578         (6) DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY AND CRIMINAL GANG COMMITTEE.—
  579         (b) Subject to funding provided to the department by the
  580  Legislature, the committee shall review and approve all requests
  581  for disbursement of funds from the Violent Crime Investigative
  582  Emergency and Drug Control Strategy Implementation Account
  583  within the Department of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund
  584  and from other appropriations provided to the department by the
  585  Legislature in the General Appropriations Act. An expedited
  586  approval procedure shall be established for rapid disbursement
  587  of funds in violent crime emergency situations. Committee
  588  meetings may be conducted by conference call, teleconferencing,
  589  or similar technology.
  590         (c) Those receiving any proactive funding provided by the
  591  council through the committee shall be required to report the
  592  results of the investigations to the council once the
  593  investigation has been completed. The committee shall also
  594  require ongoing status reports on ongoing investigations using
  595  such findings in its closed sessions and may require a recipient
  596  to return all or any portion of unexpended proactive funds to
  597  the council.
  598         (8) VICTIM AND WITNESS PROTECTION REVIEW COMMITTEE.—
  599         (a) The Victim and Witness Protection Review Committee is
  600  created within the Florida Violent Crime and Drug Control
  601  Council, consisting of the statewide prosecutor or a state
  602  attorney, a sheriff, a chief of police, and the designee of the
  603  executive director of the Department of Law Enforcement. The
  604  committee shall be appointed from the membership of the council
  605  by the chair of the council after the chair has consulted with
  606  the executive director of the Department of Law Enforcement.
  607  Committee members shall meet in conjunction with the meetings of
  608  the council or at other times as required by the department and
  609  the chair. The committee meetings may be conducted by conference
  610  call, teleconferencing, or similar technology.
  611         (b) Subject to funding provided to the department by the
  612  Legislature, the committee shall:
  613         1. Maintain and use criteria for disbursing funds to
  614  reimburse law enforcement agencies for costs associated with
  615  providing victim and witness temporary protective or temporary
  616  relocation services.
  617         2. Review and approve or deny, in whole or in part, all
  618  reimbursement requests submitted by law enforcement agencies.
  619         (e) The committee may conduct its meeting by teleconference
  620  or conference phone calls when the chair of the committee finds
  621  that the need for reimbursement is such that delaying until the
  622  next scheduled council meeting will adversely affect the
  623  requesting agency’s ability to provide the protection services.
  624         Section 11. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and paragraph
  625  (d) of subsection (4) of section 943.0435, Florida Statutes, are
  626  amended to read:
  627         943.0435 Sexual offenders required to register with the
  628  department; penalty.—
  629         (2) A sexual offender shall:
  630         (b) Provide his or her name; date of birth; social security
  631  number; race; sex; height; weight; hair and eye color; tattoos
  632  or other identifying marks; fingerprints; photograph; occupation
  633  and place of employment; address of permanent or legal residence
  634  or address of any current temporary residence, within the state
  635  or out of state, including a rural route address and a post
  636  office box; if no permanent or temporary address, any transient
  637  residence within the state, address, location or description,
  638  and dates of any current or known future temporary residence
  639  within the state or out of state; home telephone number and any
  640  cellular telephone number; any electronic mail address and any
  641  instant message name required to be provided pursuant to
  642  paragraph (4)(d); date and place of each conviction; and a brief
  643  description of the crime or crimes committed by the offender. A
  644  post office box shall not be provided in lieu of a physical
  645  residential address.
  646         1. If the sexual offender’s place of residence is a motor
  647  vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined
  648  in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide to the
  649  department through the sheriff’s office written notice of the
  650  vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the
  651  registration number; and a description, including color scheme,
  652  of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured
  653  home. If the sexual offender’s place of residence is a vessel,
  654  live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the
  655  sexual offender shall also provide to the department written
  656  notice of the hull identification number; the manufacturer’s
  657  serial number; the name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or
  658  houseboat; the registration number; and a description, including
  659  color scheme, of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat.
  660         2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or
  661  carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in
  662  this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the
  663  department through the sheriff’s office the name, address, and
  664  county of each institution, including each campus attended, and
  665  the sexual offender’s enrollment or employment status. Each
  666  change in enrollment or employment status shall be reported in
  667  person at the sheriff’s office, within 48 hours after any change
  668  in status. The sheriff shall promptly notify each institution of
  669  the sexual offender’s presence and any change in the sexual
  670  offender’s enrollment or employment status.
  671  
  672  When a sexual offender reports at the sheriff’s office, the
  673  sheriff shall take a photograph and a set of fingerprints of the
  674  offender and forward the photographs and fingerprints to the
  675  department, along with the information provided by the sexual
  676  offender. The sheriff shall promptly provide to the department
  677  the information received from the sexual offender.
  678         (4)
  679         (d) A sexual offender must register any electronic mail
  680  address or instant message name with the department before prior
  681  to using such electronic mail address or instant message name on
  682  or after October 1, 2007. The department shall establish an
  683  online system through which sexual offenders may securely access
  684  and update all electronic mail address and instant message name
  685  information.
  686         Section 12. Section 943.04351, Florida Statutes, is amended
  687  to read:
  688         943.04351 Search of registration information regarding
  689  sexual predators and sexual offenders required before prior to
  690  appointment or employment.—A state agency or governmental
  691  subdivision, before prior to making any decision to appoint or
  692  employ a person to work, whether for compensation or as a
  693  volunteer, at any park, playground, day care center, or other
  694  place where children regularly congregate, must conduct a search
  695  of that person’s name or other identifying information against
  696  the registration information regarding sexual predators and
  697  sexual offenders through the Dru Sjodin National Sexual Offender
  698  Public Website maintained by the United States Department of
  699  Justice. If for any reason that site is not available, a search
  700  of the registration information regarding sexual predators and
  701  sexual offenders maintained by the Department of Law Enforcement
  702  under s. 943.043 shall be performed. The agency or governmental
  703  subdivision may conduct the search using the Internet site
  704  maintained by the Department of Law Enforcement. This section
  705  does not apply to those positions or appointments within a state
  706  agency or governmental subdivision for which a state and
  707  national criminal history background check is conducted.
  708         Section 13. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
  709  943.0438, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  710         943.0438 Athletic coaches for independent sanctioning
  711  authorities.—
  712         (2) An independent sanctioning authority shall:
  713         (a)1. Conduct a background screening of each current and
  714  prospective athletic coach. No person shall be authorized by the
  715  independent sanctioning authority to act as an athletic coach
  716  after July 1, 2010, unless a background screening has been
  717  conducted and did not result in disqualification under paragraph
  718  (b). Background screenings shall be conducted annually for each
  719  athletic coach. For purposes of this section, a background
  720  screening shall be conducted with a search of the athletic
  721  coach’s name or other identifying information against state and
  722  federal registries of sexual predators and sexual offenders,
  723  which are available to the public on Internet sites provided by:
  724         a. The Department of Law Enforcement under s. 943.043; and
  725         b. The Attorney General of the United States under 42
  726  U.S.C. s. 16920.
  727         2. For purposes of this section, a background screening
  728  conducted by a commercial consumer reporting agency in
  729  compliance with the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act using the
  730  identifying information referenced in subparagraph 1. and that
  731  includes searching that information against the sexual predator
  732  and sexual offender Internet sites listed in sub-subparagraphs
  733  1.a. and b. shall be deemed in compliance with the requirements
  734  of this section.
  735         Section 14. Section 943.045, Florida Statutes, is amended
  736  to read:
  737         943.045 Definitions; ss. 943.045-943.08.—The following
  738  words and phrases as used in ss. 943.045-943.08 shall have the
  739  following meanings:
  740         (13)(1) “Criminal justice information system” means a
  741  system, including the equipment, facilities, procedures,
  742  agreements, and organizations thereof, for the collection,
  743  processing, preservation, or dissemination of criminal justice
  744  information.
  745         (2) “Administration of criminal justice” means performing
  746  functions of detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial
  747  release, posttrial release, prosecution, adjudication,
  748  correctional supervision, or rehabilitation of accused persons
  749  or criminal offenders by governmental agencies. The
  750  administration of criminal justice includes criminal
  751  identification activities and the collection, processing,
  752  storage, and dissemination of criminal justice information by
  753  governmental agencies.
  754         (3) “Biometric” refers to impressions, reproductions, or
  755  representations of human physical characteristics, such as DNA,
  756  fingerprints, palm prints, footprints, retina and iris images,
  757  voice patterns, and facial images, such as booking and driver
  758  license photographs, that, when measured and analyzed, can be
  759  used for identification purposes.
  760         (12)(3) “Criminal justice information” means information on
  761  individuals collected or disseminated as a result of arrest,
  762  detention, or the initiation of a criminal proceeding by
  763  criminal justice agencies, including arrest record information,
  764  correctional and release information, criminal history record
  765  information, conviction record information, offender
  766  registration information, identification record information, and
  767  wanted persons record information. The term does shall not
  768  include statistical or analytical records or reports in which
  769  individuals are not identified and from which their identities
  770  are not ascertainable. The term does shall not include criminal
  771  intelligence information or criminal investigative information.
  772         (5)(4) “Criminal history information” means information
  773  collected by criminal justice agencies on persons, which
  774  information consists of identifiable descriptions and notations
  775  of arrests, detentions, indictments, informations, or other
  776  formal criminal charges and the disposition thereof. The term
  777  does not include identification information, such as biometric
  778  fingerprint records, if the information does not indicate
  779  involvement of the person in the criminal justice system.
  780         (7)(5) “Criminal intelligence information” means
  781  information collected by a criminal justice agency with respect
  782  to an identifiable person or group in an effort to anticipate,
  783  prevent, or monitor possible criminal activity.
  784         (9)(6) “Criminal investigative information” means
  785  information about an identifiable person or group, compiled by a
  786  criminal justice agency in the course of conducting a criminal
  787  investigation of a specific criminal act or omission, including,
  788  but not limited to, information derived from laboratory tests,
  789  reports of investigators, informants, or any type of
  790  surveillance.
  791         (17)(7) “Record” means any and all documents, writings,
  792  computer memory, and microfilm, and any other form in which
  793  facts are memorialized, irrespective of whether such record is
  794  an official record, public record, or admissible record or is
  795  merely a copy thereof.
  796         (4)(8) “Comparable ordinance violation” means a violation
  797  of an ordinance having all the essential elements of a statutory
  798  misdemeanor or felony.
  799         (14)(9) “Disposition” means details relating to the
  800  termination of an individual criminal defendant’s relationship
  801  with a criminal justice agency, including information disclosing
  802  that the law enforcement agency has elected not to refer a
  803  matter to a prosecutor or that a prosecutor has elected not to
  804  commence criminal proceedings, that a court has dealt with the
  805  individual, or that the individual has been incarcerated,
  806  paroled, pardoned, released, or granted clemency. Dispositions
  807  include, but are not limited to, acquittals, dismissals, pleas,
  808  convictions, adjudications, youthful offender determinations,
  809  determinations of mental capacity, placements in intervention
  810  programs, pardons, probations, paroles, and releases from
  811  correctional institutions.
  812         (11)(10) “Criminal justice agency” means:
  813         (a) A court.
  814         (b) The department.
  815         (c) The Department of Juvenile Justice.
  816         (d) The protective investigations component of the
  817  Department of Children and Families Family Services, which
  818  investigates the crimes of abuse and neglect.
  819         (e) Any other governmental agency or subunit thereof that
  820  which performs the administration of criminal justice pursuant
  821  to a statute or rule of court and that which allocates a
  822  substantial part of its annual budget to the administration of
  823  criminal justice.
  824         (15)(11) “Disseminate Dissemination” means to transmit the
  825  transmission of information, whether orally or in writing.
  826         (18)(12) “Research or statistical project” means any
  827  program, project, or component the purpose of which is to
  828  develop, measure, evaluate, or otherwise advance the state of
  829  knowledge in a particular area. The term does not include
  830  intelligence, investigative, or other information-gathering
  831  activities in which information is obtained for purposes
  832  directly related to enforcement of the criminal laws.
  833         (16)(13) “Expunction of a criminal history record” means
  834  the court-ordered physical destruction or obliteration of a
  835  record or portion of a record by any criminal justice agency
  836  having custody thereof, or as prescribed by the court issuing
  837  the order, except that criminal history records in the custody
  838  of the department must be retained in all cases for purposes of
  839  evaluating subsequent requests by the subject of the record for
  840  sealing or expunction, or for purposes of recreating the record
  841  in the event an order to expunge is vacated by a court of
  842  competent jurisdiction.
  843         (19)(14) “Sealing of a criminal history record” means the
  844  preservation of a record under such circumstances that it is
  845  secure and inaccessible to any person not having a legal right
  846  of access to the record or the information contained and
  847  preserved therein.
  848         (1)(15) “Adjudicated guilty” means that a person has been
  849  found guilty and that the court has not withheld an adjudication
  850  of guilt.
  851         (8)(16) “Criminal intelligence information system” means a
  852  system, including the equipment, facilities, procedures,
  853  agreements agreement, and organizations thereof, for the
  854  collection, processing, preservation, or dissemination of
  855  criminal intelligence information.
  856         (10)(17) “Criminal investigative information system” means
  857  a system, including the equipment, facilities, procedures,
  858  agreements, and organizations thereof, for the collection,
  859  processing, preservation, or dissemination of criminal
  860  investigative information.
  861         (6)(18) “Criminal history record” means any nonjudicial
  862  record maintained by a criminal justice agency containing
  863  criminal history information.
  864         Section 15. Paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), and (h) of
  865  subsection (2) and subsection (3) of section 943.05, Florida
  866  Statutes, are amended, and subsection (4) of that section is
  867  reenacted, to read:
  868         943.05 Criminal Justice Information Program; duties; crime
  869  reports.—
  870         (2) The program shall:
  871         (b) Establish, implement, and maintain a statewide
  872  automated biometric fingerprint identification system capable
  873  of, but not limited to, reading, classifying, matching, and
  874  storing fingerprints, rolled fingerprints, and latent
  875  fingerprints, palm prints, and facial images. Information
  876  contained within the system shall be available to every criminal
  877  justice agency that is responsible for the administration of
  878  criminal justice.
  879         (c) Initiate a crime information system that shall be
  880  responsible for:
  881         1. Preparing and disseminating semiannual reports to the
  882  Governor, the Legislature, all criminal justice agencies, and,
  883  upon request, the public. Each report shall include, but not be
  884  limited to, types of crime reported, offenders, arrests, and
  885  victims.
  886         2. Upon request, providing other states and federal
  887  criminal justice agencies with Florida crime data. Where
  888  convenient, such data shall conform to definitions established
  889  by the requesting agencies.
  890         3. In cooperation with other criminal justice agencies,
  891  developing and maintaining an offender-based transaction system.
  892         (d) Adopt rules to effectively and efficiently implement,
  893  administer, manage, maintain, and use the automated biometric
  894  fingerprint identification system and uniform offense reports
  895  and arrest reports. The rules shall be considered minimum
  896  requirements and shall not preclude a criminal justice agency
  897  from implementing its own enhancements. However, rules and forms
  898  prescribing uniform arrest or probable cause affidavits and
  899  alcohol influence reports to be used by all law enforcement
  900  agencies in making DUI arrests under s. 316.193 shall be
  901  adopted, and shall be used by all law enforcement agencies in
  902  this state. The rules and forms prescribing such uniform
  903  affidavits and reports shall be adopted and implemented by July
  904  1, 2004. Failure to use these uniform affidavits and reports,
  905  however, shall not prohibit prosecution under s. 316.193.
  906         (e) Establish, implement, and maintain a Domestic and
  907  Repeat Violence Injunction Statewide Verification System capable
  908  of electronically transmitting information to and between
  909  criminal justice agencies relating to domestic violence
  910  injunctions, injunctions to prevent child abuse issued under
  911  chapter 39, and repeat violence injunctions issued by the courts
  912  throughout the state. Such information must include, but is not
  913  limited to, information as to the existence and status of any
  914  such injunction for verification purposes.
  915         (g) Upon official written request, and subject to the
  916  department having sufficient funds and equipment to participate
  917  in such a request, from the agency executive director or
  918  secretary or from his or her designee, or from qualified
  919  entities participating in the volunteer and employee criminal
  920  history screening system under s. 943.0542, or as otherwise
  921  required by law, retain fingerprints submitted by criminal and
  922  noncriminal justice agencies to the department for a criminal
  923  history background screening as provided by rule and enter the
  924  fingerprints in the statewide automated biometric fingerprint
  925  identification system authorized by paragraph (b). Such
  926  fingerprints shall thereafter be available for all purposes and
  927  uses authorized for arrest fingerprint submissions entered into
  928  the statewide automated biometric fingerprint identification
  929  system pursuant to s. 943.051.
  930         (h) For each agency or qualified entity that officially
  931  requests retention of fingerprints or for which retention is
  932  otherwise required by law, search all arrest fingerprint
  933  submissions received under s. 943.051 against the fingerprints
  934  retained in the statewide automated biometric fingerprint
  935  identification system under paragraph (g).
  936         1. Any arrest record that is identified with the retained
  937  fingerprints of a person subject to background screening as
  938  provided in paragraph (g) shall be reported to the appropriate
  939  agency or qualified entity.
  940         2. To participate in this search process, agencies or
  941  qualified entities must notify each person fingerprinted that
  942  his or her fingerprints will be retained, pay an annual fee to
  943  the department unless otherwise provided by law, and inform the
  944  department of any change in the affiliation, employment, or
  945  contractual status of each person whose fingerprints are
  946  retained under paragraph (g) if such change removes or
  947  eliminates the agency or qualified entity’s basis or need for
  948  receiving reports of any arrest of that person, so that the
  949  agency or qualified entity is not obligated to pay the upcoming
  950  annual fee for the retention and searching of that person’s
  951  fingerprints to the department. The department shall adopt a
  952  rule setting the amount of the annual fee to be imposed upon
  953  each participating agency or qualified entity for performing
  954  these searches and establishing the procedures for the retention
  955  of fingerprints and the dissemination of search results. The fee
  956  may be borne by the agency, qualified entity, or person subject
  957  to fingerprint retention or as otherwise provided by law.
  958  Consistent with the recognition of criminal justice agencies
  959  expressed in s. 943.053(3), these services shall be provided to
  960  criminal justice agencies for criminal justice purposes free of
  961  charge. Qualified entities that elect to participate in the
  962  fingerprint retention and search process are required to timely
  963  remit the fee to the department by a payment mechanism approved
  964  by the department. If requested by the qualified entity, and
  965  with the approval of the department, such fees may be timely
  966  remitted to the department by a qualified entity upon receipt of
  967  an invoice for such fees from the department. Failure of a
  968  qualified entity to pay the amount due on a timely basis or as
  969  invoiced by the department may result in the refusal by the
  970  department to permit the qualified entity to continue to
  971  participate in the fingerprint retention and search process
  972  until all fees due and owing are paid.
  973         3. Agencies that participate in the fingerprint retention
  974  and search process may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1)
  975  and 120.54 to require employers to keep the agency informed of
  976  any change in the affiliation, employment, or contractual status
  977  of each person whose fingerprints are retained under paragraph
  978  (g) if such change removes or eliminates the agency’s basis or
  979  need for receiving reports of any arrest of that person, so that
  980  the agency is not obligated to pay the upcoming annual fee for
  981  the retention and searching of that person’s fingerprints to the
  982  department.
  983         (3) If fingerprints submitted to the department for
  984  background screening, whether retained or not retained, are
  985  identified with the fingerprints of a person having a criminal
  986  history record, such fingerprints may thereafter be available
  987  for all purposes and uses authorized for arrest fingerprints
  988  fingerprint cards, including, but not limited to, entry into the
  989  statewide automated biometric fingerprint identification system
  990  to augment or replace the fingerprints that identify the
  991  criminal history record.
  992         (4) Upon notification that a federal fingerprint retention
  993  program is in effect, and subject to the department being funded
  994  and equipped to participate in such a program, the department
  995  shall, if state and national criminal history records checks and
  996  retention of submitted prints are authorized or required by law,
  997  retain the fingerprints as provided in paragraphs (2)(g) and (h)
  998  and advise the Federal Bureau of Investigation to retain the
  999  fingerprints at the national level for searching against arrest
 1000  fingerprint submissions received at the national level.
 1001         Section 16. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 943.051,
 1002  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1003         943.051 Criminal justice information; collection and
 1004  storage; fingerprinting.—
 1005         (2) The fingerprints, palm prints, and facial images of
 1006  each adult person charged with or convicted of a felony,
 1007  misdemeanor, or violation of a comparable ordinance by a state,
 1008  county, municipal, or other law enforcement agency shall be
 1009  captured fingerprinted, and electronically such fingerprints
 1010  shall be submitted to the department in the manner prescribed by
 1011  rule. Exceptions to this requirement for specified misdemeanors
 1012  or comparable ordinance violations may be made by the department
 1013  by rule.
 1014         (3)(a) The fingerprints, palm prints, and facial images of
 1015  a minor who is charged with or found to have committed an
 1016  offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult shall be
 1017  captured fingerprinted and the fingerprints shall be
 1018  electronically submitted to the department in the manner
 1019  prescribed by rule.
 1020         (b) A minor who is charged with or found to have committed
 1021  the following offenses shall be fingerprinted and the
 1022  fingerprints shall be submitted electronically to the
 1023  department, unless the minor is issued a civil citation pursuant
 1024  to s. 985.12:
 1025         1. Assault, as defined in s. 784.011.
 1026         2. Battery, as defined in s. 784.03.
 1027         3. Carrying a concealed weapon, as defined in s. 790.01(1).
 1028         4. Unlawful use of destructive devices or bombs, as defined
 1029  in s. 790.1615(1).
 1030         5. Neglect Negligent treatment of a child children, as
 1031  defined in s. 827.03(1)(e) former s. 827.05.
 1032         6. Assault or battery on a law enforcement officer, a
 1033  firefighter, or other specified officers, as defined in s.
 1034  784.07(2)(a) and (b).
 1035         7. Open carrying of a weapon, as defined in s. 790.053.
 1036         8. Exposure of sexual organs, as defined in s. 800.03.
 1037         9. Unlawful possession of a firearm, as defined in s.
 1038  790.22(5).
 1039         10. Petit theft, as defined in s. 812.014(3).
 1040         11. Cruelty to animals, as defined in s. 828.12(1).
 1041         12. Arson, as defined in s. 806.031(1).
 1042         13. Unlawful possession or discharge of a weapon or firearm
 1043  at a school-sponsored event or on school property, as provided
 1044  defined in s. 790.115.
 1045         Section 17. Section 943.052, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1046  to read:
 1047         943.052 Disposition reporting.—The Criminal Justice
 1048  Information Program shall, by rule, establish procedures and a
 1049  format for each criminal justice agency to monitor its records
 1050  and submit reports, as provided by this section, to the program.
 1051  The disposition report shall be developed by the program and
 1052  shall include the offender-based transaction system number.
 1053         (1) Each law enforcement officer or booking officer shall
 1054  include with submitted arrest information and fingerprints on
 1055  the arrest fingerprint card the offender-based transaction
 1056  system number.
 1057         (2) Each clerk of the court shall submit the uniform
 1058  dispositions to the program or in a manner acceptable to the
 1059  program. The report must shall be submitted at least once a
 1060  month and, when acceptable by the program, may be submitted in
 1061  an automated format acceptable to the program. The disposition
 1062  report is mandatory for each disposition dispositions relating
 1063  to an adult offender and, offenders only. beginning July 1,
 1064  2008, a disposition report for dispositions each disposition
 1065  relating to a minor offenders offender is mandatory.
 1066         (3)(a) The Department of Corrections shall submit
 1067  fingerprints, palm prints, and facial images information to the
 1068  program relating to the receipt or discharge of any person who
 1069  is sentenced to a state correctional institution.
 1070         (b) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall submit
 1071  fingerprints, palm prints, and facial images information to the
 1072  program relating to the receipt or discharge of any minor who is
 1073  found to have committed an offense that would be a felony if
 1074  committed by an adult, or is found to have committed a
 1075  misdemeanor specified in s. 943.051(3), and is committed to the
 1076  custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
 1077         Section 18. Subsection (2), paragraph (a) of subsection
 1078  (3), subsection (11), and paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection
 1079  (13) of section 943.053, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1080         943.053 Dissemination of criminal justice information;
 1081  fees.—
 1082         (2) Criminal justice information derived from federal
 1083  criminal justice information systems or criminal justice
 1084  information systems of other states shall not be disseminated in
 1085  a manner inconsistent with the rules instituted by the National
 1086  Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, as approved and ratified
 1087  in s. 943.0543, or with other applicable laws, regulations, or
 1088  rules of the originating agency.
 1089         (3)(a) Criminal history information, including information
 1090  relating to minors, compiled by the Criminal Justice Information
 1091  Program from intrastate sources shall be available on a priority
 1092  basis to criminal justice agencies for criminal justice purposes
 1093  free of charge. After providing the program with all known
 1094  personal identifying information, persons in the private sector
 1095  and noncriminal justice agencies may be provided criminal
 1096  history information upon tender of fees as established in this
 1097  subsection and in the manner prescribed by rule of the
 1098  Department of Law Enforcement. Any access to criminal history
 1099  information by the private sector or noncriminal justice
 1100  agencies as provided in this subsection shall be assessed
 1101  without regard to the quantity or category of criminal history
 1102  record information requested.
 1103         (11) A criminal justice agency that is authorized under
 1104  federal rules or law to conduct a criminal history background
 1105  check on an agency employee who is not certified by the Criminal
 1106  Justice Standards and Training Commission under s. 943.12 may
 1107  submit to the department the fingerprints of the noncertified
 1108  employee to obtain state and national criminal history
 1109  information. The fingerprints shall be retained and entered in
 1110  the statewide automated biometric fingerprint identification
 1111  system authorized by s. 943.05 and shall be available for all
 1112  purposes and uses authorized for arrest fingerprint submissions
 1113  entered in the statewide automated biometric fingerprint
 1114  identification system pursuant to s. 943.051. The department
 1115  shall search all arrest fingerprint submissions received
 1116  pursuant to s. 943.051 against the fingerprints retained in the
 1117  statewide automated biometric fingerprint identification system
 1118  pursuant to this section. In addition to all purposes and uses
 1119  authorized for arrest fingerprint submissions for which
 1120  submitted fingerprints may be used, any arrest record that is
 1121  identified with the retained employee fingerprints must be
 1122  reported to the submitting employing agency.
 1123         (13)(a) For the department to accept an electronic
 1124  fingerprint submission from:
 1125         1. A private vendor engaged in the business of providing
 1126  electronic fingerprint submission; or
 1127         2. A private entity or public agency that submits the
 1128  fingerprints of its own employees, volunteers, contractors,
 1129  associates, or applicants for the purpose of conducting a
 1130  required or permitted criminal history background check,
 1131  
 1132  the vendor, entity, or agency submitting the fingerprints must
 1133  enter into an agreement with the department that, at a minimum,
 1134  obligates the vendor, entity, or agency to comply with certain
 1135  specified standards to ensure that all persons having direct or
 1136  indirect responsibility for verifying identification, taking
 1137  fingerprints, identifying, and electronically submitting
 1138  fingerprints are qualified to do so and will ensure the
 1139  integrity and security of all personal information gathered from
 1140  the persons whose fingerprints are submitted.
 1141         (c) The requirement for entering into an agreement with the
 1142  department for this purpose does not apply to criminal justice
 1143  agencies as defined at s. 943.045(10).
 1144         Section 19. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
 1145  943.054, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1146         943.054 Exchange of federal criminal history records and
 1147  information.—
 1148         (1) Criminal history information derived from any United
 1149  States Department of Justice criminal justice information system
 1150  is available:
 1151         (b) Pursuant to applicable federal laws and regulations,
 1152  including those instituted by the National Crime Prevention and
 1153  Privacy Compact, for use in connection with licensing or local
 1154  or state employment or for such other uses only as authorized by
 1155  federal or state laws which have been approved by the United
 1156  States Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee. When
 1157  no active prosecution of the charge is known to be pending,
 1158  arrest data more than 1 year old is not disseminated unless
 1159  accompanied by information relating to the disposition of that
 1160  arrest.
 1161         Section 20. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (2) of
 1162  section 943.0542, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1163         943.0542 Access to criminal history information provided by
 1164  the department to qualified entities.—
 1165         (2)
 1166         (b) A qualified entity shall submit to the department a
 1167  request for screening an employee or volunteer or person
 1168  applying to be an employee or volunteer by submitting
 1169  fingerprints on a completed fingerprint card, or the request may
 1170  be submitted electronically. The qualified entity must maintain
 1171  a signed waiver allowing the release of the state and national
 1172  criminal history record information to the qualified entity.
 1173         (c) Each such request must be accompanied by payment of a
 1174  fee for a statewide criminal history check by the department
 1175  established by s. 943.053, plus the amount currently prescribed
 1176  by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the national criminal
 1177  history check in compliance with the National Child Protection
 1178  Act of 1993, as amended. Payments must be made in the manner
 1179  prescribed by the department by rule.
 1180         Section 21. Subsection (2) of section 943.0544, Florida
 1181  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1182         943.0544 Criminal justice information network and
 1183  information management.—
 1184         (2) The department may develop, implement, maintain,
 1185  manage, and operate the Criminal Justice Network, which shall be
 1186  an intrastate network for agency intraagency information and
 1187  data sharing data-sharing network for use by the state’s
 1188  criminal justice agencies. The department, in consultation with
 1189  the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Systems Council,
 1190  shall determine and regulate access to the Criminal Justice
 1191  Network by the state’s criminal justice agencies.
 1192         Section 22. Section 943.055, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1193  to read:
 1194         943.055 Records and audit.—
 1195         (1) Criminal justice agencies disseminating criminal
 1196  justice information derived from a Department of Law Enforcement
 1197  criminal justice information system shall maintain a record of
 1198  dissemination in accordance with the user agreements in s.
 1199  943.0525 rules adopted by the Department of Law Enforcement.
 1200         (2) The Criminal Justice Information Program shall arrange
 1201  for any audits of state and local criminal justice and
 1202  noncriminal justice agencies necessary to ensure assure
 1203  compliance with federal laws and regulations, this chapter, and
 1204  rules of the Department of Law Enforcement pertaining to the
 1205  establishment, operation, security, and maintenance of criminal
 1206  justice information systems.
 1207         Section 23. Subsection (2) of section 943.056, Florida
 1208  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1209         943.056 Access to, review and challenge of, Criminal
 1210  history records; access, review, and challenge.—
 1211         (2) Criminal justice agencies subject to chapter 120 shall
 1212  be subject to hearings regarding those portions of criminal
 1213  history records for which the agency served as originator. When
 1214  it is determined what the record should contain in order to be
 1215  complete and accurate, the Criminal Justice Information Program
 1216  shall be advised and shall conform state and federal records to
 1217  the corrected criminal history record information and shall
 1218  request that the federal records be corrected.
 1219         Section 24. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (3) and
 1220  subsections (5) and (6) of section 943.0582, Florida Statutes,
 1221  are amended to read:
 1222         943.0582 Prearrest, postarrest, or teen court diversion
 1223  program expunction.—
 1224         (3) The department shall expunge the nonjudicial arrest
 1225  record of a minor who has successfully completed a prearrest or
 1226  postarrest diversion program if that minor:
 1227         (b) Submits the application for prearrest or postarrest
 1228  diversion expunction no later than 12 6 months after completion
 1229  of the diversion program.
 1230         (c) Submits to the department, with the application, an
 1231  official written statement from the state attorney for the
 1232  county in which the arrest occurred certifying that he or she
 1233  has successfully completed that county’s prearrest or postarrest
 1234  diversion program, and that his or her participation in the
 1235  program was based on an arrest is strictly limited to minors
 1236  arrested for a nonviolent misdemeanor, and that he or she has
 1237  who have not otherwise been charged with or found to have
 1238  committed any criminal offense or comparable ordinance
 1239  violation.
 1240         (5) This section operates retroactively to permit the
 1241  expunction of any nonjudicial record of the arrest of a minor
 1242  who has successfully completed a prearrest or postarrest
 1243  diversion program on or after July 1, 2000; however, in the case
 1244  of a minor whose completion of the program occurred before the
 1245  effective date of this section, the application for prearrest or
 1246  postarrest diversion expunction must be submitted within 6
 1247  months after the effective date of this section.
 1248         (5)(6) Expunction or sealing granted under this section
 1249  does not prevent the minor who receives such relief from
 1250  petitioning for the expunction or sealing of a later criminal
 1251  history record as provided for in ss. 943.0585 and 943.059, if
 1252  the minor is otherwise eligible under those sections.
 1253         Section 25. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1), paragraph (f)
 1254  of subsection (2), and paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of
 1255  section 943.0585, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1256         943.0585 Court-ordered expunction of criminal history
 1257  records.—The courts of this state have jurisdiction over their
 1258  own procedures, including the maintenance, expunction, and
 1259  correction of judicial records containing criminal history
 1260  information to the extent such procedures are not inconsistent
 1261  with the conditions, responsibilities, and duties established by
 1262  this section. Any court of competent jurisdiction may order a
 1263  criminal justice agency to expunge the criminal history record
 1264  of a minor or an adult who complies with the requirements of
 1265  this section. The court shall not order a criminal justice
 1266  agency to expunge a criminal history record until the person
 1267  seeking to expunge a criminal history record has applied for and
 1268  received a certificate of eligibility for expunction pursuant to
 1269  subsection (2). A criminal history record that relates to a
 1270  violation of s. 393.135, s. 394.4593, s. 787.025, chapter 794,
 1271  s. 796.03, s. 800.04, s. 810.14, s. 817.034, s. 825.1025, s.
 1272  827.071, chapter 839, s. 847.0133, s. 847.0135, s. 847.0145, s.
 1273  893.135, s. 916.1075, a violation enumerated in s. 907.041, or
 1274  any violation specified as a predicate offense for registration
 1275  as a sexual predator pursuant to s. 775.21, without regard to
 1276  whether that offense alone is sufficient to require such
 1277  registration, or for registration as a sexual offender pursuant
 1278  to s. 943.0435, may not be expunged, without regard to whether
 1279  adjudication was withheld, if the defendant was found guilty of
 1280  or pled guilty or nolo contendere to the offense, or if the
 1281  defendant, as a minor, was found to have committed, or pled
 1282  guilty or nolo contendere to committing, the offense as a
 1283  delinquent act. The court may only order expunction of a
 1284  criminal history record pertaining to one arrest or one incident
 1285  of alleged criminal activity, except as provided in this
 1286  section. The court may, at its sole discretion, order the
 1287  expunction of a criminal history record pertaining to more than
 1288  one arrest if the additional arrests directly relate to the
 1289  original arrest. If the court intends to order the expunction of
 1290  records pertaining to such additional arrests, such intent must
 1291  be specified in the order. A criminal justice agency may not
 1292  expunge any record pertaining to such additional arrests if the
 1293  order to expunge does not articulate the intention of the court
 1294  to expunge a record pertaining to more than one arrest. This
 1295  section does not prevent the court from ordering the expunction
 1296  of only a portion of a criminal history record pertaining to one
 1297  arrest or one incident of alleged criminal activity.
 1298  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a criminal justice
 1299  agency may comply with laws, court orders, and official requests
 1300  of other jurisdictions relating to expunction, correction, or
 1301  confidential handling of criminal history records or information
 1302  derived therefrom. This section does not confer any right to the
 1303  expunction of any criminal history record, and any request for
 1304  expunction of a criminal history record may be denied at the
 1305  sole discretion of the court.
 1306         (1) PETITION TO EXPUNGE A CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD.—Each
 1307  petition to a court to expunge a criminal history record is
 1308  complete only when accompanied by:
 1309         (b) The petitioner’s sworn statement attesting that the
 1310  petitioner:
 1311         1. Has never, prior to the date on which the petition is
 1312  filed, been adjudicated guilty of a criminal offense or
 1313  comparable ordinance violation, or been adjudicated delinquent
 1314  for committing any felony or a misdemeanor specified in s.
 1315  943.051(3)(b).
 1316         2. Has not been adjudicated guilty of, or adjudicated
 1317  delinquent for committing, any of the acts stemming from the
 1318  arrest or alleged criminal activity to which the petition
 1319  pertains.
 1320         3. Has never secured a prior sealing or expunction of a
 1321  criminal history record under this section, s. 943.059, former
 1322  s. 893.14, former s. 901.33, or former s. 943.058, or from any
 1323  jurisdiction outside the state, unless expunction is sought of a
 1324  criminal history record previously sealed for 10 years pursuant
 1325  to paragraph (2)(h) and the record is otherwise eligible for
 1326  expunction.
 1327         4. Is eligible for such an expunction to the best of his or
 1328  her knowledge or belief and does not have any other petition to
 1329  expunge or any petition to seal pending before any court.
 1330  
 1331  Any person who knowingly provides false information on such
 1332  sworn statement to the court commits a felony of the third
 1333  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.
 1334  775.084.
 1335         (2) CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR EXPUNCTION.—Prior to
 1336  petitioning the court to expunge a criminal history record, a
 1337  person seeking to expunge a criminal history record shall apply
 1338  to the department for a certificate of eligibility for
 1339  expunction. The department shall, by rule adopted pursuant to
 1340  chapter 120, establish procedures pertaining to the application
 1341  for and issuance of certificates of eligibility for expunction.
 1342  A certificate of eligibility for expunction is valid for 12
 1343  months after the date stamped on the certificate when issued by
 1344  the department. After that time, the petitioner must reapply to
 1345  the department for a new certificate of eligibility. Eligibility
 1346  for a renewed certification of eligibility must be based on the
 1347  status of the applicant and the law in effect at the time of the
 1348  renewal application. The department shall issue a certificate of
 1349  eligibility for expunction to a person who is the subject of a
 1350  criminal history record if that person:
 1351         (f) Has never secured a prior sealing or expunction of a
 1352  criminal history record under this section, s. 943.059, former
 1353  s. 893.14, former s. 901.33, or former s. 943.058, unless
 1354  expunction is sought of a criminal history record previously
 1355  sealed for 10 years pursuant to paragraph (h) and the record is
 1356  otherwise eligible for expunction.
 1357         (4) EFFECT OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD EXPUNCTION.—Any
 1358  criminal history record of a minor or an adult which is ordered
 1359  expunged by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to this
 1360  section must be physically destroyed or obliterated by any
 1361  criminal justice agency having custody of such record; except
 1362  that any criminal history record in the custody of the
 1363  department must be retained in all cases. A criminal history
 1364  record ordered expunged that is retained by the department is
 1365  confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and
 1366  s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution and not available to
 1367  any person or entity except upon order of a court of competent
 1368  jurisdiction. A criminal justice agency may retain a notation
 1369  indicating compliance with an order to expunge.
 1370         (a) The person who is the subject of a criminal history
 1371  record that is expunged under this section or under other
 1372  provisions of law, including former s. 893.14, former s. 901.33,
 1373  and former s. 943.058, may lawfully deny or fail to acknowledge
 1374  the arrests covered by the expunged record, except when the
 1375  subject of the record:
 1376         1. Is a candidate for employment with a criminal justice
 1377  agency;
 1378         2. Is a defendant in a criminal prosecution;
 1379         3. Concurrently or subsequently petitions for relief under
 1380  this section or s. 943.059;
 1381         4. Is a candidate for admission to The Florida Bar;
 1382         5. Is seeking to be employed or licensed by or to contract
 1383  with the Department of Children and Families Family Services,
 1384  the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation within the Department
 1385  of Education, the Agency for Health Care Administration, the
 1386  Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Health,
 1387  the Department of Elderly Affairs, or the Department of Juvenile
 1388  Justice or to be employed or used by such contractor or licensee
 1389  in a sensitive position having direct contact with children, the
 1390  disabled, or the elderly; or
 1391         6. Is seeking to be employed or licensed by the Department
 1392  of Education, any district school board, any university
 1393  laboratory school, any charter school, any private or parochial
 1394  school, or any local governmental entity that licenses child
 1395  care facilities; or
 1396         7. Is seeking authorization from a seaport listed in s.
 1397  311.09 for employment within or access to one or more of such
 1398  seaports pursuant to s. 311.12.
 1399         Section 26. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1), paragraph (e)
 1400  of subsection (2), and paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of
 1401  section 943.059, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1402         943.059 Court-ordered sealing of criminal history records.
 1403  The courts of this state shall continue to have jurisdiction
 1404  over their own procedures, including the maintenance, sealing,
 1405  and correction of judicial records containing criminal history
 1406  information to the extent such procedures are not inconsistent
 1407  with the conditions, responsibilities, and duties established by
 1408  this section. Any court of competent jurisdiction may order a
 1409  criminal justice agency to seal the criminal history record of a
 1410  minor or an adult who complies with the requirements of this
 1411  section. The court shall not order a criminal justice agency to
 1412  seal a criminal history record until the person seeking to seal
 1413  a criminal history record has applied for and received a
 1414  certificate of eligibility for sealing pursuant to subsection
 1415  (2). A criminal history record that relates to a violation of s.
 1416  393.135, s. 394.4593, s. 787.025, chapter 794, s. 796.03, s.
 1417  800.04, s. 810.14, s. 817.034, s. 825.1025, s. 827.071, chapter
 1418  839, s. 847.0133, s. 847.0135, s. 847.0145, s. 893.135, s.
 1419  916.1075, a violation enumerated in s. 907.041, or any violation
 1420  specified as a predicate offense for registration as a sexual
 1421  predator pursuant to s. 775.21, without regard to whether that
 1422  offense alone is sufficient to require such registration, or for
 1423  registration as a sexual offender pursuant to s. 943.0435, may
 1424  not be sealed, without regard to whether adjudication was
 1425  withheld, if the defendant was found guilty of or pled guilty or
 1426  nolo contendere to the offense, or if the defendant, as a minor,
 1427  was found to have committed or pled guilty or nolo contendere to
 1428  committing the offense as a delinquent act. The court may only
 1429  order sealing of a criminal history record pertaining to one
 1430  arrest or one incident of alleged criminal activity, except as
 1431  provided in this section. The court may, at its sole discretion,
 1432  order the sealing of a criminal history record pertaining to
 1433  more than one arrest if the additional arrests directly relate
 1434  to the original arrest. If the court intends to order the
 1435  sealing of records pertaining to such additional arrests, such
 1436  intent must be specified in the order. A criminal justice agency
 1437  may not seal any record pertaining to such additional arrests if
 1438  the order to seal does not articulate the intention of the court
 1439  to seal records pertaining to more than one arrest. This section
 1440  does not prevent the court from ordering the sealing of only a
 1441  portion of a criminal history record pertaining to one arrest or
 1442  one incident of alleged criminal activity. Notwithstanding any
 1443  law to the contrary, a criminal justice agency may comply with
 1444  laws, court orders, and official requests of other jurisdictions
 1445  relating to sealing, correction, or confidential handling of
 1446  criminal history records or information derived therefrom. This
 1447  section does not confer any right to the sealing of any criminal
 1448  history record, and any request for sealing a criminal history
 1449  record may be denied at the sole discretion of the court.
 1450         (1) PETITION TO SEAL A CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD.—Each
 1451  petition to a court to seal a criminal history record is
 1452  complete only when accompanied by:
 1453         (b) The petitioner’s sworn statement attesting that the
 1454  petitioner:
 1455         1. Has never, prior to the date on which the petition is
 1456  filed, been adjudicated guilty of a criminal offense or
 1457  comparable ordinance violation, or been adjudicated delinquent
 1458  for committing any felony or a misdemeanor specified in s.
 1459  943.051(3)(b).
 1460         2. Has not been adjudicated guilty of or adjudicated
 1461  delinquent for committing any of the acts stemming from the
 1462  arrest or alleged criminal activity to which the petition to
 1463  seal pertains.
 1464         3. Has never secured a prior sealing or expunction of a
 1465  criminal history record under this section, s. 943.0585, former
 1466  s. 893.14, former s. 901.33, or former s. 943.058, or from any
 1467  jurisdiction outside the state.
 1468         4. Is eligible for such a sealing to the best of his or her
 1469  knowledge or belief and does not have any other petition to seal
 1470  or any petition to expunge pending before any court.
 1471  
 1472  Any person who knowingly provides false information on such
 1473  sworn statement to the court commits a felony of the third
 1474  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.
 1475  775.084.
 1476         (2) CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SEALING.—Prior to
 1477  petitioning the court to seal a criminal history record, a
 1478  person seeking to seal a criminal history record shall apply to
 1479  the department for a certificate of eligibility for sealing. The
 1480  department shall, by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 120,
 1481  establish procedures pertaining to the application for and
 1482  issuance of certificates of eligibility for sealing. A
 1483  certificate of eligibility for sealing is valid for 12 months
 1484  after the date stamped on the certificate when issued by the
 1485  department. After that time, the petitioner must reapply to the
 1486  department for a new certificate of eligibility. Eligibility for
 1487  a renewed certification of eligibility must be based on the
 1488  status of the applicant and the law in effect at the time of the
 1489  renewal application. The department shall issue a certificate of
 1490  eligibility for sealing to a person who is the subject of a
 1491  criminal history record provided that such person:
 1492         (e) Has never secured a prior sealing or expunction of a
 1493  criminal history record under this section, s. 943.0585, former
 1494  s. 893.14, former s. 901.33, or former s. 943.058.
 1495         (4) EFFECT OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD SEALING.—A criminal
 1496  history record of a minor or an adult which is ordered sealed by
 1497  a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to this section is
 1498  confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and
 1499  s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution and is available only
 1500  to the person who is the subject of the record, to the subject’s
 1501  attorney, to criminal justice agencies for their respective
 1502  criminal justice purposes, which include conducting a criminal
 1503  history background check for approval of firearms purchases or
 1504  transfers as authorized by state or federal law, to judges in
 1505  the state courts system for the purpose of assisting them in
 1506  their case-related decisionmaking responsibilities, as set forth
 1507  in s. 943.053(5), or to those entities set forth in
 1508  subparagraphs (a)1., 4., 5., 6., and 8. for their respective
 1509  licensing, access authorization, and employment purposes.
 1510         (a) The subject of a criminal history record sealed under
 1511  this section or under other provisions of law, including former
 1512  s. 893.14, former s. 901.33, and former s. 943.058, may lawfully
 1513  deny or fail to acknowledge the arrests covered by the sealed
 1514  record, except when the subject of the record:
 1515         1. Is a candidate for employment with a criminal justice
 1516  agency;
 1517         2. Is a defendant in a criminal prosecution;
 1518         3. Concurrently or subsequently petitions for relief under
 1519  this section or s. 943.0585;
 1520         4. Is a candidate for admission to The Florida Bar;
 1521         5. Is seeking to be employed or licensed by or to contract
 1522  with the Department of Children and Families Family Services,
 1523  the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation within the Department
 1524  of Education, the Agency for Health Care Administration, the
 1525  Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Health,
 1526  the Department of Elderly Affairs, or the Department of Juvenile
 1527  Justice or to be employed or used by such contractor or licensee
 1528  in a sensitive position having direct contact with children, the
 1529  disabled, or the elderly;
 1530         6. Is seeking to be employed or licensed by the Department
 1531  of Education, any district school board, any university
 1532  laboratory school, any charter school, any private or parochial
 1533  school, or any local governmental entity that licenses child
 1534  care facilities; or
 1535         7. Is attempting to purchase a firearm from a licensed
 1536  importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer and is
 1537  subject to a criminal history check under state or federal law;
 1538  or
 1539         8. Is seeking authorization from a Florida seaport
 1540  identified in s. 311.09 for employment within or access to one
 1541  or more of such seaports pursuant to s. 311.12.
 1542         Section 27. Section 943.125, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1543  to read:
 1544         943.125 Accreditation of state and local law enforcement
 1545  agencies, correctional facilities, public agency offices of
 1546  inspectors general, and certain pretrial diversion programs Law
 1547  enforcement agency accreditation; intent.—
 1548         (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that law
 1549  enforcement agencies, correctional facilities, public agency
 1550  offices of inspectors general, and those agencies offering
 1551  pretrial diversion programs within offices of the state
 1552  attorneys, county government, or sheriff’s offices in the state
 1553  be upgraded and strengthened through the adoption of meaningful
 1554  standards of operation for those agencies and their functions.
 1555         (2) It is the further intent of the Legislature that these
 1556  law enforcement agencies voluntarily adopt standards designed to
 1557  promote enhanced professionalism:
 1558         (a) For equal and fair law enforcement, to maximize the
 1559  capability of law enforcement agencies to enforce the law and
 1560  prevent and control criminal activities, and to increase
 1561  interagency cooperation throughout the state.
 1562         (b) For correctional facilities, to maintain best practices
 1563  for the care, custody, and control of inmates.
 1564         (c) Within public agency offices of inspector general, to
 1565  promote more effective scrutiny of public agency operations and
 1566  greater accountability of those serving in those agencies.
 1567         (d) In the operation and management of pretrial diversion
 1568  programs offered by and through the state attorney’s offices,
 1569  county government, or sheriff’s offices.
 1570         (3) It is further the intent of The Legislature also
 1571  intends to encourage the continuation of a voluntary state
 1572  accreditation program to facilitate the enhanced professionalism
 1573  identified in subsection (2) Florida Sheriffs Association and
 1574  the Florida Police Chiefs Association to develop, either jointly
 1575  or separately, a law enforcement agency accreditation program.
 1576  Other than the staff support by the department as authorized in
 1577  subsection (5), the accreditation program must be independent of
 1578  any law enforcement agency, the Department of Corrections, the
 1579  Florida Sheriffs Association, or the Florida Police Chiefs
 1580  Association.
 1581         (4) The law enforcement accreditation program must address,
 1582  at a minimum, the following aspects of law enforcement:
 1583         (a) Vehicle pursuits.
 1584         (b) Seizure and forfeiture of contraband articles.
 1585         (c) Recording and processing citizens’ complaints.
 1586         (d) Use of force.
 1587         (e) Traffic stops.
 1588         (f) Handling natural and manmade disasters.
 1589         (g) Special operations.
 1590         (h) Prisoner transfer.
 1591         (i) Collection and preservation of evidence.
 1592         (j) Recruitment and selection.
 1593         (k) Officer training.
 1594         (l) Performance evaluations.
 1595         (m) Law enforcement disciplinary procedures and rights.
 1596         (n) Use of criminal investigative funds.
 1597         (5) Subject to available funding, the department shall
 1598  employ and assign adequate support staff to the Commission for
 1599  Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation, Inc., and the Florida
 1600  Corrections Accreditation Commission, Inc., in support of the
 1601  accreditation programs established in this section.
 1602         (6) Accreditation standards related to law enforcement and
 1603  inspectors general used by the accreditation programs
 1604  established in this section shall be determined by the
 1605  Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation, Inc.
 1606  Accreditation standards related to corrections functions and
 1607  pretrial diversion programs shall be determined by the Florida
 1608  Corrections Accreditation Commission, Inc.
 1609         Section 28. Subsection (5) of section 943.13, Florida
 1610  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1611         943.13 Officers’ minimum qualifications for employment or
 1612  appointment.—On or after October 1, 1984, any person employed or
 1613  appointed as a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary law
 1614  enforcement officer or correctional officer; on or after October
 1615  1, 1986, any person employed as a full-time, part-time, or
 1616  auxiliary correctional probation officer; and on or after
 1617  October 1, 1986, any person employed as a full-time, part-time,
 1618  or auxiliary correctional officer by a private entity under
 1619  contract to the Department of Corrections, to a county
 1620  commission, or to the Department of Management Services shall:
 1621         (5) Have documentation of his or her processed fingerprints
 1622  on file with the employing agency or, if a private correctional
 1623  officer, have documentation of his or her processed fingerprints
 1624  on file with the Department of Corrections or the Criminal
 1625  Justice Standards and Training Commission. If administrative
 1626  delays are caused by the department or the Federal Bureau of
 1627  Investigation and the person has complied with subsections (1)
 1628  (4) and (6)-(9), he or she may be employed or appointed for a
 1629  period not to exceed 1 calendar year from the date he or she was
 1630  employed or appointed or until return of the processed
 1631  fingerprints documenting noncompliance with subsections (1)-(4)
 1632  or subsection (7), whichever occurs first. Beginning January 15,
 1633  2007, The department shall retain and enter into the statewide
 1634  automated biometric fingerprint identification system authorized
 1635  by s. 943.05 all fingerprints submitted to the department as
 1636  required by this section. Thereafter, the fingerprints shall be
 1637  available for all purposes and uses authorized for arrest
 1638  fingerprints fingerprint cards entered in the statewide
 1639  automated biometric fingerprint identification system pursuant
 1640  to s. 943.051. The department shall search all arrest
 1641  fingerprints fingerprint cards received pursuant to s. 943.051
 1642  against the fingerprints retained in the statewide automated
 1643  biometric fingerprint identification system pursuant to this
 1644  section and report to the employing agency any arrest records
 1645  that are identified with the retained employee’s fingerprints.
 1646  By January 1, 2008, a person who must meet minimum
 1647  qualifications as provided in this section and whose
 1648  fingerprints are not retained by the department pursuant to this
 1649  section must be refingerprinted. These fingerprints must be
 1650  forwarded to the department for processing and retention.
 1651         Section 29. Subsection (1) of section 943.132, Florida
 1652  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1653         943.132 Implementation of federal qualified active or
 1654  qualified retired law enforcement concealed firearms provisions
 1655  Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004.—
 1656         (1) The commission shall by rule establish the manner in
 1657  which Title 18, 44 U.S.C. ss. 926B and 926C, the federal Law
 1658  Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, relating to the
 1659  carrying of concealed firearms by qualified law enforcement
 1660  officers and qualified retired law enforcement officers, as
 1661  defined in the act, shall be implemented in the state. In order
 1662  to facilitate the implementation within the state of Title 18,
 1663  44 U.S.C. ss. 926B and 926C, the commission shall develop and
 1664  authorize a uniform firearms proficiency verification card to be
 1665  issued to persons who achieve a passing score on the firing
 1666  range testing component as used utilized in the minimum firearms
 1667  proficiency course applicable to active law enforcement
 1668  officers, indicating the person’s name and the date upon which
 1669  he or she achieved the passing score. Each such card shall be
 1670  issued only by firearms instructors with current certifications
 1671  from certified by the commission.
 1672         Section 30. Paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of section
 1673  943.1395, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1674         943.1395 Certification for employment or appointment;
 1675  concurrent certification; reemployment or reappointment;
 1676  inactive status; revocation; suspension; investigation.—
 1677         (6) The commission shall revoke the certification of any
 1678  officer who is not in compliance with the provisions of s.
 1679  943.13(4) or who intentionally executes a false affidavit
 1680  established in s. 943.13(8), s. 943.133(2), or s. 943.139(2).
 1681         (a) The commission shall cause to be investigated any
 1682  ground for revocation from the employing agency pursuant to s.
 1683  943.139 or from the Governor, and the commission may cause
 1684  investigate verifiable complaints to be investigated. Any
 1685  investigation initiated by the commission pursuant to this
 1686  section must be completed within 6 months after receipt of the
 1687  completed report of the disciplinary or internal affairs
 1688  investigation from the employing agency or Governor’s office. A
 1689  verifiable complaint shall be completed within 1 year after
 1690  receipt of the complaint. An investigation shall be considered
 1691  completed upon a finding by a probable cause panel of the
 1692  commission. These time periods shall be tolled during the appeal
 1693  of a termination or other disciplinary action through the
 1694  administrative or judicial process or during the period of any
 1695  criminal prosecution of the officer.
 1696         Section 31. Subsection (2), paragraph (a) of subsection
 1697  (3), and subsection (6) of section 943.1755, Florida Statutes,
 1698  are amended to read:
 1699         943.1755 Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute.—
 1700         (2) The institute is established within the Department of
 1701  Law Enforcement and affiliated with the State University System.
 1702  The Board of Governors of the State University System shall, in
 1703  cooperation with the Department of Law Enforcement, determine
 1704  the specific placement of the institute within the system. The
 1705  Department of Law Enforcement maintains responsibility for
 1706  delivering and facilitating all Florida Criminal Justice
 1707  Executive Institute training.
 1708         (3) The institute shall cooperate with the Criminal Justice
 1709  Standards and Training Commission, and shall be guided and
 1710  directed by a policy board composed of the following members:
 1711         (a) The following persons shall serve on the policy board:
 1712         1. The executive director of the Department of Law
 1713  Enforcement or a designee.
 1714         2. The Secretary of Corrections or a designee.
 1715         3. The Commissioner of Education or a designee an employee
 1716  of the Department of Education designated by the Commissioner.
 1717         4. The Secretary of Juvenile Justice or a designee.
 1718         (6) Seven Six members constitute a quorum of the board.
 1719         Section 32. Subsection (2) of section 943.1757, Florida
 1720  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1721         943.1757 Criminal justice executives; training; policy
 1722  report.—
 1723         (2) The policy board of the Criminal Justice Executive
 1724  Institute shall identify the needs of criminal justice
 1725  executives regarding issues related to diverse populations, and
 1726  ensure that such needs are met through appropriate training.
 1727  Beginning January 1, 1995, and every 5 years thereafter, the
 1728  policy board shall provide to the appropriate substantive
 1729  committees of each house a report describing executive training
 1730  needs. In addition, The policy board shall prepare a biennial
 1731  report to the appropriate substantive committees of each house
 1732  describing how these needs are being met through training by the
 1733  Criminal Justice Executive Institute.
 1734         Section 33. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) and subsection
 1735  (9) of section 943.25, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1736         943.25 Criminal justice trust funds; source of funds; use
 1737  of funds.—
 1738         (4) The commission shall authorize the establishment of
 1739  regional training councils to advise and assist the commission
 1740  in developing and maintaining a plan assessing regional criminal
 1741  justice training needs and to act as an extension of the
 1742  commission in the planning, programming, and budgeting for
 1743  expenditures of the moneys in the Criminal Justice Standards and
 1744  Training Trust Fund.
 1745         (a) The commission may shall annually forward to each
 1746  regional training council a list of its specific recommended
 1747  priority issues or items to be funded. Each regional training
 1748  council shall consider the recommendations of the commission in
 1749  relation to the needs of the region and either include the
 1750  recommendations in the region’s budget plan or satisfactorily
 1751  justify their exclusion.
 1752         (9) Up to $250,000 per annum from the Criminal Justice
 1753  Standards and Training Trust Fund may be used to develop,
 1754  validate, update, and maintain test or assessment instruments,
 1755  including computer-based testing, relating to selection,
 1756  employment, training, or evaluation of officers, instructors, or
 1757  courses. Pursuant to s. 943.12(4), (5), and (8), the commission
 1758  shall adopt those test or assessment instruments which are
 1759  appropriate and job-related as minimum requirements.
 1760         Section 34. Subsection (14) of section 943.325, Florida
 1761  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1762         943.325 DNA database.—
 1763         (14) RESULTS.—The results of a DNA analysis and the
 1764  comparison of analytic results shall be released only to
 1765  criminal justice agencies as defined in s. 943.045 943.045(10),
 1766  at the request of the agency. Otherwise, such information is
 1767  confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and
 1768  s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
 1769         Section 35. Section 943.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1770  read:
 1771         943.33 State-operated criminal analysis laboratories.—
 1772         (1) The state-operated laboratories shall furnish
 1773  laboratory service upon request to law enforcement officials in
 1774  the state. The testing services of such laboratories by persons
 1775  employed by or acting on behalf of the department shall also be
 1776  available to any defendant in a criminal case upon showing of
 1777  good cause and upon order of the court with jurisdiction in the
 1778  case. When such service is to be made available to the
 1779  defendant, the order shall be issued only after motion by the
 1780  defendant and hearing held after notice with a copy of the
 1781  motion being served upon the prosecutor and the state-operated
 1782  laboratory from which the service is being sought.
 1783         (2) For purposes of this section, “good cause” means a
 1784  finding by the court that the laboratory testing service being
 1785  sought by the defendant is anticipated to produce evidence that
 1786  is relevant and material to the defense;, that the service
 1787  sought is one which is reasonably within the capacity of the
 1788  state-operated laboratory, and will not be unduly burdensome
 1789  upon the laboratory, will not impede normal daily laboratory
 1790  operations, will not negatively impact laboratory certifications
 1791  or equipment calibration, and does not violate the laboratory’s
 1792  national certification or accreditation standards; and that the
 1793  service cannot be obtained from any qualified private or
 1794  nonstate operated laboratory within the state or otherwise
 1795  reasonably available to the defense.
 1796         (3) This section does not authorize the presence of defense
 1797  experts or others representing the defense inside a state
 1798  operated laboratory facility where actual testing or analysis is
 1799  occurring and does not authorize the use of state-operated
 1800  laboratory equipment or facilities by defense experts or other
 1801  persons not employed by or acting on the behalf of the
 1802  department.
 1803         (4) The court shall assess the costs of all testing,
 1804  equipment operation, and personnel and any other costs directly
 1805  attributable to the court-ordered testing such service ordered
 1806  by the court to the defendant or the defendant’s counsel,
 1807  whether public, private, or pro bono, who obtained the testing
 1808  order local public defender’s office. The laboratory providing
 1809  the service ordered shall include with the report of the
 1810  analysis, comparison, or identification a statement of the costs
 1811  of the service provided and shall provide a copy of all reports
 1812  and analysis performed and cost statement being provided to the
 1813  prosecutor in the case and the court.
 1814         Section 36. Subsection (9) of section 943.68, Florida
 1815  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1816         943.68 Transportation and protective services.—
 1817         (9) The department shall submit a report each August July
 1818  15 to the Governor, the Legislature, and the Cabinet, detailing
 1819  all transportation and protective services provided under
 1820  subsections (1), (5), and (6) within the preceding fiscal year.
 1821  Each report shall include a detailed accounting of the cost of
 1822  such transportation and protective services, including the names
 1823  of persons provided such services and the nature of state
 1824  business performed.
 1825         Section 37. Subsection (3) of section 285.18, Florida
 1826  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1827         285.18 Tribal council as governing body; powers and
 1828  duties.—
 1829         (3) The law enforcement agencies of the Seminole Tribe of
 1830  Florida and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida shall
 1831  have the authority of “criminal justice agencies” as defined in
 1832  s. 945.045(11)(e) 943.045(10)(e) and shall have the specific
 1833  authority to negotiate agreements with the Florida Department of
 1834  Law Enforcement, the United States Department of Justice, and
 1835  other federal law enforcement agencies for access to criminal
 1836  history records for the purpose of conducting ongoing criminal
 1837  investigations and for the following governmental purposes:
 1838         (a) Background investigations, which are required for
 1839  employment by a tribal education program, tribal Head Start
 1840  program, or tribal day care program as may be required by state
 1841  or federal law.
 1842         (b) Background investigations, which are required for
 1843  employment by tribal law enforcement agencies.
 1844         (c) Background investigations, which are required for
 1845  employment by a tribal government.
 1846         (d) Background investigations with respect to all
 1847  employees, primary management officials, and all persons having
 1848  a financial interest in a class II Indian tribal gaming
 1849  enterprise to ensure eligibility as provided in the Indian
 1850  Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. ss. 2701 et al.
 1851  
 1852  With regard to those investigations authorized in paragraphs
 1853  (a), (c), and (d), each such individual shall file a complete
 1854  set of his or her fingerprints that have been taken by an
 1855  authorized law enforcement officer, which set of fingerprints
 1856  shall be submitted to the Department of Law Enforcement for
 1857  state processing and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
 1858  federal processing. The cost of processing shall be borne by the
 1859  applicant.
 1860         Section 38. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
 1861  414.40, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1862         414.40 Stop Inmate Fraud Program established; guidelines.—
 1863         (2) The Department of Financial Services is directed to
 1864  implement the Stop Inmate Fraud Program in accordance with the
 1865  following guidelines:
 1866         (b) Pursuant to these procedures, the program shall have
 1867  access to records containing correctional information not exempt
 1868  from the public records law on incarcerated persons which have
 1869  been generated as criminal justice information. As used in this
 1870  paragraph, the terms term “record” is defined as provided in s.
 1871  943.045(7), and the term “criminal justice information” have the
 1872  same meanings is defined as provided in s. 943.045 943.045(3).
 1873         Section 39. Section 447.045, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1874  to read:
 1875         447.045 Information confidential.—Neither the department
 1876  nor any investigator or employee of the department shall divulge
 1877  in any manner the information obtained pursuant to the
 1878  processing of applicant fingerprints fingerprint cards, and such
 1879  information is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s.
 1880  119.07(1).
 1881         Section 40. Subsection (10) of section 455.213, Florida
 1882  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1883         455.213 General licensing provisions.—
 1884         (10) For any profession requiring fingerprints as part of
 1885  the registration, certification, or licensure process or for any
 1886  profession requiring a criminal history record check to
 1887  determine good moral character, a fingerprint card containing
 1888  the fingerprints of the applicant must accompany all
 1889  applications for registration, certification, or licensure. The
 1890  fingerprints fingerprint card shall be forwarded to the Division
 1891  of Criminal Justice Information Systems within the Department of
 1892  Law Enforcement for purposes of processing the fingerprint card
 1893  to determine whether if the applicant has a criminal history
 1894  record. The fingerprints fingerprint card shall also be
 1895  forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of
 1896  processing the fingerprint card to determine whether if the
 1897  applicant has a criminal history record. The information
 1898  obtained by the processing of the fingerprints fingerprint card
 1899  by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Federal
 1900  Bureau of Investigation shall be sent to the department to
 1901  determine whether for the purpose of determining if the
 1902  applicant is statutorily qualified for registration,
 1903  certification, or licensure.
 1904         Section 41. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
 1905  468.453, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1906         468.453 Licensure required; qualifications; license
 1907  nontransferable; service of process; temporary license; license
 1908  or application from another state.—
 1909         (2) A person shall be licensed as an athlete agent if the
 1910  applicant:
 1911         (d) Has submitted to the department fingerprints a
 1912  fingerprint card for a criminal history records check. The
 1913  fingerprints fingerprint card shall be forwarded to the Division
 1914  of Criminal Justice Information Systems within the Department of
 1915  Law Enforcement for purposes of processing the fingerprint card
 1916  to determine whether if the applicant has a criminal history
 1917  record. The fingerprints fingerprint card shall also be
 1918  forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of
 1919  processing the fingerprint card to determine whether if the
 1920  applicant has a criminal history record. The information
 1921  obtained by the processing of the fingerprints fingerprint card
 1922  by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Federal
 1923  Bureau of Investigation shall be sent to the department to
 1924  determine whether for the purpose of determining if the
 1925  applicant is statutorily qualified for licensure.
 1926         Section 42. Subsection (3) of section 475.615, Florida
 1927  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1928         475.615 Qualifications for registration or certification.—
 1929         (3) Appropriate fees, as set forth in the rules of the
 1930  board pursuant to s. 475.6147, and a set of fingerprints
 1931  fingerprint card must accompany all applications for
 1932  registration or certification. The fingerprints fingerprint card
 1933  shall be forwarded to the Division of Criminal Justice
 1934  Information Systems within the Department of Law Enforcement for
 1935  purposes of processing the fingerprint card to determine whether
 1936  if the applicant has a criminal history record. The fingerprints
 1937  fingerprint card shall also be forwarded to the Federal Bureau
 1938  of Investigation for purposes of processing the fingerprint card
 1939  to determine whether if the applicant has a criminal history
 1940  record. The information obtained by the processing of the
 1941  fingerprints fingerprint card by the Department of Law
 1942  Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall be
 1943  sent to the department to determine whether for the purpose of
 1944  determining if the applicant is statutorily qualified for
 1945  registration or certification. Effective July 1, 2006, an
 1946  applicant must provide fingerprints in electronic format.
 1947         Section 43. Paragraph (j) of subsection (3) of section
 1948  493.6105, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1949         493.6105 Initial application for license.—
 1950         (3) The application must contain the following information
 1951  concerning the individual signing the application:
 1952         (j) A full set of fingerprints on a card provided by the
 1953  department and a fingerprint fee to be established by rule of
 1954  the department based upon costs determined by state and federal
 1955  agency charges and department processing costs. An applicant who
 1956  has, within the immediately preceding 6 months, submitted such
 1957  fingerprints a fingerprint card and fee for licensing purposes
 1958  under this chapter is not required to submit another set of
 1959  fingerprints fingerprint card or fee.
 1960         Section 44. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
 1961  493.6108, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1962         493.6108 Investigation of applicants by Department of
 1963  Agriculture and Consumer Services.—
 1964         (1) Except as otherwise provided, the department must
 1965  investigate an applicant for a license under this chapter before
 1966  it may issue the license. The investigation must include:
 1967         (a)1. An examination of fingerprint records and police
 1968  records. If a criminal history record check of any applicant
 1969  under this chapter is performed by means of fingerprint card
 1970  identification, the time limitations prescribed by s. 120.60(1)
 1971  shall be tolled during the time the applicant’s fingerprints are
 1972  fingerprint card is under review by the Department of Law
 1973  Enforcement or the United States Department of Justice, Federal
 1974  Bureau of Investigation.
 1975         2. If a legible set of fingerprints, as determined by the
 1976  Department of Law Enforcement or the Federal Bureau of
 1977  Investigation, cannot be obtained after two attempts, the
 1978  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may determine
 1979  the applicant’s eligibility based upon a criminal history record
 1980  check under the applicant’s name conducted by the Department of
 1981  Law Enforcement if the fingerprints are taken by a law
 1982  enforcement agency or the department and the applicant submits a
 1983  written statement signed by the fingerprint technician or a
 1984  licensed physician stating that there is a physical condition
 1985  that precludes obtaining a legible set of fingerprints or that
 1986  the fingerprints taken are the best that can be obtained.
 1987         Section 45. Paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of section
 1988  494.00312, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1989         494.00312 Loan originator license.—
 1990         (2) In order to apply for a loan originator license, an
 1991  applicant must:
 1992         (f) Submit fingerprints in accordance with rules adopted by
 1993  the commission:
 1994         1. The fingerprints may be submitted to the registry, the
 1995  office, or a vendor acting on behalf of the registry or the
 1996  office.
 1997         2. The office may contract with a third-party vendor to
 1998  provide live-scan fingerprinting in lieu of a paper fingerprint
 1999  card.
 2000         3. A state criminal history background check must be
 2001  conducted through the Department of Law Enforcement, and a
 2002  federal criminal history background check must be conducted
 2003  through the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
 2004         4. All fingerprints submitted to the Department of Law
 2005  Enforcement must be submitted electronically and entered into
 2006  the statewide automated biometric fingerprint identification
 2007  system established in s. 943.05(2)(b) and available for use in
 2008  accordance with s. 943.05(2)(g) and (h). The office shall pay an
 2009  annual fee to the department to participate in the system and
 2010  inform the department of any person whose fingerprints are no
 2011  longer required to be retained.
 2012         5. The costs of fingerprint processing, including the cost
 2013  of retaining the fingerprints, shall be borne by the person
 2014  subject to the background check.
 2015         6. The office is responsible for reviewing the results of
 2016  the state and federal criminal history checks and determining
 2017  whether the applicant meets licensure requirements.
 2018         Section 46. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
 2019  494.00321, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2020         494.00321 Mortgage broker license.—
 2021         (2) In order to apply for a mortgage broker license, an
 2022  applicant must:
 2023         (d) Submit fingerprints for each of the applicant’s control
 2024  persons in accordance with rules adopted by the commission:
 2025         1. The fingerprints may be submitted to the registry, the
 2026  office, or a vendor acting on behalf of the registry or the
 2027  office.
 2028         2. The office may contract with a third-party vendor to
 2029  provide live-scan fingerprinting in lieu of a paper fingerprint
 2030  card.
 2031         3. A state criminal history background check must be
 2032  conducted through the Department of Law Enforcement, and a
 2033  federal criminal history background check must be conducted
 2034  through the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
 2035         4. All fingerprints submitted to the Department of Law
 2036  Enforcement must be submitted electronically and entered into
 2037  the statewide automated biometric fingerprint identification
 2038  system established in s. 943.05(2)(b) and available for use in
 2039  accordance with s. 943.05(2)(g) and (h). The office shall pay an
 2040  annual fee to the department to participate in the system and
 2041  inform the department of any person whose fingerprints are no
 2042  longer required to be retained.
 2043         5. The costs of fingerprint processing, including the cost
 2044  of retaining the fingerprints, shall be borne by the person
 2045  subject to the background check.
 2046         6. The office is responsible for reviewing the results of
 2047  the state and federal criminal history checks and determining
 2048  whether the applicant meets licensure requirements.
 2049         Section 47. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
 2050  494.00611, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2051         494.00611 Mortgage lender license.—
 2052         (2) In order to apply for a mortgage lender license, an
 2053  applicant must:
 2054         (d) Submit fingerprints for each of the applicant’s control
 2055  persons in accordance with rules adopted by the commission:
 2056         1. The fingerprints may be submitted to the registry, the
 2057  office, or a vendor acting on behalf of the registry or the
 2058  office.
 2059         2. The office may contract with a third-party vendor to
 2060  provide live-scan fingerprinting in lieu of a paper fingerprint
 2061  card.
 2062         3. A state criminal history background check must be
 2063  conducted through the Department of Law Enforcement, and a
 2064  federal criminal history background check must be conducted
 2065  through the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
 2066         4. All fingerprints submitted to the Department of Law
 2067  Enforcement must be submitted electronically and entered into
 2068  the statewide automated biometric fingerprint identification
 2069  system established in s. 943.05(2)(b) and available for use in
 2070  accordance with s. 943.05(2)(g) and (h). The office shall pay an
 2071  annual fee to the department to participate in the system and
 2072  inform the department of any person whose fingerprints are no
 2073  longer required to be retained.
 2074         5. The costs of fingerprint processing, including the cost
 2075  of retaining the fingerprints, shall be borne by the person
 2076  subject to the background check.
 2077         6. The office is responsible for reviewing the results of
 2078  the state and federal criminal history checks and determining
 2079  whether the applicant meets licensure requirements.
 2080         Section 48. Subsections (7) and (10) of section 517.12,
 2081  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2082         517.12 Registration of dealers, associated persons,
 2083  investment advisers, and branch offices.—
 2084         (7) The application shall also contain such information as
 2085  the commission or office may require about the applicant; any
 2086  member, principal, or director of the applicant or any person
 2087  having a similar status or performing similar functions; any
 2088  person directly or indirectly controlling the applicant; or any
 2089  employee of a dealer or of an investment adviser rendering
 2090  investment advisory services. Each applicant and any direct
 2091  owners, principals, or indirect owners that are required to be
 2092  reported on Form BD or Form ADV pursuant to subsection (15)
 2093  shall file a complete set of fingerprints. Fingerprints A
 2094  fingerprint card submitted to the office must be taken by an
 2095  authorized law enforcement agency or in a manner approved by the
 2096  commission by rule. The office shall submit the fingerprints to
 2097  the Department of Law Enforcement for state processing, and the
 2098  Department of Law Enforcement shall forward the fingerprints to
 2099  the Federal Bureau of Investigation for federal processing. The
 2100  cost of the fingerprint processing may be borne by the office,
 2101  the employer, or the person subject to the background check. The
 2102  Department of Law Enforcement shall submit an invoice to the
 2103  office for the fingerprints received each month. The office
 2104  shall screen the background results to determine whether if the
 2105  applicant meets licensure requirements. The commission may
 2106  waive, by rule, the requirement that applicants, including any
 2107  direct owners, principals, or indirect owners that are required
 2108  to be reported on Form BD or Form ADV pursuant to subsection
 2109  (15), file a set of fingerprints or the requirement that such
 2110  fingerprints be processed by the Department of Law Enforcement
 2111  or the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The commission or office
 2112  may require information about any such applicant or person
 2113  concerning such matters as:
 2114         (a) His or her full name, and any other names by which he
 2115  or she may have been known, and his or her age, social security
 2116  number, photograph, qualifications, and educational and business
 2117  history.
 2118         (b) Any injunction or administrative order by a state or
 2119  federal agency, national securities exchange, or national
 2120  securities association involving a security or any aspect of the
 2121  securities business and any injunction or administrative order
 2122  by a state or federal agency regulating banking, insurance,
 2123  finance, or small loan companies, real estate, mortgage brokers,
 2124  or other related or similar industries, which injunctions or
 2125  administrative orders relate to such person.
 2126         (c) His or her conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere
 2127  to, a criminal offense or his or her commission of any acts
 2128  which would be grounds for refusal of an application under s.
 2129  517.161.
 2130         (d) The names and addresses of other persons of whom the
 2131  office may inquire as to his or her character, reputation, and
 2132  financial responsibility.
 2133         (10) An applicant for registration shall pay an assessment
 2134  fee of $200, in the case of a dealer or investment adviser, or
 2135  $50, in the case of an associated person. An associated person
 2136  may be assessed an additional fee to cover the cost for the
 2137  fingerprints fingerprint cards to be processed by the office.
 2138  Such fee shall be determined by rule of the commission. Each
 2139  dealer and each investment adviser shall pay an assessment fee
 2140  of $100 for each office in this state. Such fees become the
 2141  revenue of the state, except for those assessments provided for
 2142  under s. 517.131(1) until such time as the Securities Guaranty
 2143  Fund satisfies the statutory limits, and are not returnable in
 2144  the event that registration is withdrawn or not granted.
 2145         Section 49. Subsection (2) of section 538.09, Florida
 2146  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2147         538.09 Registration.—
 2148         (2) The secondhand dealer shall furnish with her or his
 2149  registration a complete set of her or his fingerprints,
 2150  certified by an authorized law enforcement officer, and a recent
 2151  fullface photographic identification card of herself or himself.
 2152  The Department of Law Enforcement shall report its findings to
 2153  the Department of Revenue within 30 days after the date the
 2154  fingerprints fingerprint cards are submitted for criminal
 2155  justice information.
 2156         Section 50. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
 2157  538.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2158         538.25 Registration.—
 2159         (1) A person may not engage in business as a secondary
 2160  metals recycler at any location without registering with the
 2161  department. The department shall accept applications only from a
 2162  fixed business address. The department may not accept an
 2163  application that provides an address of a hotel room or motel
 2164  room, a vehicle, or a post office box.
 2165         (b) The department shall forward the full set of
 2166  fingerprints to the Department of Law Enforcement for state and
 2167  federal processing, provided the federal service is available,
 2168  to be processed for any criminal justice information as defined
 2169  in s. 943.045. The cost of processing such fingerprints shall be
 2170  payable to the Department of Law Enforcement by the department.
 2171  The department may issue a temporary registration to each
 2172  location pending completion of the background check by state and
 2173  federal law enforcement agencies, but shall revoke such
 2174  temporary registration if the completed background check reveals
 2175  a prohibited criminal background. The Department of Law
 2176  Enforcement shall report its findings to the Department of
 2177  Revenue within 30 days after the date the fingerprints
 2178  fingerprint cards are submitted for criminal justice
 2179  information.
 2180         Section 51. Subsection (2) of section 548.024, Florida
 2181  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2182         548.024 Background investigation of applicants for
 2183  licensure.—
 2184         (2) If the commission requires a background criminal
 2185  history investigation of any applicant, it shall require the
 2186  applicant to submit to the department fingerprints a fingerprint
 2187  card for this purpose. The fingerprints fingerprint card shall
 2188  be forwarded to the Division of Criminal Justice Information
 2189  Systems within the Department of Law Enforcement and the Federal
 2190  Bureau of Investigation for purposes of processing the
 2191  fingerprint card to determine whether if the applicant has a
 2192  criminal history record. The information obtained by the
 2193  processing of the fingerprints fingerprint card by the
 2194  Department of Law Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of
 2195  Investigation shall be sent to the department to determine
 2196  whether for the purpose of determining if the applicant is
 2197  statutorily qualified for licensure.
 2198         Section 52. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (10) of
 2199  section 550.105, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2200         550.105 Occupational licenses of racetrack employees; fees;
 2201  denial, suspension, and revocation of license; penalties and
 2202  fines.—
 2203         (10)
 2204         (b) All fingerprints required by this section that are
 2205  submitted to the Department of Law Enforcement shall be retained
 2206  by the Department of Law Enforcement and entered into the
 2207  statewide automated biometric fingerprint identification system
 2208  as authorized by s. 943.05(2)(b) and shall be available for all
 2209  purposes and uses authorized for arrest fingerprints fingerprint
 2210  cards entered into the statewide automated biometric fingerprint
 2211  identification system pursuant to s. 943.051.
 2212         (c) The Department of Law Enforcement shall search all
 2213  arrest fingerprints received pursuant to s. 943.051 against the
 2214  fingerprints retained in the statewide automated biometric
 2215  fingerprint identification system under paragraph (b). Any
 2216  arrest record that is identified with the retained fingerprints
 2217  of a person subject to the criminal history screening
 2218  requirements of this section shall be reported to the division.
 2219  Each licensee shall pay a fee to the division for the cost of
 2220  retention of the fingerprints and the ongoing searches under
 2221  this paragraph. The division shall forward the payment to the
 2222  Department of Law Enforcement. The amount of the fee to be
 2223  imposed for performing these searches and the procedures for the
 2224  retention of licensee fingerprints shall be as established by
 2225  rule of the Department of Law Enforcement. The division shall
 2226  inform the Department of Law Enforcement of any change in the
 2227  license status of licensees whose fingerprints are retained
 2228  under paragraph (b).
 2229         Section 53. Subsection (2) of section 550.908, Florida
 2230  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2231         550.908 Powers and duties of compact committee.—In order to
 2232  carry out the purposes of this compact, the compact committee
 2233  has the power and duty to:
 2234         (2) Investigate applicants for licensure by the compact
 2235  committee and, as permitted by federal and state law, gather
 2236  information on such applicants, including criminal history
 2237  record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and
 2238  relevant state and local law enforcement agencies, and, where
 2239  appropriate, from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and law
 2240  enforcement agencies of other countries, which is necessary to
 2241  determine whether a license should be issued under the licensure
 2242  requirements established by the committee under subsection (1).
 2243  The fingerprints of each applicant for licensure by the compact
 2244  committee shall be taken by the compact committee, its
 2245  employees, or its designee, and, pursuant to Pub. L. No. 92-544
 2246  or Pub. L. No. 100-413, shall be forwarded to a state
 2247  identification bureau or to the Association of Racing
 2248  Commissioners International, Inc., for submission to the Federal
 2249  Bureau of Investigation for a criminal history record check.
 2250  Such fingerprints may be submitted on a fingerprint card or by
 2251  electronic or other means authorized by the Federal Bureau of
 2252  Investigation or other receiving law enforcement agency.
 2253         Section 54. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (7) of
 2254  section 551.107, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2255         551.107 Slot machine occupational license; findings;
 2256  application; fee.—
 2257         (7) Fingerprints for all slot machine occupational license
 2258  applications shall be taken in a manner approved by the division
 2259  and shall be submitted electronically to the Department of Law
 2260  Enforcement for state processing and the Federal Bureau of
 2261  Investigation for national processing for a criminal history
 2262  record check. All persons as specified in s. 550.1815(1)(a)
 2263  employed by or working within a licensed premises shall submit
 2264  fingerprints for a criminal history record check and may not
 2265  have been convicted of any disqualifying criminal offenses
 2266  specified in subsection (6). Division employees and law
 2267  enforcement officers assigned by their employing agencies to
 2268  work within the premises as part of their official duties are
 2269  excluded from the criminal history record check requirements
 2270  under this subsection. For purposes of this subsection, the term
 2271  “convicted” means having been found guilty, with or without
 2272  adjudication of guilt, as a result of a jury verdict, nonjury
 2273  trial, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere.
 2274         (c) All fingerprints submitted to the Department of Law
 2275  Enforcement and required by this section shall be retained by
 2276  the Department of Law Enforcement and entered into the statewide
 2277  automated biometric fingerprint identification system as
 2278  authorized by s. 943.05(2)(b) and shall be available for all
 2279  purposes and uses authorized for arrest fingerprints fingerprint
 2280  cards entered into the statewide automated biometric fingerprint
 2281  identification system pursuant to s. 943.051.
 2282         (d) The Department of Law Enforcement shall search all
 2283  arrest fingerprints received pursuant to s. 943.051 against the
 2284  fingerprints retained in the statewide automated biometric
 2285  fingerprint identification system under paragraph (c). Any
 2286  arrest record that is identified with the retained fingerprints
 2287  of a person subject to the criminal history screening
 2288  requirements of this section shall be reported to the division.
 2289  Each licensed facility shall pay a fee to the division for the
 2290  cost of retention of the fingerprints and the ongoing searches
 2291  under this paragraph. The division shall forward the payment to
 2292  the Department of Law Enforcement. The amount of the fee to be
 2293  imposed for performing these searches and the procedures for the
 2294  retention of licensee fingerprints shall be as established by
 2295  rule of the Department of Law Enforcement. The division shall
 2296  inform the Department of Law Enforcement of any change in the
 2297  license status of licensees whose fingerprints are retained
 2298  under paragraph (c).
 2299         Section 55. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
 2300  560.141, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2301         560.141 License application.—
 2302         (1) To apply for a license as a money services business
 2303  under this chapter the applicant must:
 2304         (b) In addition to the application form, submit:
 2305         1. A nonrefundable application fee as provided in s.
 2306  560.143.
 2307         2. A set of fingerprints fingerprint card for each of the
 2308  persons listed in subparagraph (a)3. unless the applicant is a
 2309  publicly traded corporation, or is exempted from this chapter
 2310  under s. 560.104(1). The fingerprints must be taken by an
 2311  authorized law enforcement agency. The office shall submit the
 2312  fingerprints to the Department of Law Enforcement for state
 2313  processing, and the Department of Law Enforcement shall forward
 2314  the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
 2315  federal processing. The cost of the fingerprint processing may
 2316  be borne by the office, the employer, or the person subject to
 2317  the criminal records background check. The office shall screen
 2318  the background results to determine whether if the applicant
 2319  meets licensure requirements. As used in this section, the term
 2320  “publicly traded” means a stock is currently traded on a
 2321  national securities exchange registered with the federal
 2322  Securities and Exchange Commission or traded on an exchange in a
 2323  country other than the United States regulated by a regulator
 2324  equivalent to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the
 2325  disclosure and reporting requirements of such regulator are
 2326  substantially similar to those of the commission.
 2327         3. A copy of the applicant’s written anti-money laundering
 2328  program required under 31 C.F.R. s. 103.125.
 2329         4. Within the time allotted by rule, any information needed
 2330  to resolve any deficiencies found in the application.
 2331         Section 56. Subsection (1) of section 628.906, Florida
 2332  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2333         628.906 Application requirements; restrictions on
 2334  eligibility of officers and directors.—
 2335         (1) To evidence competence and trustworthiness of its
 2336  officers and directors, the application for a license to act as
 2337  a captive insurance company or captive reinsurance company shall
 2338  include, but not be limited to, background investigations,
 2339  biographical affidavits, and fingerprints fingerprint cards for
 2340  all officers and directors. Fingerprints must be taken by a law
 2341  enforcement agency or other entity approved by the office, be
 2342  accompanied by the fingerprint processing fee specified in s.
 2343  624.501, and processed in accordance with s. 624.34.
 2344         Section 57. Subsection (3) of section 633.34, Florida
 2345  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2346         633.34 Firefighters; qualifications for employment.—Any
 2347  person applying for employment as a firefighter must:
 2348         (3) Submit a set of fingerprints fingerprint card to the
 2349  division with a current processing fee. The fingerprints
 2350  fingerprint card will be forwarded to the Department of Law
 2351  Enforcement and/or the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
 2352         Section 58. Subsections (2) and (3) and paragraphs (b) and
 2353  (c) of subsection (4) of section 744.3135, Florida Statutes, are
 2354  amended to read:
 2355         744.3135 Credit and criminal investigation.—
 2356         (2) For nonprofessional guardians, the court shall accept
 2357  the satisfactory completion of a criminal history record check
 2358  as described in this subsection. A nonprofessional guardian
 2359  satisfies the requirements of this section by undergoing a state
 2360  and national criminal history record check using fingerprints a
 2361  fingerprint card. The clerk of the court shall obtain
 2362  fingerprint cards from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and
 2363  make them available to nonprofessional guardians. Any
 2364  nonprofessional guardian who is so required shall have his or
 2365  her fingerprints taken and forward them the completed
 2366  fingerprint card along with the necessary fee to the Department
 2367  of Law Enforcement for processing. The results of the
 2368  fingerprint card criminal history record check shall be
 2369  forwarded to the clerk of the court, who shall maintain the
 2370  results in the nonprofessional guardian’s file and make the
 2371  results available to the court.
 2372         (3) For professional guardians, the court and the Statewide
 2373  Public Guardianship Office shall accept the satisfactory
 2374  completion of a criminal history record check by any method
 2375  described in this subsection. A professional guardian satisfies
 2376  the requirements of this section by undergoing:
 2377         (a) an electronic fingerprint criminal history record
 2378  check. A professional guardian may use any electronic
 2379  fingerprinting equipment used for criminal history record
 2380  checks. The Statewide Public Guardianship Office shall adopt a
 2381  rule detailing the acceptable methods for completing an
 2382  electronic fingerprint criminal history record check under this
 2383  section. The professional guardian shall pay the actual costs
 2384  incurred by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the
 2385  Department of Law Enforcement for the criminal history record
 2386  check. The entity completing the record check must immediately
 2387  send the results of the criminal history record check to the
 2388  clerk of the court and the Statewide Public Guardianship Office.
 2389  The clerk of the court shall maintain the results in the
 2390  professional guardian’s file and shall make the results
 2391  available to the court; or
 2392         (b) A criminal history record check using a fingerprint
 2393  card. The clerk of the court shall obtain fingerprint cards from
 2394  the Federal Bureau of Investigation and make them available to
 2395  guardians. Any guardian who is so required shall have his or her
 2396  fingerprints taken and forward the proper fingerprint card along
 2397  with the necessary fee to the Department of Law Enforcement for
 2398  processing. The results of the fingerprint card criminal history
 2399  record checks shall be forwarded to the clerk of the court, who
 2400  shall maintain the results in the guardian’s file and make the
 2401  results available to the court and the Statewide Public
 2402  Guardianship Office.
 2403         (4)
 2404         (b) All fingerprints electronically submitted to the
 2405  Department of Law Enforcement under this section shall be
 2406  retained by the Department of Law Enforcement in a manner
 2407  provided by rule and entered in the statewide automated
 2408  biometric fingerprint identification system authorized by s.
 2409  943.05(2)(b). The fingerprints shall thereafter be available for
 2410  all purposes and uses authorized for arrest fingerprints
 2411  fingerprint cards entered in the Criminal Justice Information
 2412  Program under s. 943.051.
 2413         (c) The Department of Law Enforcement shall search all
 2414  arrest fingerprints fingerprint cards received under s. 943.051
 2415  against the fingerprints retained in the statewide automated
 2416  biometric fingerprint identification system under paragraph (b).
 2417  Any arrest record that is identified with the fingerprints of a
 2418  person described in this paragraph must be reported to the clerk
 2419  of court. The clerk of court must forward any arrest record
 2420  received for a professional guardian to the Statewide Public
 2421  Guardianship Office within 5 days. Each professional guardian
 2422  who elects to submit fingerprint information electronically
 2423  shall participate in this search process by paying an annual fee
 2424  to the Statewide Public Guardianship Office of the Department of
 2425  Elderly Affairs and by informing the clerk of court and the
 2426  Statewide Public Guardianship Office of any change in the status
 2427  of his or her guardianship appointment. The amount of the annual
 2428  fee to be imposed for performing these searches and the
 2429  procedures for the retention of professional guardian
 2430  fingerprints and the dissemination of search results shall be
 2431  established by rule of the Department of Law Enforcement. At
 2432  least once every 5 years, the Statewide Public Guardianship
 2433  Office must request that the Department of Law Enforcement
 2434  forward the fingerprints maintained under this section to the
 2435  Federal Bureau of Investigation.
 2436         Section 59. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section
 2437  775.21, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2438         775.21 The Florida Sexual Predators Act.—
 2439         (5) SEXUAL PREDATOR DESIGNATION.—An offender is designated
 2440  as a sexual predator as follows:
 2441         (b) If a sexual predator is not sentenced to a term of
 2442  imprisonment, the clerk of the court shall ensure that the
 2443  sexual predator’s fingerprints are taken and forwarded to the
 2444  department within 48 hours after the court renders its written
 2445  sexual predator finding. The fingerprints fingerprint card shall
 2446  be clearly marked, “Sexual Predator Registration Card.” The
 2447  clerk of the court that convicts and sentences the sexual
 2448  predator for the offense or offenses described in subsection (4)
 2449  shall forward to the department and to the Department of
 2450  Corrections a certified copy of any order entered by the court
 2451  imposing any special condition or restriction on the sexual
 2452  predator that which restricts or prohibits access to the victim,
 2453  if the victim is a minor, or to other minors.
 2454         Section 60. Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section
 2455  775.261, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2456         775.261 The Florida Career Offender Registration Act.—
 2457         (3) CRITERIA FOR REGISTRATION AS A CAREER OFFENDER.—
 2458         (d) If a career offender is not sentenced to a term of
 2459  imprisonment, the clerk of the court shall ensure that the
 2460  career offender’s fingerprints are taken and forwarded to the
 2461  department within 48 hours after the court renders its finding
 2462  that an offender is a career offender. The fingerprints
 2463  fingerprint card shall be clearly marked, “Career Offender
 2464  Registration Card.”
 2465         Section 61. Paragraph (a) of subsection (11) of section
 2466  790.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2467         790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.—
 2468         (11)(a) No less than 90 days before the expiration date of
 2469  the license, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
 2470  shall mail to each licensee a written notice of the expiration
 2471  and a renewal form prescribed by the Department of Agriculture
 2472  and Consumer Services. The licensee must renew his or her
 2473  license on or before the expiration date by filing with the
 2474  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services the renewal form
 2475  containing a notarized affidavit stating that the licensee
 2476  remains qualified pursuant to the criteria specified in
 2477  subsections (2) and (3), a color photograph as specified in
 2478  paragraph (5)(e), and the required renewal fee. Out-of-state
 2479  residents must also submit a complete set of fingerprints
 2480  completed fingerprint card and fingerprint processing fee. The
 2481  license shall be renewed upon receipt of the completed renewal
 2482  form, color photograph, appropriate payment of fees, and, if
 2483  applicable, fingerprints a completed fingerprint card.
 2484  Additionally, a licensee who fails to file a renewal application
 2485  on or before its expiration date must renew his or her license
 2486  by paying a late fee of $15. A license may not be renewed 180
 2487  days or more after its expiration date, and such a license is
 2488  deemed to be permanently expired. A person whose license has
 2489  been permanently expired may reapply for licensure; however, an
 2490  application for licensure and fees under subsection (5) must be
 2491  submitted, and a background investigation shall be conducted
 2492  pursuant to this section. A person who knowingly files false
 2493  information under this subsection is subject to criminal
 2494  prosecution under s. 837.06.
 2495         Section 62. Subsection (3) of section 944.607, Florida
 2496  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2497         944.607 Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of
 2498  information on sexual offenders.—
 2499         (3) If a sexual offender is not sentenced to a term of
 2500  imprisonment, the clerk of the court shall ensure that the
 2501  sexual offender’s fingerprints are taken and forwarded to the
 2502  Department of Law Enforcement within 48 hours after the court
 2503  sentences the offender. The fingerprints fingerprint card shall
 2504  be clearly marked “Sexual Offender Registration Card.”
 2505         Section 63. Subsection (2) of section 944.608, Florida
 2506  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2507         944.608 Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of
 2508  information on career offenders.—
 2509         (2) If a career offender is not sentenced to a term of
 2510  imprisonment, the clerk of the court shall ensure that the
 2511  career offender’s fingerprints are taken and forwarded to the
 2512  Department of Law Enforcement within 48 hours after the court
 2513  sentences the career offender. The fingerprints fingerprint card
 2514  shall be clearly marked “Career Offender Registration Card.”
 2515         Section 64. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
 2516  985.11, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2517         985.11 Fingerprinting and photographing.—
 2518         (1)
 2519         (b) A child who is charged with or found to have committed
 2520  one of the following offenses shall be fingerprinted, and the
 2521  fingerprints shall be submitted to the Department of Law
 2522  Enforcement as provided in s. 943.051(3)(b):
 2523         1. Assault, as defined in s. 784.011.
 2524         2. Battery, as defined in s. 784.03.
 2525         3. Carrying a concealed weapon, as defined in s. 790.01(1).
 2526         4. Unlawful use of destructive devices or bombs, as defined
 2527  in s. 790.1615(1).
 2528         5. Neglect Negligent treatment of a child children, as
 2529  defined in s. 827.03(1)(e) former s. 827.05.
 2530         6. Assault on a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, or
 2531  other specified officers, as defined in s. 784.07(2)(a).
 2532         7. Open carrying of a weapon, as defined in s. 790.053.
 2533         8. Exposure of sexual organs, as defined in s. 800.03.
 2534         9. Unlawful possession of a firearm, as defined in s.
 2535  790.22(5).
 2536         10. Petit theft, as defined in s. 812.014.
 2537         11. Cruelty to animals, as defined in s. 828.12(1).
 2538         12. Arson, resulting in bodily harm to a firefighter, as
 2539  defined in s. 806.031(1).
 2540         13. Unlawful possession or discharge of a weapon or firearm
 2541  at a school-sponsored event or on school property as defined in
 2542  s. 790.115.
 2543  
 2544  A law enforcement agency may fingerprint and photograph a child
 2545  taken into custody upon probable cause that such child has
 2546  committed any other violation of law, as the agency deems
 2547  appropriate. Such fingerprint records and photographs shall be
 2548  retained by the law enforcement agency in a separate file, and
 2549  these records and all copies thereof must be marked “Juvenile
 2550  Confidential.” These records are not available for public
 2551  disclosure and inspection under s. 119.07(1) except as provided
 2552  in ss. 943.053 and 985.04(2), but shall be available to other
 2553  law enforcement agencies, criminal justice agencies, state
 2554  attorneys, the courts, the child, the parents or legal
 2555  custodians of the child, their attorneys, and any other person
 2556  authorized by the court to have access to such records. In
 2557  addition, such records may be submitted to the Department of Law
 2558  Enforcement for inclusion in the state criminal history records
 2559  and used by criminal justice agencies for criminal justice
 2560  purposes. These records may, in the discretion of the court, be
 2561  open to inspection by anyone upon a showing of cause. The
 2562  fingerprint and photograph records shall be produced in the
 2563  court whenever directed by the court. Any photograph taken
 2564  pursuant to this section may be shown by a law enforcement
 2565  officer to any victim or witness of a crime for the purpose of
 2566  identifying the person who committed such crime.
 2567         Section 65. Paragraphs (c) and (e) of subsection (3) of
 2568  section 985.644, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2569         985.644 Departmental contracting powers; personnel
 2570  standards and screening.—
 2571         (3)
 2572         (c) All fingerprint information electronically submitted to
 2573  the Department of Law Enforcement under paragraph (b) shall be
 2574  retained by the Department of Law Enforcement and entered into
 2575  the statewide automated biometric fingerprint identification
 2576  system authorized by s. 943.05(2)(b). Thereafter, such
 2577  fingerprint information shall be available for all purposes and
 2578  uses authorized for arrest fingerprint information entered into
 2579  the statewide automated biometric fingerprint identification
 2580  system pursuant to s. 943.051 until the fingerprint information
 2581  is removed pursuant to paragraph (e). The Department of Law
 2582  Enforcement shall search all arrest fingerprint information
 2583  received pursuant to s. 943.051 against the fingerprint
 2584  information entered into the statewide automated biometric
 2585  identification fingerprint system pursuant to this subsection.
 2586  Any arrest records identified as a result of the search shall be
 2587  reported to the department in the manner and timeframe
 2588  established by the Department of Law Enforcement by rule.
 2589         (e) The department shall notify the Department of Law
 2590  Enforcement when a person whose fingerprint information is
 2591  retained by the Department of Law Enforcement under this
 2592  subsection is no longer employed by the department, or by a
 2593  provider under contract with the department, in a delinquency
 2594  facility, service, or program. This notice shall be provided by
 2595  the department to the Department of Law Enforcement within 6
 2596  months after the date of the change in the person’s employment
 2597  status. Fingerprint information for persons identified by the
 2598  department in the notice shall be removed from the statewide
 2599  automated biometric identification fingerprint system.
 2600         Section 66. Subsection (3) of section 985.4815, Florida
 2601  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2602         985.4815 Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of
 2603  information on juvenile sexual offenders.—
 2604         (3) If a sexual offender is not sentenced to a term of
 2605  residential commitment, the clerk of the court shall ensure that
 2606  the sexual offender’s fingerprints are taken and forwarded to
 2607  the Department of Law Enforcement within 48 hours after the
 2608  court sentences the offender. The fingerprints fingerprint card
 2609  shall be clearly marked “Sexual Offender Registration Card.”
 2610         Section 67. Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section
 2611  1002.395, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2612         1002.395 Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program.—
 2613         (6) OBLIGATIONS OF ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT SCHOLARSHIP-FUNDING
 2614  ORGANIZATIONS.—An eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding
 2615  organization:
 2616         (b) Must comply with the following background check
 2617  requirements:
 2618         1. All owners and operators as defined in subparagraph
 2619  (2)(h)1. are, upon employment or engagement to provide services,
 2620  subject to level 2 background screening as provided under
 2621  chapter 435. The fingerprints for the background screening must
 2622  be electronically submitted to the Department of Law Enforcement
 2623  and can be taken by an authorized law enforcement agency or by
 2624  an employee of the eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding
 2625  organization or a private company who is trained to take
 2626  fingerprints. However, the complete set of fingerprints of an
 2627  owner or operator may not be taken by the owner or operator. The
 2628  results of the state and national criminal history check shall
 2629  be provided to the Department of Education for screening under
 2630  chapter 435. The cost of the background screening may be borne
 2631  by the eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization or
 2632  the owner or operator.
 2633         2. Every 5 years following employment or engagement to
 2634  provide services or association with an eligible nonprofit
 2635  scholarship-funding organization, each owner or operator must
 2636  meet level 2 screening standards as described in s. 435.04, at
 2637  which time the nonprofit scholarship-funding organization shall
 2638  request the Department of Law Enforcement to forward the
 2639  fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for level 2
 2640  screening. If the fingerprints of an owner or operator are not
 2641  retained by the Department of Law Enforcement under subparagraph
 2642  3., the owner or operator must electronically file a complete
 2643  set of fingerprints with the Department of Law Enforcement. Upon
 2644  submission of fingerprints for this purpose, the eligible
 2645  nonprofit scholarship-funding organization shall request that
 2646  the Department of Law Enforcement forward the fingerprints to
 2647  the Federal Bureau of Investigation for level 2 screening, and
 2648  the fingerprints shall be retained by the Department of Law
 2649  Enforcement under subparagraph 3.
 2650         3. Beginning July 1, 2007, All fingerprints submitted to
 2651  the Department of Law Enforcement as required by this paragraph
 2652  must be retained by the Department of Law Enforcement in a
 2653  manner approved by rule and entered in the statewide automated
 2654  biometric fingerprint identification system authorized by s.
 2655  943.05(2)(b). The fingerprints must thereafter be available for
 2656  all purposes and uses authorized for arrest fingerprints
 2657  fingerprint cards entered in the statewide automated biometric
 2658  fingerprint identification system pursuant to s. 943.051.
 2659         4. Beginning July 1, 2007, The Department of Law
 2660  Enforcement shall search all arrest fingerprints fingerprint
 2661  cards received under s. 943.051 against the fingerprints
 2662  retained in the statewide automated biometric fingerprint
 2663  identification system under subparagraph 3. Any arrest record
 2664  that is identified with an owner’s or operator’s fingerprints
 2665  must be reported to the Department of Education. The Department
 2666  of Education shall participate in this search process by paying
 2667  an annual fee to the Department of Law Enforcement and by
 2668  informing the Department of Law Enforcement of any change in the
 2669  employment, engagement, or association status of the owners or
 2670  operators whose fingerprints are retained under subparagraph 3.
 2671  The Department of Law Enforcement shall adopt a rule setting the
 2672  amount of the annual fee to be imposed upon the Department of
 2673  Education for performing these services and establishing the
 2674  procedures for the retention of owner and operator fingerprints
 2675  and the dissemination of search results. The fee may be borne by
 2676  the owner or operator of the nonprofit scholarship-funding
 2677  organization.
 2678         5. A nonprofit scholarship-funding organization whose owner
 2679  or operator fails the level 2 background screening shall not be
 2680  eligible to provide scholarships under this section.
 2681         6. A nonprofit scholarship-funding organization whose owner
 2682  or operator in the last 7 years has filed for personal
 2683  bankruptcy or corporate bankruptcy in a corporation of which he
 2684  or she owned more than 20 percent shall not be eligible to
 2685  provide scholarships under this section.
 2686  
 2687  Any and all information and documentation provided to the
 2688  Department of Education and the Auditor General relating to the
 2689  identity of a taxpayer that provides an eligible contribution
 2690  under this section shall remain confidential at all times in
 2691  accordance with s. 213.053.
 2692         Section 68. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) of
 2693  section 1002.421, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2694         1002.421 Accountability of private schools participating in
 2695  state school choice scholarship programs.—
 2696         (3)(a) Beginning July 1, 2007, All fingerprints submitted
 2697  to the Department of Law Enforcement as required by this section
 2698  shall be retained by the Department of Law Enforcement in a
 2699  manner provided by rule and entered in the statewide automated
 2700  biometric fingerprint identification system authorized by s.
 2701  943.05(2)(b). Such fingerprints shall thereafter be available
 2702  for all purposes and uses authorized for arrest fingerprints
 2703  fingerprint cards entered in the statewide automated biometric
 2704  fingerprint identification system pursuant to s. 943.051.
 2705         (b) Beginning July 1, 2007, The Department of Law
 2706  Enforcement shall search all arrest fingerprints fingerprint
 2707  cards received under s. 943.051 against the fingerprints
 2708  retained in the statewide automated biometric fingerprint
 2709  identification system under paragraph (a). Any arrest record
 2710  that is identified with the retained fingerprints of a person
 2711  subject to the background screening under this section shall be
 2712  reported to the employing school with which the person is
 2713  affiliated. Each private school participating in a scholarship
 2714  program is required to participate in this search process by
 2715  informing the Department of Law Enforcement of any change in the
 2716  employment or contractual status of its personnel whose
 2717  fingerprints are retained under paragraph (a). The Department of
 2718  Law Enforcement shall adopt a rule setting the amount of the
 2719  annual fee to be imposed upon each private school for performing
 2720  these searches and establishing the procedures for the retention
 2721  of private school employee and contracted personnel fingerprints
 2722  and the dissemination of search results. The fee may be borne by
 2723  the private school or the person fingerprinted.
 2724         Section 69. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) of
 2725  section 1012.32, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2726         1012.32 Qualifications of personnel.—
 2727         (3)(a) Beginning July 1, 2004, All fingerprints submitted
 2728  to the Department of Law Enforcement as required by subsection
 2729  (2) shall be retained by the Department of Law Enforcement in a
 2730  manner provided by rule and entered in the statewide automated
 2731  biometric fingerprint identification system authorized by s.
 2732  943.05(2)(b). Such fingerprints shall thereafter be available
 2733  for all purposes and uses authorized for arrest fingerprints
 2734  fingerprint cards entered in the statewide automated biometric
 2735  fingerprint identification system pursuant to s. 943.051.
 2736         (b) Beginning December 15, 2004, The Department of Law
 2737  Enforcement shall search all arrest fingerprints fingerprint
 2738  cards received under s. 943.051 against the fingerprints
 2739  retained in the statewide automated biometric fingerprint
 2740  identification system under paragraph (a). Any arrest record
 2741  that is identified with the retained fingerprints of a person
 2742  subject to the background screening under this section shall be
 2743  reported to the employing or contracting school district or the
 2744  school district with which the person is affiliated. Each school
 2745  district is required to participate in this search process by
 2746  payment of an annual fee to the Department of Law Enforcement
 2747  and by informing the Department of Law Enforcement of any change
 2748  in the affiliation, employment, or contractual status or place
 2749  of affiliation, employment, or contracting of its instructional
 2750  and noninstructional personnel whose fingerprints are retained
 2751  under paragraph (a). The Department of Law Enforcement shall
 2752  adopt a rule setting the amount of the annual fee to be imposed
 2753  upon each school district for performing these searches and
 2754  establishing the procedures for the retention of instructional
 2755  and noninstructional personnel fingerprints and the
 2756  dissemination of search results. The fee may be borne by the
 2757  district school board, the contractor, or the person
 2758  fingerprinted.
 2759         Section 70. Paragraphs (b), (c), and (e) of subsection (2)
 2760  of section 1012.467, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2761         1012.467 Noninstructional contractors who are permitted
 2762  access to school grounds when students are present; background
 2763  screening requirements.—
 2764         (2)
 2765         (b) As authorized by law, the Department of Law Enforcement
 2766  shall retain the fingerprints submitted by the school districts
 2767  pursuant to this subsection to the Department of Law Enforcement
 2768  for a criminal history background screening in a manner provided
 2769  by rule and enter the fingerprints in the statewide automated
 2770  biometric fingerprint identification system authorized by s.
 2771  943.05(2)(b). The fingerprints shall thereafter be available for
 2772  all purposes and uses authorized for arrest fingerprints
 2773  fingerprint cards entered into the statewide automated biometric
 2774  fingerprint identification system under s. 943.051.
 2775         (c) As authorized by law, the Department of Law Enforcement
 2776  shall search all arrest fingerprints fingerprint cards received
 2777  under s. 943.051 against the fingerprints retained in the
 2778  statewide automated biometric fingerprint identification system
 2779  under paragraph (b).
 2780         (e) A fingerprint retained pursuant to this subsection
 2781  shall be purged from the automated biometric fingerprint
 2782  identification system 5 years following the date the fingerprint
 2783  was initially submitted. The Department of Law Enforcement shall
 2784  set the amount of the annual fee to be imposed upon each
 2785  participating agency for performing these searches and
 2786  establishing the procedures for retaining fingerprints and
 2787  disseminating search results. The fee may be borne as provided
 2788  by law. Fees may be waived or reduced by the executive director
 2789  of the Department of Law Enforcement for good cause shown.
 2790         Section 71. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.

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