Florida Senate - 2009                                     SB 796
       
       
       
       By Senator Baker
       
       
       
       
       20-00608-09                                            2009796__
    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
    4         Technology Trust Fund within the Department of Law
    5         Enforcement; providing for administration of the trust
    6         fund and use of moneys therein; requiring balances to
    7         remain in the trust fund; providing for future review
    8         and termination or re-creation of the trust fund;
    9         providing a contingent effective date.
   10         
   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 to
   14  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 fee imposed under s. 938.135. The
   19  trust fund shall be administered by the department and used to
   20  allocate funds to public county or municipal law enforcement
   21  agencies to purchase and maintain technology equipment to be
   22  used in their law enforcement activities. Equipment that may be
   23  purchased and maintained with grants under this section may
   24  include, but need not be limited to, in-car cameras and personal
   25  digital recorders to record encounters with suspects. The fee
   26  collected for each offense shall be distributed only to the law
   27  enforcement agency responsible for the arrest for that offense.
   28         (2) Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351,
   29  any balance in the trust fund at the end of any fiscal year
   30  shall remain in the trust fund and be available for carrying out
   31  the purposes of the trust fund.
   32         (3) Pursuant to s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
   33  Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be
   34  terminated on July 1, 2013. Before its scheduled termination,
   35  the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1)
   36  and (2).
   37         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2009, if
   38  Senate Bill ___ or similar legislation is adopted in the same
   39  legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes law.