No. CS/SB 524
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Department of Law Enforcement; Authorizing the Department of Law Enforcement to adopt rules relating to the Florida Medal of Valor and the Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal; specifying the circumstances under which an appointment or reappointment to the Medical Examiners Commission is considered in force; requiring the commission, rather than the Governor, to appoint district medical examiners for each medical examiner district; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to accept and process fingerprints taken of natural persons who are control persons of a licensee or are applicants for licensure, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe Department of Law Enforcement must now accept and process fingerprints for insurance licensees, applicants, and their control persons. This creates a new mandatory background check duty for a broad class of industry personnel.
The Medical Examiners Commission now appoints district medical examiners, removing that authority from the Governor. Appointments require a majority vote of the commission members.
Law enforcement agencies must submit fingerprints for offenders subject to immigration detainers. The Department of Law Enforcement is required to create and store records containing this specific detainer information.
The Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission gains the duty to develop specific online training courses for law enforcement officers. This transfers training development authority from the Department of Law Enforcement to the commission.
AICreates a mandatory duty for the Department of Law Enforcement to accept and process fingerprints for a broad class of insurance industry individuals, including control persons of licensees and applicants.
AITransfers the authority to appoint district medical examiners from the Governor to the Medical Examiners Commission, requiring a majority vote of the commission.
AIRequires law enforcement agencies to submit fingerprints of qualifying offenders subject to immigration detainers, and mandates the Department of Law Enforcement to create and store records containing that detainer information.
AIExpands the scope of administrative expunction to include records containing immigration detainer information, allowing for the removal of such records if the detention was made contrary to law or by mistake.
AIRequires the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission to act independently of any criminal justice agency, despite receiving staff support from the Criminal Justice Professionalism Program.
AIEstablishes a specific procedure for serving administrative complaints on certified law enforcement and correctional officers, including posting a notice on the commission's website if proof of service is not provided.
AITransfers the duty to develop specific online training courses for law enforcement officers from the Department of Law Enforcement to the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission.
AIThe bill transfers the duty to establish Alzheimer's disease training from the Department of Law Enforcement to the commission, changing which agency controls the program.