Florida Senate - 2023 CS for SB 1510
By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Pizzo
591-03153-23 20231510c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to visiting county and municipal
3 detention facilities; creating s. 951.225, F.S.;
4 authorizing specified persons to visit at their
5 pleasure county and municipal detention facilities;
6 providing an effective date.
7
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
9
10 Section 1. Section 951.225, Florida Statutes, is created to
11 read:
12 951.225 Persons authorized to visit county and municipal
13 detention facilities.—The following persons who are elected or
14 appointed to serve the county or municipality in which the
15 county or municipal detention facility is located may visit such
16 facility at their pleasure:
17 (1) Members of the governing body of the county or
18 municipality.
19 (2) Members of the Legislature.
20 (3) State court judges.
21 (4) The state attorney.
22 (5) The public defender.
23 (6) The regional counsel.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.