Title XLVII, Criminal Procedure and Corrections

(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 Crime Laboratory;(d) The Palm Beach County Crime Labora…

(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 15 of each year, a written report containing the following:(a) The actual operating costs of the immediate prior fiscal …

(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 laboratories enumerated in s. 943.35(1), and for the equipment, health, safety, and training of membe…

(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 criminal proceedings, other than revenues deposited into the department’s Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund under s. 9…

(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 received as a result of federal criminal, administrative, or civil forfeiture proceedings and receipts and revenues…

(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 used for allowable grant activities funded by restricted program revenues. Moneys to be credited to the trust fund shall consi…

(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 for management activities that are departmentwide in nature and funded by indirect cost earnings or assessments against t…

(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 offer to convey to the state the laboratory facility, including the physical plant, fixtures, equipment, an…

The Department of Law Enforcement may adopt rules necessary for the operation of the criminal justice program.History.—s. 6, ch. 2001-232.

(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 sexual offenders to the public.(2) In accordance with the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Saf…

For the purposes of ss. 943.60-943.68, the term “Capitol Complex” means that portion of Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, commonly referred to as the Capitol, the Historic Capitol, the Senate Office Building, the House Office Building, the Knott Building, the Pepper Building, th…

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 with the rights and powers of the Senate or the House of Representatives, or the officers of either, to direct or command members or …

(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 branches of state government. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Capitol Police serve as a specially trained an…

(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 individual to serve as the director of the Capitol Police, who shall serve at the pleasure of the executive director of t…

(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 relating to felonies and misdemeanors occurring within the Capitol Complex. Any matters may be referred t…

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 unless a notice to appear is issued.History.—s. 17, ch. 2002-21.

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 officers of other state agencies, counties, and municipalities are ex officio agents of the Capitol Police, and …

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 and parking at state-owned buildings or on state-owned property and any local ordinance on the vi…

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 space, and perform any other acts necessary for the proper administration and enf…

(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 department shall employ such personnel as may be necessary to carry out this responsibility, includin…

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 Law Enforcement for the purpose of funding the Capitol Police program. Funds are provided from the office space re…

(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, and cooperative efforts. The department often hosts delegates from other federal, sta…

(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 uses the words “Florida Department of Law Enforcement,” the initials “F.D.L.E.” or “FDLE,” or the words…

(1) There is created within the Department of Law Enforcement the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission, a commission as defined in s. 20.03.(2)(a) The commission shall convene no later than June 1, 2018, and shall be composed of 16 members. Five members s…

In order to facilitate the availability of comparable and uniform criminal justice data, the department shall:(1) Collect, compile, maintain, and manage the data submitted by local and state entities pursuant to s. 900.05 and coordinate related activities to collect and submit da…

Beginning July 1, 2022, each law enforcement agency in the state shall report quarterly to the department data regarding use of force by the law enforcement officers employed by the agency that results in serious bodily injury, death, or discharge of a firearm at a person. The da…

For the protection of all persons in this state, it is necessary and required that every law enforcement agency in this state be prepared to respond to an active assailant event. To be adequately prepared, each law enforcement agency must create and maintain an active assailant r…

(1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.—The Legislature finds that:(a) Police dogs are an integral part of many law enforcement and correctional efforts statewide, including the apprehension of suspects through tracking and searching, evidence location, drug and bomb detection, and search and …

This act may be cited as “The Florida Corrections Code of 1957.”History.—s. 45, ch. 57-121.

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:(1) Florida spends each year in excess of $60 million for its state correctional system, but Florida citizens have not received a fair return on that investment. Florida correctional institutions have contributed little to the reduct…

The following words and phrases used in this chapter shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:(1) “Commission” means the Florida Commission on Offender Review.(2) “Correctional system” means all prisons and other state correctional instit…

(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Criminal Justice Estimating Conference” means the Criminal Justice Estimating Conference referred to in s. 216.136(5).(b) “Total capacity” of the state correctional system means the total design capacity of all institutions and facilitie…

(1) When the population of the state correctional system exceeds 100 percent of its total capacity, as defined in s. 944.023, and remains in excess of 100 percent of total capacity for 21 days, the Governor, pursuant to s. 252.36, may use his or her emergency powers to reduce the…

The state system of adult intake and evaluation shall include:(1) The performance of pretrial investigation through a decentralized community-based procedure.(2) Assistance in the evaluation of offenders for diversion from the criminal justice system or referral to residential or…

(1) In addition to those facilities and services described elsewhere in this chapter, the department shall develop, provide, or contract for a statewide system of community-based facilities, services, and programs dealing with the rehabilitation of offenders, which shall include,…

(1) A statewide system of correctional facilities is established to be known as “community correctional centers.”(2) The purpose of these centers is to facilitate the reintegration of state inmates back into the community by means of participation in various work-release, study-r…

(1) The Department of Corrections shall operate a system of Forestry Work Camps on sites that are conducive to providing a meaningful work experience by having inmates clean the environment and beautify this state. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall determi…

Employees of the Department of Corrections who are required to use their personal vehicles in the performance of their duty may file claims for damages made to their personal vehicles while on official state business. Such claims for reimbursement may be filed with the department…

(1) The words “penitentiary,” “state prison,” or “state prison farm,” whenever the same are used in any of the laws of this state, as a place of confinement or punishment for a crime, shall be construed to mean and refer to the custody of the Department of Corrections within the …

(1) The department has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement its statutory authority. The rules must include rules relating to:(a) The rights of inmates.(b) The conduct to be observed by inmates and the categories of violations according to d…

The department is authorized upon request to board prisoners of the United States committed to their custody by any agency of the United States if such prisoners have less than 6 months remaining of their federal sentence, and if such prisoners have family relationships or job op…

(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the siting of additional correctional facilities shall be achieved in the most cost-efficient manner possible.(2) When the department proposes a site for a state correctional facility, it shall request that the local government having …

(1) Beginning October 1, 1983, all legislative budget requests for the construction of additional residential facilities in the Department of Corrections shall utilize the estimates of the Criminal Justice Estimating Conference. The estimates shall be based on current legal and c…

(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to expedite the siting of, acquisition of land for, and construction by the Department of Corrections of state correctional facilities operated by the department or a private vendor under contract with the department. Other agencies shall c…

(1) The Department of Corrections is authorized to enter into contracts with private vendors for the provision of the operation and maintenance of correctional facilities and the supervision of inmates. However, no such contract shall be entered into or renewed unless:(a) The con…

(1) The department shall regulate the admission of educational and other reading matter within the state institutions for the use of the prisoners, and for the proper observance of days of religious significance within the institutions and for the proper instruction of the prison…