Senate Bill 0106e1

    SB 106                                   First Engrossed (ntc)



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to assault and battery upon

  3         code inspectors; creating s. 784.083, F.S.;

  4         providing enhanced penalties for assault or

  5         aggravated assault or battery or aggravated

  6         battery upon "a code inspector," as defined;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Section 784.083, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         784.083  Assault or battery on code

14  inspectors.--Whenever a person is charged with committing an

15  assault or aggravated assault or a battery or aggravated

16  battery upon a code inspector, as defined in s. 162.04(2),

17  while the code inspector is engaged in the lawful performance

18  of his or her duties and when the person committing the

19  offense knows or has reason to know the identity or employment

20  of the victim, the offense for which the person is charged

21  shall be reclassified as follows:

22         (1)  In the case of aggravated battery, from a felony

23  of the second degree to a felony of the first degree.

24         (2)  In the case of aggravated assault, from a felony

25  of the third degree to a felony of the second degree.

26         (3)  In the case of battery, from a misdemeanor of the

27  first degree to a felony of the third degree.

28         (4)  In the case of assault, from a misdemeanor of the

29  second degree to a misdemeanor of the first degree.

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1998,

31  and shall apply to offenses committed on or after that date.


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