Senate Bill 1292

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1292

    By Senator Gutman





    34-1134-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to controlled substances;

  3         amending s. 893.12, F.S.; deleting the

  4         requirement that a copy of the record of the

  5         destruction of seized controlled substances be

  6         sent to the Drug Enforcement Administration;

  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.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

12  893.12, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

13         893.12  Contraband; seizure, forfeiture, sale.--

14         (1)  All substances controlled by this chapter and all

15  listed chemicals, which substances or chemicals are handled,

16  delivered, possessed, or distributed contrary to any

17  provisions of this chapter, and all such controlled substances

18  or listed chemicals the lawful possession of which is not

19  established or the title to which cannot be ascertained, are

20  declared to be contraband, are subject to seizure and

21  confiscation by any person whose duty it is to enforce the

22  provisions of the chapter, and shall be disposed of as

23  follows:

24         (a)  Except as in this section otherwise provided, the

25  court having jurisdiction shall order such controlled

26  substances or listed chemicals forfeited and destroyed.  A

27  record of the place where said controlled substances or listed

28  chemicals were seized, of the kinds and quantities of

29  controlled substances or listed chemicals destroyed, and of

30  the time, place, and manner of destruction shall be kept, and

31  a return under oath reporting said destruction shall be made

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1292
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  1  to the court or magistrate and to the United States Drug

  2  Enforcement Administration by the officer who destroys them.

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

  4  law.

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  7                          SENATE SUMMARY

  8    Deletes the requirement that, when an officer destroys
      seized controlled substances in compliance with a court
  9    order, a copy of the record of the destruction be sent to
      the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.
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