Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1472
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/09/2014           .                                
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       (Braynon) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (529658) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 42 - 128
    5  and insert:
    6  court shall impose a surcharge of $1,001. Payment of the
    7  surcharge shall be a condition of probation, community control,
    8  or any other court-ordered supervision.
    9         (a) The sum of $500 of the surcharge shall be deposited
   10  into the Department of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund for
   11  the department to provide grants to local law enforcement
   12  agencies to investigate offenses related to the criminal use of
   13  personal identification information as provided in s. 817.5686.
   14         (b) The sum of $500 of the surcharge shall be deposited
   15  into the State Attorneys Revenue Trust Fund for the purpose of
   16  funding prosecution of offenses relating to the criminal use of
   17  personal identification information.
   18         (c) The clerk of the court shall retain $1 of each
   19  surcharge that he or she collects as a service charge of the
   20  clerk’s office.
   21         (d) The surcharge may not be waived by the court. In the
   22  event that the person has been ordered to pay restitution in
   23  accordance with s. 775.089, the surcharge shall be included in a
   24  judgment.
   25         Section 2. Section 817.5686, Florida Statutes is created to
   26  read:
   27         817.5686 Identity Theft and Fraud Grant Program.—
   28         (1) There is created the Identity Theft and Fraud Grant
   29  Program within the Department of Law Enforcement to award grants
   30  to support local law enforcement agencies in the investigation
   31  and enforcement of personal identification information theft and
   32  fraud.
   33         (2) Funds collected pursuant to s. 817.568(12)(a) and any
   34  funds specifically appropriated for the grant program shall be
   35  awarded annually by the Department of Law Enforcement to local
   36  law enforcement agencies. The total amount of grants awarded may
   37  not exceed funding appropriated for the grant program.
   38         (3) The Department of Law Enforcement may establish
   39  criteria and set specific time periods for the acceptance of
   40  applications and for the selection process for awards.
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   43  And the title is amended as follows:
   44         Delete lines 8 - 19
   45  and insert:
   46         for a surcharge and allocation thereof; creating s.
   47         817.5686, F.S.; creating the Identity Theft and Fraud
   48         Grant Program within the Department of Law
   49         Enforcement; providing for the award of funds;
   50         providing an effective date.