Florida Senate - 2023                             CS for SB 1140
       
       
        
       By the Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice;
       and Senator Ingoglia
       
       
       
       
       604-03776-23                                          20231140c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Rapid DNA Grant Program;
    3         creating s. 943.324, F.S.; creating the Rapid DNA
    4         Grant Program within the Department of Law Enforcement
    5         for county jails or sheriffs’ offices; requiring the
    6         department to annually award grant funds to county
    7         jails or sheriffs’ offices; providing funding
    8         requirements; authorizing the department to establish
    9         criteria and set specific time periods for the
   10         acceptance of applications and the selection process
   11         for awarding grant funds; providing an effective date.
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   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Section 943.324, Florida Statutes, is created to
   16  read:
   17         943.324 Rapid DNA Grant Program for county jails or
   18  sheriffs’ offices.—
   19         (1) There is created within the department the Rapid DNA
   20  Grant Program to award grants to county jails or sheriffs’
   21  offices to support local law enforcement agencies in the
   22  processing and expediting of DNA samples as defined in, and in
   23  support of the statewide DNA database under, s. 943.325.
   24         (2) The department shall annually award to county jails or
   25  sheriffs’ offices any funds specifically appropriated for the
   26  grant program to cover expenses related to the purchasing of DNA
   27  testing machines and other necessary supplies. Grants must be
   28  provided to county jails or sheriffs’ offices if funds are
   29  appropriated for that purpose by law. The total amount of grants
   30  awarded may not exceed funding appropriated for the grant
   31  program.
   32         (3) The department may establish criteria and set specific
   33  time periods for the acceptance of applications and for the
   34  selection process for awarding grant funds.
   35         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.