FL S1472

Creates a second-degree felony for willfully and without authorization fraudulently using personal identification information of individuals 60 years or older, disabled adults, public servants, veterans, first responders, or state or federal employees.

Imposes a mandatory $151 surcharge on convictions for identity theft crimes: $75 to the Department of Law Enforcement for grants to local law enforcement in Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade Counties; $75 to the State Attorneys Revenue Trust Fund for prosecutions in the eleventh, fifteenth, and seventeenth circuits; and $1 to the clerk of court as a service charge.

Establishes the Identity Theft and Fraud Task Force within the Department of Law Enforcement to coordinate investigation and prosecution strategies in Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade Counties, with membership including sheriffs, police chiefs, and state attorneys from those areas.

Requires the task force to organize by December 31, 2014, meet at least four times per year, and submit a report with recommendations to the Governor and Legislature by December 1, 2017, after which the task force dissolves on December 31, 2017.

Takes effect July 1, 2014.