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House Bill 1727




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1727

        By Representative Livingston






  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  when the person committing the offense knows or has reason to

18  know the identity or employment of the victim, the offense for

19  which the person is charged shall be reclassified as follows:

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

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

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

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

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

25  first degree to a felony of the third degree.

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

27  second degree to a misdemeanor of the first degree.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1997,

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

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1727

    549-135-97






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  4    assault or battery or aggravated battery upon a county or
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