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By the Committee on Law Enforcement & Public Safety and
Representatives Barreiro and Futch
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to Search and Rescue (SAR)
3 dogs; amending s. 843.19, F.S.; defining the
4 term "SAR dog"; prohibiting the injuring or
5 killing of an SAR dog under specified
6 circumstances; providing penalties; revising
7 the offense of inflicting bodily harm upon a
8 police dog, fire dog, or police horse;
9 providing penalties; amending s. 921.0012,
10 F.S., relating to the sentencing guidelines
11 offense levels and offense severity ranking
12 chart; providing for ranking of the new or
13 revised offenses as level 3 offenses; providing
14 an effective date.
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16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18 Section 1. Section 843.19, Florida Statutes, is
19 amended to read:
20 843.19 Injuring or killing police dog, or fire dog,
21 SAR dog, or police horse prohibited; penalty.--
22 (1) As used in this section, the term:
23 (a) "Police dog" means any dog, and "police horse"
24 means any horse, that which is owned, or the service of which
25 is employed, by a law enforcement agency for the principal
26 purpose of aiding in the detection of criminal activity,
27 enforcement of laws, or apprehension of offenders.
28 (b) "Fire dog" means any dog that which is owned, or
29 the service of which is employed, by a fire department, a
30 special fire district, or the State Fire Marshal, for the
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1 principal purpose of aiding in the detection of flammable
2 materials or the investigation of fires.
3 (c) "SAR dog" means any search and rescue dog that is
4 owned, or the service of which is utilized, by a fire
5 department, a law enforcement agency, a special fire district,
6 or the State Fire Marshal for the principal purpose of aiding
7 in the detection of missing persons, including, but not
8 limited to, persons who are lost, who are trapped under debris
9 as the result of a natural, manmade, or technological
10 disaster, or who are drowning victims.
11 (2) Any person who knowingly and willfully and without
12 lawful cause or justification inflicts great bodily harm,
13 permanent disability, or death upon a police dog, or fire dog,
14 SAR dog, or police horse commits a felony of the third degree,
15 punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.
16 775.084.
17 Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section
18 921.0012, Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, is amended to
19 read:
20 921.0012 Sentencing guidelines offense levels; offense
21 severity ranking chart.--
22 (3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART
23 Florida Felony
24 Statute Degree Description
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27 (c) LEVEL 3
28 39.061 3rd Escapes from juvenile facility
29 (secure detention or residential
30 commitment facility).
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1 319.30(4) 3rd Possession by junkyard of motor
2 vehicle with identification
3 number plate removed.
4 319.33(1)(a) 3rd Alter or forge any certificate of
5 title to a motor vehicle or
6 mobile home.
7 319.33(1)(c) 3rd Procure or pass title on stolen
8 vehicle.
9 319.33(4) 3rd With intent to defraud, possess,
10 sell, etc., a blank, forged, or
11 unlawfully obtained title or
12 registration.
13 328.05(2) 3rd Possess, sell, or counterfeit
14 fictitious, stolen, or fraudulent
15 titles or bills of sale of
16 vessels.
17 328.07(4) 3rd Manufacture, exchange, or possess
18 vessel with counterfeit or wrong
19 ID number.
20 376.302(5) 3rd Fraud related to reimbursement
21 for cleanup expenses under the
22 Inland Protection Trust Fund.
23 501.001(2)(b) 2nd Tampers with a consumer product
24 or the container using materially
25 false/misleading information.
26 697.08 3rd Equity skimming.
27 790.15(3) 3rd Person directs another to
28 discharge firearm from a vehicle.
29 796.05(1) 3rd Live on earnings of a prostitute.
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1 806.10(1) 3rd Maliciously injure, destroy, or
2 interfere with vehicles or
3 equipment used in firefighting.
4 806.10(2) 3rd Interferes with or assaults
5 firefighter in performance of
6 duty.
7 810.09(2)(c) 3rd Trespass on property other than
8 structure or conveyance armed
9 with firearm or dangerous weapon.
10 812.014(2)(c)2. 3rd Grand theft; $5,000 or more but
11 less than $10,000.
12 815.04(4)(b) 2nd Computer offense devised to
13 defraud or obtain property.
14 817.034(4)(a)3. 3rd Engages in scheme to defraud
15 (Florida Communications Fraud
16 Act), property valued at less
17 than $20,000.
18 817.233 3rd Burning to defraud insurer.
19 828.12(2) 3rd Tortures any animal with intent
20 to inflict intense pain, serious
21 physical injury, or death.
22 831.29 2nd Possession of instruments for
23 counterfeiting drivers' licenses.
24 838.021(3)(b) 3rd Threatens unlawful harm to public
25 servant.
26 843.19 3rd Injure, disable, or kill SAR dog,
27 police dog, or horse.
28 870.01(2) 3rd Riot; inciting or encouraging.
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1 893.13(1)(a)2. 3rd Sell, manufacture, or deliver
2 cannabis (or other s.
3 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c), (3), or (4)
4 drugs).
5 893.13(1)(d)2. 2nd Sell, manufacture, or deliver s.
6 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c), (3), or (4)
7 drugs within 200 feet of
8 university, public housing
9 facility, or public park.
10 893.13(6)(a) 3rd Possession of any controlled
11 substance other than felony
12 possession of cannabis.
13 893.13(7)(a)9. 3rd Obtain or attempt to obtain
14 controlled substance by fraud,
15 forgery, misrepresentation, etc.
16 893.13(7)(a)11. 3rd Furnish false or fraudulent
17 material information on any
18 document or record required by
19 chapter 893.
20 918.13(1)(a) 3rd Alter, destroy, or conceal
21 investigation evidence.
22 944.47
23 (1)(a)1.-2. 3rd Introduce contraband to
24 correctional facility.
25 944.47(1)(c) 2nd Possess contraband while upon the
26 grounds of a correctional
27 institution.
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30 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 1997.
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