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                                      HB 1101, First Engrossed/ntc



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Crimes

  3         Compensation Act; amending s. 960.03, F.S.;

  4         revising the definition of "crime" with respect

  5         to the Florida Crimes Compensation Act;

  6         conforming terminology and a cross reference;

  7         expanding the definition to include certain

  8         acts of mass violence and international

  9         terrorism committed against residents of this

10         state; providing an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 960.03, Florida

15  Statutes, 1996 Supplement, is amended to read:

16         960.03  Definitions.--As used in ss. 960.01-960.28,

17  unless the context otherwise requires, the term:

18         (3)  "Crime" means:

19         (a)  the commission by any person, including a juvenile

20  offender, of A felony or misdemeanor offense committed by

21  either an adult or a juvenile punishable under the laws of

22  this state, which results in physical injury or death.  The

23  term also includes any such criminal act which is committed

24  within this state but which falls exclusively within federal

25  jurisdiction.

26         (b)  "Crime" also includes any A violation of s.

27  316.193, s. 316.027(1)(2), or s. 782.071(2), which results in

28  physical injury or death; however, no other act involving the

29  operation of a motor vehicle, boat, or aircraft which results

30  in injury or death shall constitute a crime for the purpose of

31  this chapter unless the injury or death was intentionally


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  1  inflicted through the use of such vehicle, boat, or aircraft

  2  or unless such vehicle, boat, or aircraft is an implement of a

  3  crime to which this act applies.

  4         (c)  "Crime" also includes any such A criminal act

  5  committed outside of this state against a resident of this

  6  state that would have been compensable if it had occurred in

  7  this state and that occurred in a state that does not have an

  8  eligible crime victim compensation program as the term is

  9  defined in the federal Victims of Crime Act of 1984.

10         (d)  An act of mass violence or an act of international

11  terrorism, as defined in 18 U.S.C. s. 2331, that is committed

12  outside of the territorial boundaries of the United States

13  upon a resident of this state, when such act results in

14  physical injury or death and the person is not eligible for

15  compensation under Title VIII of the Omnibus Diplomatic

16  Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986.

17         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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