Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 346
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Bradley) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 181 and 182
    4  insert:
    5         Section 4. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
    6  961.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         961.03 Determination of status as a wrongfully incarcerated
    8  person; determination of eligibility for compensation.—
    9         (1)
   10         (b) The person must file the petition with the court:
   11         1. Within 2 years 90 days after the order vacating a
   12  conviction and sentence becomes final and the criminal charges
   13  against the person are dismissed if the person’s conviction and
   14  sentence is vacated, or the person is retried and found not
   15  guilty, on or after July 1, 2008. If a person had a claim
   16  dismissed or did not file a claim because of the former 90-day
   17  petition filing period under this subparagraph, he or she may
   18  file a petition with the court within 2 years after July 1,
   19  2020.
   20         2. By July 1, 2010, if the person’s conviction and sentence
   21  was vacated by an order that became final before prior to July
   22  1, 2008.
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   25  And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete line 30
   27  and insert:
   28         officer; amending s. 961.03, F.S.; revising the
   29         circumstances under which a wrongfully incarcerated
   30         person must file a petition with the court to
   31         determine eligibility for compensation; authorizing
   32         certain persons to petition the court to determine
   33         eligibility for compensation within a specified
   34         timeframe; amending s. 961.04, F.S.; revising the