F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HBCS/HB 527 2021 A bill to be entitled An act relating to visiting county and municipal detention facilities;

prohibiting persons not otherwise authorized by law from entering such facilities;

providing exceptions;

prohibiting the unreasonable withholding of permission to enter such facilities from professional journalists or writers;

8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

951.225 Persons authorized to visit county and municipal detention facilities.—Thefacilities.— (1) The following persons who are elected or appointed to serve the county or municipality in which the county or municipal detention facility is located may visit such facility at their pleasure:

(1)(a) Members of the governing body of the county or municipality.

(2)(b) Members of the Legislature.

(3)(c) State court judges.

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hb0527-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 527 2021 (d) State attorneys.

(e) Public defenders.

(f) Regional counsels.

(2) A person not otherwise authorized by law may not enter a county or municipal detention facility except under such rules or regulations as the county and municipal detention facilities may prescribe.

Permission may not be unreasonably withheld from a person who gives sufficient evidence to the facility that he or she is a professional journalist, as defined in s.

90.5015, or a writer.

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