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SENATE AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Grant moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 and insert: a sexual predator who was designated a sexual
18 predator by a court before July 1, 1998, and who has been
19 lawfully released from confinement, supervision, or sanction,
20 whichever is later, for at least 10 years and has not been
21 arrested for any felony or misdemeanor offense since release,
22 may petition the criminal division of the circuit court in the
23 circuit in which the sexual predator resides for the purpose
24 of removing the sexual predator designation. A sexual predator
25 who was designated a sexual predator by a court on or after
26 July 1, 1998, who has been lawfully released from confinement,
27 supervision, or sanction, whichever is later, for a least 20
28 years, and who has not been arrested for any felony or
29 misdemeanor offense since release may petition the criminal
30 division of the circuit court in the circuit in which the
31 sexual predator resides for the purpose of removing the sexual
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1 predator designation. The court may has the discretion to
2 grant or deny such relief if the petitioner demonstrates to
3 the court that he or she has not been arrested for any felony
4 or misdemeanor offense since release, the requested relief
5 complies with federal standards applicable to the removal of
6 the designation as a sexual predator, and the court is
7 otherwise satisfied that the petitioner is not a current or
8 potential threat to public safety. The state attorney in the
9 circuit in which the petition is filed must be given notice of
10 the petition at least 3 weeks before the hearing on the
11 matter. The state attorney may present evidence in opposition
12 to the requested relief or may otherwise demonstrate why the
13 petition should be denied. If the court denies the petition,
14 the court may set a future date at which the sexual predator
15 may again petition the court for relief, subject to the
16 standards for relief provided in this paragraph.
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20 And the title is amended as follows:
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24 An act relating to sexual predators; amending
25 s. 775.21, F.S.; revising the period of time
26 after which a sexual predator may petition the
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28 requiring that the court make certain
29 determinations following a petition to remove
30 an offender's designation as a sexual predator;
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1 notice of such petition; authorizing the state
2 attorney to present evidence at the hearing on
3 the petition; authorizing the court to allow a
4 sexual predator to petition the court at a
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