Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1536
       
       
       
       By Senator Siplin
       
       
       
       
       19-00018-12                                           20121536__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to access to criminal history
    3         information of minors; amending s. 943.053, F.S.;
    4         prohibiting the Department of Law Enforcement from
    5         providing, for a fee, the criminal history information
    6         of a minor to persons in the private sector or
    7         noncriminal justice agencies unless the minor has been
    8         convicted of at least one felony or three or more
    9         delinquent acts punishable as misdemeanors; providing
   10         an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
   15  943.053, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         943.053 Dissemination of criminal justice information;
   17  fees.—
   18         (3)(a) Criminal history information, including information
   19  relating to minors, compiled by the Criminal Justice Information
   20  Program from intrastate sources shall be available on a priority
   21  basis to criminal justice agencies for criminal justice purposes
   22  free of charge. After providing the program with all known
   23  identifying information, persons in the private sector and
   24  noncriminal justice agencies may be provided criminal history
   25  information upon tender of fees as established in this
   26  subsection and in the manner prescribed by rule of the
   27  Department of Law Enforcement. Any access to criminal history
   28  information by the private sector or noncriminal justice
   29  agencies as provided in this subsection shall be assessed
   30  without regard to the quantity or category of criminal history
   31  record information requested. However, the department may not
   32  provide the criminal history information of a minor to any
   33  person in the private sector or a noncriminal justice agency
   34  unless the minor has been convicted of at least one delinquent
   35  act punishable as a felony or three or more delinquent acts
   36  punishable as misdemeanors.
   37         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.