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 Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 42 - 128
    4  and insert:
    5  court shall impose a surcharge of $1,001. Payment of the
    6  surcharge shall be a condition of probation, community control,
    7  or any other court-ordered supervision.
    8         (a) The sum of $500 of the surcharge shall be deposited
    9  into the Department of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund for
   10  the department to provide grants to local law enforcement
   11  agencies to investigate offenses related to the criminal use of
   12  personal identification information as provided in s. 817.5686.
   13         (b) The sum of $500 of the surcharge shall be deposited
   14  into the State Attorneys Revenue Trust Fund for the purpose of
   15  funding prosecution of offenses relating to the criminal use of
   16  personal identification information.
   17         (c) The clerk of the court shall retain $1 of each
   18  surcharge that he or she collects as a service charge of the
   19  clerk’s office.
   20         (d) The surcharge may not be waived by the court. In the
   21  event that the person has been ordered to pay restitution in
   22  accordance with s. 775.089, the surcharge shall be included in a
   23  judgment.
   24         Section 2. Section 817.5686, Florida Statutes is created to
   25  read:
   26         817.5686 Identity Theft and Fraud Grant Program.—
   27         (1) There is created the Identity Theft and Fraud Grant
   28  Program within the Department of Law Enforcement to award grants
   29  to support local law enforcement agencies in the investigation
   30  and enforcement of personal identification information theft and
   31  fraud.
   32         (2) Funds collected pursuant to s. 817.568(12)(a) and any
   33  funds specifically appropriated for the grant program shall be
   34  awarded annually by the Department of Law Enforcement to local
   35  law enforcement agencies. The total amount of grants awarded may
   36  not exceed funding appropriated for the grant program.
   37         (3) The Department of Law Enforcement may establish
   38  criteria and set specific time periods for the acceptance of
   39  applications and for the selection process for awards.
   40         Section 3. For the 2014-2015 fiscal year the sum of $72,000
   41  in recurring funds is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund
   42  to the Department of Law Enforcement for local law enforcement
   43  grants as provided in s. 817.5686. For the 2014-2015 fiscal year
   44  the sum of $42,000 in recurring funds is appropriated to the
   45  Department of Law Enforcement, and the associated salary rate is
   46  authorized, from the General Revenue Fund and one full-time
   47  equivalent position is authorized to administer the Identity
   48  Theft and Fraud Grant Program as provided in s. 817.5686. For
   49  the 2014-2015 fiscal year the sum of $186,000 in recurring funds
   50  is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the State
   51  Attorneys Revenue Trust Fund to be distributed equally to the
   52  state attorneys of the eleventh, fifteenth, and seventeenth
   53  circuits for salaries and benefits for one assistant state
   54  attorney for each circuit to prosecute personal identity theft
   55  and fraud offenses.
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   57  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   58  And the title is amended as follows:
   59         Delete lines 8 - 19
   60  and insert:
   61         for a surcharge and allocation thereof; creating s.
   62         817.5686, F.S.; creating the Identity Theft and Fraud
   63         Grant Program within the Department of Law
   64         Enforcement; providing an appropriation; providing for
   65         the award of funds; providing an effective date.