Florida Senate - 2017                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for HB 477
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             05/05/2017 01:09 PM       .      05/04/2017 02:31 PM       
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       Senator Bracy moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1371 and 1372
    4  insert:
    5         c. For an offense listed under this subparagraph, a court
    6  may depart from the applicable mandatory minimum sentence under
    7  sub-subparagraph b. if the court finds in giving due regard to
    8  the nature of the defendant’s crime, the defendant’s criminal
    9  history and character, and the defendant’s chance of successful
   10  rehabilitation, there are compelling reasons on the record that
   11  imposition of the mandatory minimum is not necessary for the
   12  protection of the public.
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   15  And the title is amended as follows:
   16         Delete line 26
   17  and insert:
   18         offense; authorizing a court to depart from a
   19         mandatory minimum sentence for trafficking in fentanyl
   20         if the court makes specified findings; revising the
   21         substances that constitute the