| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Police Technology Trust Fund; |
| 3 | creating s. 943.082, F.S.; creating the Police Technology |
| 4 | Trust Fund within the Department of Law Enforcement; |
| 5 | providing for administration of the trust fund and use of |
| 6 | moneys therein; requiring balances to remain in the trust |
| 7 | fund; providing for future review and termination or re- |
| 8 | creation of the trust fund; providing a contingent |
| 9 | effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Section 943.082, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 14 | to read: |
| 15 | 943.082 Police Technology Trust Fund.-- |
| 16 | (1) The Police Technology Trust Fund is created within the |
| 17 | department. Funds credited to the trust fund shall consist of |
| 18 | revenues collected from the court costs imposed under s. |
| 19 | 938.135. The trust fund shall be administered by the department |
| 20 | and used to allocate funds to public county or municipal law |
| 21 | enforcement agencies to purchase and maintain technology |
| 22 | equipment to be used in their law enforcement activities. |
| 23 | Equipment that may be purchased and maintained with grants under |
| 24 | this section may include, but is not limited to, in-car cameras |
| 25 | and personal digital recorders to record encounters with |
| 26 | suspects. The fee collected for each offense shall be |
| 27 | distributed only to the law enforcement agency responsible for |
| 28 | the arrest for that offense. |
| 29 | (2) Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351, |
| 30 | any balance in the trust fund at the end of any fiscal year |
| 31 | shall remain in the trust fund and be available for carrying out |
| 32 | the purposes of the trust fund. |
| 33 | (3) Pursuant to the provisions of s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of |
| 34 | the State Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated |
| 35 | sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2013. Prior to its scheduled |
| 36 | termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. |
| 37 | 215.3206(1) and (2). |
| 38 | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2009, if |
| 39 | House Bill 503 or similar legislation is adopted in the same |
| 40 | legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes law. |