Florida Statutes Title XLVII Chapter 943 - Department Of Law Enforcement

• 943.01 - Short Title.
  This chapter may be cited as the “Department of Law Enforcement Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 74-386; s. 2, ch. 78-347; s. 2, ch. 98-94.
• 943.02 - Definitions.
  For the purpose of this chapter:(1) “Department” means the Department of Law Enforcement.(2) “Executive director” means the executive director of the Department of Law Enforcement.History.—s. 2, ch....
• 943.03 - Department Of Law Enforcement.
  (1) The executive director shall have served at least 5 years as a police executive or possess training and experience in police affairs or public administration...
• 943.031 - Florida Violent Crime And Drug Control Council.
  (1) FINDINGS.—The Legislature finds that there is a need to develop and implement a statewide strategy to address violent criminal activity, including crimes committed by criminal...
• 943.03101 - Counter-terrorism Coordination.
  The Legislature finds that with respect to counter-terrorism efforts and initial responses to acts of terrorism within or affecting this state, specialized efforts of emergency...
• 943.0311 - Chief Of Domestic Security; Duties Of The Department With Respect To Domestic Security.
  (1) The executive director of the department, or a member of the department designated by the executive director, shall serve as the Chief of Domestic Security....
• 943.0312 - Regional Domestic Security Task Forces.
  The Legislature finds that there is a need to develop and implement a statewide strategy to address prevention, preparation, protection, response, and recovery efforts by...
• 943.0313 - Domestic Security Oversight Council.
  The Legislature finds that there exists a need to provide executive direction and leadership with respect to terrorism prevention, preparation, protection, response, and recovery efforts...
• 943.0314 - Public Records And Public Meetings Exemptions; Domestic Security Oversight Council.
  (1)(a) That portion of a meeting of the Domestic Security Oversight Council at which the council will hear or discuss active criminal investigative information or active...
• 943.032 - Financial Crime Analysis Center And Financial Transaction Database.
  (1) There is created within the Florida Department of Law Enforcement a Financial Crime Analysis Center and a Financial Transaction Database.(2) The department shall compile information and...
• 943.0321 - The Florida Domestic Security And Counter-terrorism Intelligence Center And The Florida Domestic Security And Counter-terrorism Database.
  (1)(a) There is created within the Department of Law Enforcement the Florida Domestic Security and Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Center.(b) The Florida Domestic Security and Counter-Terrorism Database is created...
• 943.04 - Criminal Justice Investigations And Forensic Science Program; Creation; Investigative, Forensic, And Related Authority.
  (1) There is created a Criminal Justice Investigations and Forensic Science Program within the Department of Law Enforcement. The program shall be supervised by personnel who...
• 943.041 - Crimes Against Children Criminal Profiling Program.
  There is created the Crimes Against Children Criminal Profiling Program within the department. The program shall perform investigative, intelligence, research, and training activities related to...
• 943.0412 - Identity Theft And Fraud Grant Program.
  (1) There is created the Identity Theft and Fraud Grant Program within the department to award grants to support local law enforcement agencies in the investigation...
• 943.0415 - Cybercrime Office.
  There is created within the Department of Law Enforcement the Cybercrime Office. The office may:(1) Investigate violations of state law pertaining to the sexual exploitation of...
• 943.042 - Violent Crime Investigative Emergency And Drug Control Strategy Implementation Account.
  (1) There is created a Violent Crime Investigative Emergency and Drug Control Strategy Implementation Account within the Department of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund. The account...
• 943.043 - Toll-free Telephone Number; Internet Notification; Sexual Predator And Sexual Offender Information.
  (1) The department may notify the public through the Internet of any information regarding sexual predators and sexual offenders which is not confidential and exempt from...
• 943.0435 - Sexual Offenders Required To Register With The Department; Penalty.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a)1. “Sexual offender” means a person who meets the criteria in sub-subparagraph a., sub-subparagraph b., sub-subparagraph c., or sub-subparagraph d.,...
• 943.04351 - Search Of Registration Information Regarding Sexual Predators And Sexual Offenders Required Before Appointment Or Employment.
  A state agency or governmental subdivision, before making any decision to appoint or employ a person to work, whether for compensation or as a volunteer,...
• 943.04352 - Search Of Registration Information Regarding Sexual Predators And Sexual Offenders Required When Placement On Misdemeanor Probation.
  When the court places a defendant on misdemeanor probation pursuant to ss. 948.01 and 948.15, the public or private entity providing probation services must conduct...
• 943.04353 - Triennial Study Of Sexual Predator And Sexual Offender Registration And Notification Procedures.
  The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shall, every 3 years, perform a study of the effectiveness of Florida’s sexual predator and sexual...
• 943.04354 - Removal Of The Requirement To Register As A Sexual Offender Or Sexual Predator In Special Circumstances.
  (1) For purposes of this section, a person shall be considered for removal of the requirement to register as a sexual offender or sexual predator only...
• 943.0436 - Duty Of The Court To Uphold Laws Governing Sexual Predators And Sexual Offenders.
  (1) The Legislature finds that, for the purpose of approving a plea agreement or for other reasons, certain courts enter orders that effectively limit or nullify...
• 943.0437 - Commercial Social Networking Websites.
  (1) For the purpose of this section, the term “commercial social networking website” means a commercially operated Internet website that allows users to create web pages...
• 943.0438 - Athletic Coaches For Independent Sanctioning Authorities.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Athletic coach” means a person who:1. Is authorized by an independent sanctioning authority to work as a coach, assistant coach,...
• 943.045 - Definitions; Ss. 943.045-943.08.
  The following words and phrases as used in ss. 943.045-943.08 shall have the following meanings:(1) “Adjudicated guilty” means that a person has been found guilty and...
• 943.046 - Notification Of Criminal Offender Information.
  (1) Any state or local law enforcement agency may release to the public any criminal history information and other information regarding a criminal offender, including, but...
• 943.05 - Criminal Justice Information Program; Duties; Crime Reports.
  (1) There is created a Criminal Justice Information Program within the Department of Law Enforcement. The program shall be supervised by personnel who shall be employed...
• 943.051 - Criminal Justice Information; Collection And Storage; Fingerprinting.
  (1) The Criminal Justice Information Program, acting as the state’s central criminal justice information repository, shall:(a) Collect, process, store, maintain, and disseminate criminal justice information and records...
• 943.0515 - Retention Of Criminal History Records Of Minors.
  (1)(a) The Criminal Justice Information Program shall retain the criminal history record of a minor who is classified as a serious or habitual juvenile offender or...
• 943.052 - Disposition Reporting.
  The Criminal Justice Information Program shall, by rule, establish procedures and a format for each criminal justice agency to monitor its records and submit reports,...
• 943.0525 - Criminal Justice Information Systems; Use By State And Local Agencies.
  As a condition of participating in any criminal justice information system established by the Criminal Justice Information Program or of receiving criminal justice information, state...
• 943.053 - Dissemination Of Criminal Justice Information; Fees.
  (1) The Department of Law Enforcement shall disseminate criminal justice information only in accordance with federal and state laws, regulations, and rules.(2) Criminal justice information derived from...
• 943.0535 - Aliens, Criminal Records.
  It shall be the duty of the clerk of court to furnish without charge a certified copy of the complaint, information, or indictment and the...
• 943.054 - Exchange Of Federal Criminal History Records And Information.
  (1) Criminal history information derived from any United States Department of Justice criminal justice information system is available:(a) To criminal justice agencies for criminal justice purposes.(b) Pursuant to...
• 943.0542 - Access To Criminal History Information Provided By The Department To Qualified Entities.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Care” means the provision of care, treatment, education, training, instruction, supervision, or recreation to children, the elderly, or individuals...
• 943.0543 - National Crime Prevention And Privacy Compact; Ratification And Implementation.
  (1) In order to facilitate the authorized interstate exchange of criminal history information for noncriminal justice purposes, including, but not limited to, background checks for the...
• 943.0544 - Criminal Justice Information Network And Information Management.
  (1) The department may develop, implement, maintain, and manage innovative, progressive, and effective methods of serving the information-management needs of criminal justice agencies, and may take...
• 943.055 - Records And Audit.
  (1) Criminal justice agencies disseminating criminal justice information derived from a Department of Law Enforcement criminal justice information system shall maintain a record of dissemination in...
• 943.056 - Criminal History Records; Access, Review, And Challenge.
  (1) For purposes of verification of the accuracy and completeness of a criminal history record, the Department of Law Enforcement shall provide, in the manner prescribed...
• 943.057 - Access To Criminal Justice Information For Research Or Statistical Purposes.
  The Department of Law Enforcement may provide by rule for access to and dissemination and use of criminal justice information for research or statistical purposes....
• 943.0575 - Public Access To Records.
  Nothing in this act shall be construed to restrict or condition public access to records as provided by s. 119.07.History.—s. 16, ch. 80-409.
• 943.0581 - Administrative Expunction.
  (1) Notwithstanding any law dealing generally with the preservation and destruction of public records, the department may adopt a rule pursuant to chapter 120 for the...
• 943.0582 - Prearrest, Postarrest, Or Teen Court Diversion Program Expunction.
  (1) Notwithstanding any law dealing generally with the preservation and destruction of public records, the department may provide, by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 120, for...
• 943.0583 - Human Trafficking Victim Expunction.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Human trafficking” has the same meaning as provided in s. 787.06.(b) “Official documentation” means any documentation issued by a federal,...
• 943.0585 - Court-ordered Expunction Of Criminal History Records.
  The courts of this state have jurisdiction over their own procedures, including the maintenance, expunction, and correction of judicial records containing criminal history information to...
• 943.059 - Court-ordered Sealing Of Criminal History Records.
  The courts of this state shall continue to have jurisdiction over their own procedures, including the maintenance, sealing, and correction of judicial records containing criminal...
• 943.06 - Criminal And Juvenile Justice Information Systems Council.
  There is created a Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Systems Council within the department.(1) The council shall be composed of 15 members, consisting of the Attorney...
• 943.08 - Duties; Criminal And Juvenile Justice Information Systems Council.
  (1) The council shall facilitate the identification, standardization, sharing, and coordination of criminal and juvenile justice data and other public safety system data among federal, state,...
• 943.081 - Public Safety System Information Technology Resources; Guiding Principles.
  The following guiding principles adopted by the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Systems Council are hereby adopted as guiding principles for the management of public...
• 943.085 - Legislative Intent With Respect To Upgrading The Quality Of Law Enforcement Officers And Correctional Officers.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to strengthen and upgrade law enforcement agencies and correctional institutions in this state by attracting competent, highly qualified...
• 943.09 - Criminal Justice Professionalism Program.
  There is created a Criminal Justice Professionalism Program within the Department of Law Enforcement. The program shall be supervised by personnel who shall be employed...
• 943.10 - Definitions; Ss. 943.085-943.255.
  The following words and phrases as used in ss. 943.085-943.255 are defined as follows:(1) “Law enforcement officer” means any person who is elected, appointed, or employed...
• 943.11 - Criminal Justice Standards And Training Commission; Membership; Meetings; Compensation.
  (1)(a) There is created a Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission within the Department of Law Enforcement. The commission shall be composed of 19 members, consisting...
• 943.12 - Powers, Duties, And Functions Of The Commission.
  The commission shall:(1) Adopt rules for the administration of ss. 943.085-943.255 pursuant to chapter 120.(2) Be responsible for the execution, administration, implementation, and evaluation of its powers,...
• 943.125 - Accreditation Of State And Local Law Enforcement Agencies, Correctional Facilities, Public Agency Offices Of Inspectors General, And Certain Pretrial Diversion Programs; Intent.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that law enforcement agencies, correctional facilities, public agency offices of inspectors general, and those agencies offering pretrial diversion...
• 943.13 - Officers’ Minimum Qualifications For Employment Or Appointment.
  On or after October 1, 1984, any person employed or appointed as a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary law enforcement officer or correctional officer; on or...
• 943.131 - Temporary Employment Or Appointment; Minimum Basic Recruit Training Exemption.
  (1)(a) An employing agency may temporarily employ or appoint a person who complies with the qualifications for employment in s. 943.13(1)-(8), but has not fulfilled the...
• 943.132 - Implementation Of Federal Qualified Active Or Qualified Retired Law Enforcement Concealed Firearms Provisions.
  (1) The commission shall by rule establish the manner in which Title 18, 44 U.S.C. ss. 926B and 926C, relating to the carrying of concealed firearms...
• 943.133 - Responsibilities Of Employing Agency, Commission, And Program With Respect To Compliance With Employment Qualifications And The Conduct Of Background Investigations; Injunctive Relief.
  (1) The employing agency is fully responsible for the collection, verification, and maintenance of documentation establishing that an applicant complies with the requirements of ss. 943.13...
• 943.134 - Release Of Employee Information By Employers.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Employing agency” has the same meaning ascribed in s. 943.10.(b) “Employment information” includes, but is not limited to, written information...
• 943.135 - Requirements For Continued Employment.
  (1) The commission shall, by rule, adopt a program that requires all officers, as a condition of continued employment or appointment as officers, to receive periodic...
• 943.137 - Establishment Of Qualifications And Standards Above The Minimum.
  (1) Nothing herein may be construed to preclude an employing agency from establishing qualifications and standards for employment, appointment, training, or promotion of officers that exceed...
• 943.139 - Notice Of Employment, Appointment, Or Separation; Response By The Officer; Duty Of Commission.
  (1) An employing agency shall immediately notify the commission in writing, on a form adopted by the commission, of the employment or appointment, or separation from...
• 943.1395 - Certification For Employment Or Appointment; Concurrent Certification; Reemployment Or Reappointment; Inactive Status; Revocation; Suspension; Investigation.
  (1) The commission shall certify, under procedures established by rule, any person for employment or appointment as an officer if:(a) The person complies with s. 943.13(1)-(10); and(b) The...
• 943.1397 - Officer Certification Examinations; Fee.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (4), on and after July 1, 1993, the commission shall not certify any person as an officer until the person...
• 943.14 - Commission-certified Criminal Justice Training Schools; Certificates And Diplomas; Exemptions; Injunctive Relief; Fines.
  (1) Each criminal justice training school approved by the commission shall obtain from the commission a certificate of compliance, with rules of the commission, signed by...
• 943.146 - Securing Of Copyrights By The Department And Sale Of Department Work Products.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “product” includes any and all inventions, methodologies, techniques, and creations that may be properly protected by patent, copyright,...
• 943.16 - Payment Of Tuition Or Officer Certification Examination Fee By Employing Agency; Reimbursement Of Tuition, Other Course Expenses, Wages, And Benefits.
  (1) An employing agency is authorized to pay any costs of tuition of a trainee in attendance at an approved basic recruit training program.(2) A trainee who...
• 943.17 - Basic Recruit, Advanced, And Career Development Training Programs; Participation; Cost; Evaluation.
  The commission shall, by rule, design, implement, maintain, evaluate, and revise entry requirements and job-related curricula and performance standards for basic recruit, advanced, and career...
• 943.1701 - Uniform Statewide Policies And Procedures; Duty Of The Commission.
  The commission, with the advice and cooperation of the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Florida Sheriffs Association, the Florida Police Chiefs Association, and other...
• 943.1702 - Collection Of Statistics On Domestic Violence.
  (1) In compiling the Department of Law Enforcement Crime in Florida Annual Report, the department shall include the results of the arrest policy provided for under...
• 943.171 - Basic Skills Training In Handling Domestic Violence Cases.
  (1) The commission shall establish standards for instruction of law enforcement officers in the subject of domestic violence. Every basic skills course required in order for...
• 943.1715 - Basic Skills Training Relating To Diverse Populations.
  The commission shall establish and maintain standards for instruction of officers in the subject of interpersonal skills relating to diverse populations, with an emphasis on...
• 943.1716 - Continued Employment Training Relating To Diverse Populations.
  The commission shall by rule require that each officer receive, as part of the 40 hours of required instruction for continued employment or appointment as...
• 943.1717 - Use Of Dart-firing Stun Guns.
  (1) A decision by a law enforcement officer, correctional officer, or correctional probation officer to use a dart-firing stun gun must involve an arrest or a...
• 943.172 - Basic Skills Training In Victims Assistance And Rights.
  The commission shall establish standards for instruction of law enforcement officers in the subject of victims assistance and rights. Every basic skills course required in...
• 943.1725 - Basic Skills Training On Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection And Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
  The commission shall establish standards for instruction of law enforcement officers in the subject of human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Instruction...
• 943.1726 - Continued Employment Training Relating To Diabetic Emergencies.
  The department shall establish an online continued employment training component relating to diabetic emergencies. The training component shall include, but need not be limited to,...
• 943.1728 - Basic Skills Training Relating To The Protection Of Archaeological Sites.
  The commission shall establish standards for instruction of law enforcement officers in the subject of skills relating to the protection of archaeological sites and artifacts....
• 943.1729 - Skills Training Relating To Community Policing.
  (1) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, “community policing” means a policing technique or strategy as defined in s. 163.340.(2) BASIC SKILLS COURSE.—The Criminal Justice Standards and Training...
• 943.17291 - Basic Skills Training In Juvenile Sexual Offender Investigation.
  The commission shall incorporate juvenile sexual offender investigation instruction into the course curriculum required for a law enforcement officer to obtain initial certification.History.—s. 6, ch.
• 943.17295 - Continued Employment Training Relating To Juvenile Sexual Offender Investigation.
  The commission shall incorporate the subject of sexual abuse and assault investigation, with an emphasis on cases involving child victims or juvenile offenders, into the...
• 943.17296 - Training In Identifying And Investigating Elder Abuse And Neglect.
  Each certified law enforcement officer must successfully complete training on identifying and investigating elder abuse and neglect as a part of the basic recruit training...
• 943.173 - Examinations; Administration; Materials Not Public Records; Disposal Of Materials.
  (1) Each officer certification examination shall be administered by the Criminal Justice Professionalism Program pursuant to s. 943.1397.(2) Each advanced and career development course examination shall be...
• 943.175 - Inservice Training.
  (1) Inservice training programs consisting of courses established, implemented, and evaluated by an employing agency are the responsibility of the employing agency. Inservice training programs consisting...
• 943.1755 - Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute.
  (1)(a) The Legislature finds that there exists a need to provide quality training for criminal justice executives in this state. In recognition of this need, the...
• 943.1757 - Criminal Justice Executives; Training; Policy Report.
  (1) The Legislature finds that there exists a need to provide training to criminal justice executives in the subject of interpersonal skills relating to diverse populations,...
• 943.1758 - Curriculum Revision For Diverse Populations; Skills Training.
  (1) The Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission shall revise its standards and training for basic recruits and its requirements for continued employment by integrating instructions...
• 943.18 - Compensation And Benefits Study; Recommendation.
  The commission shall make a comprehensive study of the compensation and benefits paid to law enforcement officers and correctional officers throughout the state. Among the...
• 943.19 - Saving Clause.
  (1) Any full-time, part-time, or auxiliary law enforcement or correctional officer duly certified by the commission and employed or appointed as of September 30, 1984, and...
• 943.22 - Salary Incentive Program For Full-time Officers.
  (1) For the purpose of this section, the term:(a) “Accredited college, university, or community college” means a college, university, or community college that has been accredited by...
• 943.25 - Criminal Justice Trust Funds; Source Of Funds; Use Of Funds.
  (1) The Department of Law Enforcement may approve, for disbursement from the Department of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund, those appropriated sums necessary and required by...
• 943.253 - Exemption; Elected Officers.
  Elected officers are exempt from the requirements of ss. 943.085-943.25. However, an elected officer may participate in the programs and benefits under ss. 943.085-943.25 if...
• 943.255 - Effect Of Chs. 80-71 And 81-24 On Prior Rules And Administrative Proceedings.
  Neither chapter 80-71, Laws of Florida, nor chapter 81-24, Laws of Florida, shall be construed to invalidate any prior rule promulgated by the Police Standards...
• 943.256 - Criminal Justice Selection Centers; Creation.
  (1) The creation of criminal justice selection centers is authorized. Each center shall be under the direction and control of a postsecondary public school, hereinafter called...
• 943.2561 - Definitions.
  As used in this act:(1) “Region” means a geographic area which is no less than one county.(2) “Participating agency” means any public county or municipal law enforcement...
• 943.2562 - Advisory Boards.
  Each center’s policies shall be established by an advisory board comprised of not more than 11 members, the composition of which shall be determined by...
• 943.2563 - Advisory Board Organization; Center Oversight.
  (1) Each advisory board shall elect a chair from among its members. Other offices may be created as each board finds necessary or appropriate, and any...
• 943.2564 - Center Supervision; Role Of Directing School Or Directing Agency.
  Each center shall operate in the facility of, and under the day-to-day supervision of, a directing school or directing agency. The advisory board shall provide...
• 943.2565 - Centralized Information Centers On Prospective Employment Candidates.
  (1) Each center shall develop, establish, and maintain a centralized information center on prospective candidates for criminal justice positions in the region served. Each center shall...
• 943.2566 - Promotions; Feasibility Study To Establish Pool Of Evaluators To Assess Qualifications.
  Upon the request of any participating criminal justice agency in its region, the center shall engage in a feasibility study to establish a qualified pool...
• 943.2567 - Operation And Administration Accounts; Annual Budget.
  (1) Each directing agency or school is authorized to create an account in the name of its regional assessment center within the restricted current fund at...
• 943.2568 - Advisory Boards; Expense Reimbursement.
  Members of advisory boards shall not receive compensation for their services but shall receive reimbursement for expenses as provided in s. 112.061.History.—s. 9, ch. 91-205.
• 943.257 - Independent Audit Documentation Subject To Inspection.
  The Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission or a center’s advisory board may inspect and copy any documents from the center as required to carry...
• 943.31 - Legislative Intent.
  It is the intent of the Legislature to:(1) Provide a statewide criminal analysis laboratory system to meet the needs of the criminal justice agencies.(2) Provide state-operated laboratories...
• 943.32 - Statewide Criminal Analysis Laboratory System.
  There is established a statewide criminal analysis laboratory system to be composed of:(1) The state-operated laboratories under the jurisdiction of the Department of Law Enforcement in...
• 943.325 - Dna Database.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—(a) The Legislature finds that DNA databases are important tools in criminal investigations, in the exclusion of individuals who are the subject of criminal investigations...
• 943.3251 - Postsentencing Dna Testing.
  (1) When a court orders postsentencing DNA testing of physical evidence, pursuant to s. 925.11, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement or its designee shall carry...
• 943.33 - State-operated Criminal Analysis Laboratories.
  (1) The state-operated laboratories shall furnish laboratory service upon request to law enforcement officials in the state. The testing services of such laboratories by persons employed...
• 943.34 - Powers And Duties Of Department In Relation To State-operated Laboratories.
  The department shall exercise full operational control of the state-operated laboratories and shall exercise, among others, the power and duty to:(1) Establish the organizational structure of...
• 943.35 - Funding For Existing Laboratories.
  (1) The following existing criminal analysis laboratories are eligible for receipt of state funding:(a) The Broward County Sheriff’s Crime Laboratory;(b) The Miami-Dade Police Department Crime Laboratory;(c) The Indian River...
• 943.36 - Submission Of Annual Budget.
  (1) For the purpose of providing state funding, each laboratory designated in s. 943.35 shall submit to the Department of Law Enforcement, on or before October...
• 943.361 - Statewide Criminal Analysis Laboratory System; Funding Through Fine Surcharges.
  (1) Funds deposited pursuant to ss. 938.055 and 938.07 for the statewide criminal analysis laboratory system shall be used for state reimbursements to local county-operated crime...
• 943.362 - Forfeiture And Investigative Support Trust Fund.
  (1) There is created the Forfeiture and Investigative Support Trust Fund into which the department may deposit revenues received as a result of state or federal...
• 943.365 - Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund.
  (1) The Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund is created within the Department of Law Enforcement. The department may deposit into the trust fund receipts and revenues...
• 943.366 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
  (1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund is created within the Department of Law Enforcement.(2) The fund is established for use as a depository for funds to be...
• 943.367 - Administrative Trust Fund.
  (1) The Administrative Trust Fund is created within the Department of Law Enforcement.(2) The fund is established for use as a depository for funds to be used...
• 943.37 - Option To Become State-operated Laboratory; Operational Control.
  (1) Those laboratories specified in s. 943.35 may submit to the Department of Law Enforcement a request to become state-operated laboratories. Such request shall include an...
• 943.403 - Rulemaking; Criminal Justice Program.
  The Department of Law Enforcement may adopt rules necessary for the operation of the criminal justice program.History.—s. 6, ch. 2001-232.
• 943.44353 - Automatic Notification Of Registration Information Regarding Sexual Predators And Offenders.
  (1) No later than January 1, 2008, the department shall develop and maintain a system to provide automatic notification of registration information regarding sexual predators and...
• 943.60 - Definitions.
  For the purposes of ss. 943.60-943.68, the term “Capitol Complex” includes that portion of Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, commonly referred to as the Capitol, the...
• 943.601 - Preservation Of Legislative Powers.
  Except as may be agreed to by the presiding officers of both houses of the Legislature, nothing in this chapter shall limit or otherwise interfere...
• 943.61 - Powers And Duties Of The Capitol Police.
  (1) There is created the Capitol Police within the Department of Law Enforcement, to serve the safety and security needs of both the legislative and executive...
• 943.611 - Director Of Capitol Police.
  (1) The executive director of the Department of Law Enforcement shall nominate, no later than 7 days prior to each organization session of the Legislature, an...
• 943.62 - Investigations By The Capitol Police.
  (1) In addition to, and in conjunction with, the other powers and duties specified by law, the Capitol Police shall conduct traffic accident investigations and investigations...
• 943.63 - Arrest By The Capitol Police.
  A person arrested by an officer of the Capitol Police shall be delivered to the sheriff of the county in which the arrest takes place...
• 943.64 - Ex Officio Agents.
  Law enforcement officers of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, special agents or inspectors of the Department of Law Enforcement, and law enforcement...
• 943.66 - Rules; Facilities Program, Capitol Police; Traffic Regulation.
  The Capitol Police may enforce rules of the Department of Management Services governing the administration, operation, and management of the Facilities Program and regulating traffic...
• 943.67 - Equipment.
  The department is specifically authorized to purchase, sell, trade, rent, lease, and maintain all necessary equipment, uniforms, motor vehicles, communication systems, housing facilities, and office...
• 943.68 - Transportation And Protective Services.
  (1) The department shall provide and maintain the security of the Governor, the Governor’s immediate family, and the Governor’s office and mansion and the grounds thereof.(2) The...
• 943.681 - Capitol Police Program; Funding.
  Funds shall be transferred quarterly, beginning July 1, 2002, by the Department of Management Services, from the Supervision Trust Fund, to the Florida Department of...
• 943.685 - Authority To Purchase Good Will And Promotional Materials.
  (1) The Legislature recognizes that the Department of Law Enforcement functions as one of the state’s primary law enforcement representatives in national and international meetings, conferences,...
• 943.686 - Unauthorized Use Of Department Of Law Enforcement Emblems Or Names Prohibited.
  (1) Whoever, except with the written permission of the executive director of the Department of Law Enforcement or as otherwise expressly authorized by the department, knowingly...

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