SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2056
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 491700
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11  Senator Meek moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 139, between lines 24 and 25,
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17         Section 78.  Effective upon this act becoming a law,
18  section 943.1759, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
19         943.1759  Florida Motorist Profiling Evaluation Task
20  Force.--
21         (1)  There is created the Florida Motorist Profiling
22  Evaluation Task Force.--
23         (2)  The task force has the following duties:
24         (a)  To identify practices currently used by state and
25  local law enforcement agencies of this state in making motor
26  vehicle traffic stops;
27         (b)  To identify and recommend changes to address
28  deficiencies, if any, in such current practices;
29         (c)  To recommend best practices and policies and
30  procedures that may be adopted by state or local law
31  enforcement agencies of this state to prevent bias profiling
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2056 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 491700 1 and discriminatory practices from serving as a primary factor 2 in determining whether the driver of a motor vehicle should be 3 stopped for a routine traffic violation; and 4 (d) To report its findings and recommendations to the 5 Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the 6 House of Representatives, and the majority and minority 7 leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives by 8 January 1, 2002. The recommendations must specifically include 9 recommendations, including proposed legislation, for assuring 10 that law enforcement agencies' policies for motor vehicle 11 traffic stops are free of bias profiling. 12 (3) The task force shall have 12 members as follows; 13 members may not delegate their duties to attend meetings of 14 the task force and to vote on any matter before the task force 15 to any other person: 16 (a) The Attorney General. 17 (b) The president of the Florida Sheriffs Association. 18 (c) The president of the Florida Police Chiefs 19 Association. 20 (d) One member of the Florida Highway Patrol, to be 21 appointed by the Governor. 22 (e) One member of the Florida Department of Law 23 Enforcement, to be appointed by the Governor. 24 (f) One member of the Florida Commission on Human 25 Relations, to be appointed by the Governor. 26 (g) The executive director of the American Civil 27 Liberties Union of Florida. 28 (h) The state president of the National Association 29 for the Advancement of Colored People. 30 (i) One member of the House of Representatives, to be 31 appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 2 5:19 PM 05/03/01 s2056c2c-3614s
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2056 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 491700 1 (j) One member of the Senate, to be appointed by the 2 President of the Senate. 3 (k) One member of the House of Representatives, to be 4 appointed by the minority leader of the House of 5 Representatives. 6 (l) One member of the Senate, to be appointed by the 7 minority leader of the Senate. 8 (4) The Attorney General shall serve as the chair of 9 the task force. Members of the task force must be appointed 10 within 30 days after the effective date of this act, and the 11 task force must hold its first meeting within 60 days after 12 the effective date of this act. In the event of a vacancy, the 13 person who made the original appointment shall appoint a new 14 member to fill the vacancy. 15 (5) Staffing shall be provided to the task force by 16 the Department of Legal Affairs. Technical assistance may be 17 provided to the task force by the Department of Law 18 Enforcement, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 19 Vehicles, and the Division of the Florida Highway Patrol. 20 (6) Members of the task force shall serve without 21 compensation but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses 22 as provided in s. 112.061. Members of the task force shall 23 receive per diem and travel expenses from the budgets of their 24 respective agencies, except that the members of the task force 25 appointed pursuant to paragraphs (3)(g) and (h) shall receive 26 per diem and travel expenses from the budget of the Office of 27 the Attorney General to the extent that resources will permit. 28 (7) The task force may appoint subcommittees that 29 include persons who are knowledgeable in a subject area 30 pertinent to the subject areas identified in subsection (2) 31 but are not members of the task force and may not vote as 3 5:19 PM 05/03/01 s2056c2c-3614s
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2056 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 491700 1 such. 2 (8) The task force may seek support in the form of 3 grants and technical assistance from the United States 4 Department of Justice and other applicable federal agencies in 5 furtherance of its duties as provided in this act. 6 (9) The task force is abolished April 1, 2002. 7 Section 79. Effective upon this act becoming a law, 8 section 943.1758, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 9 943.1758 Curriculum revision for diverse populations; 10 skills training.-- 11 (1) The Criminal Justice Standards and Training 12 Commission shall revise its standards and training for basic 13 recruits and its requirements for continued employment by 14 integrating instructions on interpersonal skills relating to 15 diverse populations into the criminal justice standards and 16 training curriculum. The curriculum shall include standardized 17 proficiency instruction relating to high-risk and critical 18 tasks which include, but are not limited to, stops, use of 19 force and domination, and other areas of interaction between 20 officers and members of diverse populations. 21 (2) The commission shall develop and implement, as 22 part of its instructor training programs, standardized 23 instruction in the subject of interpersonal skills relating to 24 diverse populations. 25 (3) Culturally sensitive lesson plans, up-to-date 26 videotapes, and other demonstrative aids developed for use in 27 diverse population-related training shall be used as 28 instructional materials. 29 (4) By October 1, 2001, the instruction in the subject 30 of interpersonal skills relating to diverse populations shall 31 consist of a module developed by the commission on the topic 4 5:19 PM 05/03/01 s2056c2c-3614s
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2056 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 491700 1 of discriminatory profiling. 2 Section 80. On or before January 1, 2002, each state 3 and local law enforcement agency shall incorporate an 4 anti-racial or other anti-discriminatory profiling policy into 5 the agency's policies and practices. Anti-profiling policies 6 shall include the elements of definitions, traffic stop 7 procedures, community education and awareness efforts, and 8 policies for the handling of complaints from the public. 9 10 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 11 12 13 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 14 And the title is amended as follows: 15 On page 8, line 12, following the semicolon, 16 17 insert: 18 creating s. 943.1759, F.S.; creating the 19 Florida Motorist Profiling Evaluation Task 20 Force; providing duties of the task force; 21 providing membership, terms, and organization; 22 amending s. 943.1758, F.S.; requiring the 23 Criminal Justice Standards and Training 24 Commission to include in its curriculum 25 training in discriminatory profiling; requiring 26 state and local law enforcement agencies to 27 incorporate a profiling policy; 28 29 30 31 5 5:19 PM 05/03/01 s2056c2c-3614s