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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 3263

    Amendment No. 03 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Crime & Punishment offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 3, between lines 13 & 14 of the bill

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17         Section 2.  Subsection (3) of section 812.15, F.S., is

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19         812.15  Unauthorized reception of cable television

20  services; penalties.--

21         (3)(a)  Any person who willfully violates this section

22  shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree,

23  punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

24         (b)  Any person who willfully and for purposes of

25  direct or indirect commercial advantage violates this section

26  shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as

27  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

28         (c)  Any person who intentionally possesses equipment,

29  knowing or having reason to know that the design of such

30  equipment renders it primarily useful for the purpose of the

31  unauthorized reception of any communications service offered

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 3263

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 1  over a cable system, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the

 2  first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or 775.083.

 3         (d)  It is unlawful for any person to place in any

 4  newspaper, magazine, handbill, or other publication any

 5  advertisement that, in whole or in part, promotes the sale of

 6  equipment, if the person placing the advertisement knows or

 7  has reason to know that the equipment is designed to be

 8  primarily useful for the unauthorized reception of any

 9  communications service offered over a cable system.  Any

10  person who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a

11  misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.

12  775.082 or s. 775.083.

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16  And the title is amended as follows:

17         On page 1, line 14,

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19  after "penalties;", insert:

20         An act relating to offenses involving property

21         or equipment; amending s. 812.13, F.S.;

22         redefining the offense of robbery to include

23         robbery by sudden snatching; defining "sudden

24         snatching"; providing for reclassification of

25         the offense to a higher degree under specified

26         circumstances when the offender carried a

27         firearm or other deadly weapon; providing

28         penalties; amending s. 812.15, F.S.;

29         prohibiting the possession or advetisement for

30         sale of certain equipment designed and

31         primarily useful for unauthorized reception of

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 1         cable system communications; providing

 2         penalties; amending s. 921.0022, F.S., relating

 3         to the Criminal Punishment Code offense levels;

 4         providing for ranking of robbery by sudden

 5         snatching within the level 5 category of the

 6         offense severity ranking chart; providing an

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