Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 260
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/27/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Steube) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (767692) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 1. Section 836.10, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    7  read:
    8         836.10 Written threats to kill or do bodily injury;
    9  punishment.—
   10         (1) It is unlawful for a Any person to make who writes or
   11  composes and also sends or procures the sending of any letter,
   12  inscribed communication, or electronic communication, whether
   13  such letter or communication be signed or anonymous, to any
   14  person, containing a threat to kill or to do bodily injury to
   15  another the person:
   16         (a) In a writing or other record, including an electronic
   17  record; or
   18         (b) By posting or transmitting, or procuring the posting or
   19  transmission, in a manner that would allow any person to view
   20  the threat.
   21         (2) A person who is 18 years of age or older and who
   22  violates this section to whom such letter or communication is
   23  sent, or a threat to kill or do bodily injury to any member of
   24  the family of the person to whom such letter or communication is
   25  sent commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as
   26  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
   27         (3) A person who is under the age of 18 and who violates
   28  this section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree,
   29  punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
   30         (4) For purposes of this section, the term "electronic
   31  record" means relating to technology having electrical, digital,
   32  magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar
   33  capabilities.
   34         Section 2. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
   35  made by this act to section 836.10, Florida Statutes, in a
   36  reference thereto, subsection (1) of section 794.056, Florida
   37  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
   38         794.056 Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund.—
   39         (1) The Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund is created within
   40  the Department of Health for the purpose of providing funds for
   41  rape crisis centers in this state. Trust fund moneys shall be
   42  used exclusively for the purpose of providing services for
   43  victims of sexual assault. Funds credited to the trust fund
   44  consist of those funds collected as an additional court
   45  assessment in each case in which a defendant pleads guilty or
   46  nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, regardless of
   47  adjudication, an offense provided in s. 775.21(6) and (10)(a),
   48  (b), and (g); s. 784.011; s. 784.021; s. 784.03; s. 784.041; s.
   49  784.045; s. 784.048; s. 784.07; s. 784.08; s. 784.081; s.
   50  784.082; s. 784.083; s. 784.085; s. 787.01(3); s. 787.02(3); s.
   51  787.025; s. 787.06; s. 787.07; s. 794.011; s. 794.05; s. 794.08;
   52  former s. 796.03; former s. 796.035; s. 796.04; s. 796.05; s.
   53  796.06; s. 796.07(2)(a)-(d) and (i); s. 800.03; s. 800.04; s.
   54  810.14; s. 810.145; s. 812.135; s. 817.025; s. 825.102; s.
   55  825.1025; s. 827.071; s. 836.10; s. 847.0133; s. 847.0135(2); s.
   56  847.0137; s. 847.0145; s. 943.0435(4)(c), (7), (8), (9)(a),
   57  (13), and (14)(c); or s. 985.701(1). Funds credited to the trust
   58  fund also shall include revenues provided by law, moneys
   59  appropriated by the Legislature, and grants from public or
   60  private entities.
   61         Section 3. Subsection (17) is added to section 901.15,
   62  Florida Statutes, to read:
   63         901.15 When arrest by officer without warrant is lawful.—A
   64  law enforcement officer may arrest a person without a warrant
   65  when:
   66         (17) There is probable cause to believe that the person has
   67  committed a criminal act of threat to kill or do bodily injury
   68  as described in s. 836.10.
   69         Section 4. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
   70  made by this act to section 836.10, Florida Statutes, in a
   71  reference thereto, paragraph (f) of subsection (3) of section
   72  921.0022, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
   73         921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking
   74  chart.—
   75         (3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART
   76         (f) LEVEL 6
   77  
   78  
   79  FloridaStatute    FelonyDegree           Description            
   80  316.027(2)(b)        2nd   Leaving the scene of a crash involving serious bodily injury.
   81  316.193(2)(b)        3rd   Felony DUI, 4th or subsequent conviction.
   82  400.9935(4)(c)       2nd   Operating a clinic, or offering services requiring licensure, without a license.
   83  499.0051(2)          2nd   Knowing forgery of transaction history, transaction information, or transaction statement.
   84  499.0051(3)          2nd   Knowing purchase or receipt of prescription drug from unauthorized person.
   85  499.0051(4)          2nd   Knowing sale or transfer of prescription drug to unauthorized person.
   86  775.0875(1)          3rd   Taking firearm from law enforcement officer.
   87  784.021(1)(a)        3rd   Aggravated assault; deadly weapon without intent to kill.
   88  784.021(1)(b)        3rd   Aggravated assault; intent to commit felony.
   89  784.041              3rd   Felony battery; domestic battery by strangulation.
   90  784.048(3)           3rd   Aggravated stalking; credible threat.
   91  784.048(5)           3rd   Aggravated stalking of person under 16.
   92  784.07(2)(c)         2nd   Aggravated assault on law enforcement officer.
   93  784.074(1)(b)        2nd   Aggravated assault on sexually violent predators facility staff.
   94  784.08(2)(b)         2nd   Aggravated assault on a person 65 years of age or older.
   95  784.081(2)           2nd   Aggravated assault on specified official or employee.
   96  784.082(2)           2nd   Aggravated assault by detained person on visitor or other detainee.
   97  784.083(2)           2nd   Aggravated assault on code inspector.
   98  787.02(2)            3rd   False imprisonment; restraining with purpose other than those in s. 787.01.
   99  790.115(2)(d)        2nd   Discharging firearm or weapon on school property.
  100  790.161(2)           2nd   Make, possess, or throw destructive device with intent to do bodily harm or damage property.
  101  790.164(1)           2nd   False report concerning bomb, explosive, weapon of mass destruction, act of arson or violence to state property, or use of firearms in violent manner.
  102  790.19               2nd   Shooting or throwing deadly missiles into dwellings, vessels, or vehicles.
  103  794.011(8)(a)        3rd   Solicitation of minor to participate in sexual activity by custodial adult.
  104  794.05(1)            2nd   Unlawful sexual activity with specified minor.
  105  800.04(5)(d)         3rd   Lewd or lascivious molestation; victim 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years of age; offender less than 18 years.
  106  800.04(6)(b)         2nd   Lewd or lascivious conduct; offender 18 years of age or older.
  107  806.031(2)           2nd   Arson resulting in great bodily harm to firefighter or any other person.
  108  810.02(3)(c)         2nd   Burglary of occupied structure; unarmed; no assault or battery.
  109  810.145(8)(b)        2nd   Video voyeurism; certain minor victims; 2nd or subsequent offense.
  110  812.014(2)(b)1.      2nd   Property stolen $20,000 or more, but less than $100,000, grand theft in 2nd degree.
  111  812.014(6)           2nd   Theft; property stolen $3,000 or more; coordination of others.
  112  812.015(9)(a)        2nd   Retail theft; property stolen $300 or more; second or subsequent conviction.
  113  812.015(9)(b)        2nd   Retail theft; property stolen $3,000 or more; coordination of others.
  114  812.13(2)(c)         2nd   Robbery, no firearm or other weapon (strong-arm robbery).
  115  817.4821(5)          2nd   Possess cloning paraphernalia with intent to create cloned cellular telephones.
  116  825.102(1)           3rd   Abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult.
  117  825.102(3)(c)        3rd   Neglect of an elderly person or disabled adult.
  118  825.1025(3)          3rd   Lewd or lascivious molestation of an elderly person or disabled adult.
  119  825.103(3)(c)        3rd   Exploiting an elderly person or disabled adult and property is valued at less than $10,000.
  120  827.03(2)(c)         3rd   Abuse of a child.                 
  121  827.03(2)(d)         3rd   Neglect of a child.               
  122  827.071(2) & (3)     2nd   Use or induce a child in a sexual performance, or promote or direct such performance.
  123  836.05               2nd   Threats; extortion.               
  124  836.10               2nd   Written threats to kill or do bodily injury.
  125  843.12               3rd   Aids or assists person to escape. 
  126  847.011              3rd   Distributing, offering to distribute, or possessing with intent to distribute obscene materials depicting minors.
  127  847.012              3rd   Knowingly using a minor in the production of materials harmful to minors.
  128  847.0135(2)          3rd   Facilitates sexual conduct of or with a minor or the visual depiction of such conduct.
  129  914.23               2nd   Retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant, with bodily injury.
  130  944.35(3)(a)2.       3rd   Committing malicious battery upon or inflicting cruel or inhuman treatment on an inmate or offender on community supervision, resulting in great bodily harm.
  131  944.40               2nd   Escapes.                          
  132  944.46               3rd   Harboring, concealing, aiding escaped prisoners.
  133  944.47(1)(a)5.       2nd   Introduction of contraband (firearm, weapon, or explosive) into correctional facility.
  134  951.22(1)            3rd   Intoxicating drug, firearm, or weapon introduced into county facility.
  135  
  136  
  137         Section 5. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  138  made by this act to section 836.10, Florida Statutes, in a
  139  reference thereto, section 938.085, Florida Statutes, is
  140  reenacted to read:
  141         938.085 Additional cost to fund rape crisis centers.—In
  142  addition to any sanction imposed when a person pleads guilty or
  143  nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, regardless of
  144  adjudication, a violation of s. 775.21(6) and (10)(a), (b), and
  145  (g); s. 784.011; s. 784.021; s. 784.03; s. 784.041; s. 784.045;
  146  s. 784.048; s. 784.07; s. 784.08; s. 784.081; s. 784.082; s.
  147  784.083; s. 784.085; s. 787.01(3); s. 787.02(3); 787.025; s.
  148  787.06; s. 787.07; s. 794.011; s. 794.05; s. 794.08; former s.
  149  796.03; former s. 796.035; s. 796.04; s. 796.05; s. 796.06; s.
  150  796.07(2)(a)-(d) and (i); s. 800.03; s. 800.04; s. 810.14; s.
  151  810.145; s. 812.135; s. 817.025; s. 825.102; s. 825.1025; s.
  152  827.071; s. 836.10; s. 847.0133; s. 847.0135(2); s. 847.0137; s.
  153  847.0145; s. 943.0435(4)(c), (7), (8), (9)(a), (13), and
  154  (14)(c); or s. 985.701(1), the court shall impose a surcharge of
  155  $151. Payment of the surcharge shall be a condition of
  156  probation, community control, or any other court-ordered
  157  supervision. The sum of $150 of the surcharge shall be deposited
  158  into the Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund established within the
  159  Department of Health by chapter 2003-140, Laws of Florida. The
  160  clerk of the court shall retain $1 of each surcharge that the
  161  clerk of the court collects as a service charge of the clerk’s
  162  office.
  163         Section 6. This act shall take effect October 1, 2017.
  164  
  165  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  166  And the title is amended as follows:
  167         Delete everything before the enacting clause
  168  and insert:
  169                        A bill to be entitled                      
  170         An act relating to threats to kill or do bodily
  171         injury; amending s. 836.10, F.S.; prohibiting a person
  172         from making a threat to kill or do bodily injury in a
  173         writing or other record and posting or transmitting
  174         the threat in a specified manner; deleting
  175         requirements that a threat be sent to a specific
  176         recipient to be prohibited; providing separate
  177         penalties for juveniles and adults; reenacting s.
  178         794.056(1), F.S., relating to the Rape Crisis Program
  179         Trust Fund, to incorporate the amendments made by the
  180         act; amending s. 901.15; F.S.; providing for arrest
  181         without a warrant for committing a criminal act of
  182         threat to kill or do bodily injury in a posting or
  183         transmitting the threat in a specified manner;
  184         reenacting ss. 938.085 and 921.0022(3)(f), F.S.,
  185         relating to additional costs to fund rape crisis
  186         centers and the offense severity ranking chart of the
  187         Criminal Punishment Code, respectively, to incorporate
  188         the amendments made by the act; providing an effective
  189         date.