Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 378
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  03/10/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Brandes) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 50 - 67
    4  and insert:
    5  committed a misdemeanor, may, with the victim’s consent, issue a
    6  simple warning or inform the child’s guardian or parent of the
    7  child’s infraction, or may issue a civil citation or require
    8  participation in a similar diversion program, and assess up to
    9  not more than 50 community service hours, and require
   10  participation in intervention services as indicated by an
   11  assessment of the needs of the juvenile, including family
   12  counseling, urinalysis monitoring, and substance abuse and
   13  mental health treatment services. Absent exceptional situations,
   14  the Legislature encourages law enforcement officers to issue a
   15  civil citation, unless the misdemeanor is a threat to public
   16  safety. A copy of each citation issued under this section shall
   17  be provided to the department, and the department shall enter
   18  appropriate information into the juvenile offender information
   19  system. Use of the civil citation or similar diversion program
   20  is not limited to first-time offenses and may be used in a
   21  second or subsequent offense. Only first-time misdemeanor
   22  offenders are
   23  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   24  And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Delete lines 3 - 17
   26  and insert:
   27         985.12, F.S.; authorizing a law enforcement officer,
   28         with the victim’s consent, to choose to issue a
   29         warning to a juvenile who admits having committed a
   30         misdemeanor or to inform the juvenile’s parent or
   31         guardian of the juvenile’s infraction; authorizing a
   32         law enforcement officer who does not exercise one of
   33         these options to issue a civil citation or require
   34         participation in a similar diversion program;
   35         providing that, absent exceptional situations, the
   36         Legislature encourages law enforcement officers to
   37         issue a civil citation, unless the misdemeanor is a
   38         threat to public safety; providing that repeat
   39         misdemeanor offenders may participate in the civil
   40         citation program or a similar diversion program under
   41         certain circumstances; reenacting