SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 334

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator McKay moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 9, between lines 3 and 4,

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17         Section 5.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section

18  984.09, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         984.09  Punishment for contempt of court; alternative

20  sanctions.--

21         (2)  PLACEMENT IN A SECURE FACILITY.--A child may be

22  placed in a secure facility for purposes of punishment for

23  contempt of court if alternative sanctions are unavailable or

24  inappropriate, or if the child has already been ordered to

25  serve an alternative sanction but failed to comply with the

26  sanction.

27         (b)  A child in need of services who has been held in

28  direct contempt or indirect contempt may be placed, for 5 days

29  for a first offense or 15 days for a second or subsequent

30  offense, in a staff-secure shelter, a juvenile detention

31  facility, or a staff-secure residential facility solely for

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 334

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 1  children in need of services if such placement is available,

 2  or, if such placement is not available, the child may be

 3  placed in an appropriate mental health facility or substance

 4  abuse facility for assessment. In addition to disposition

 5  under this paragraph, a child in need of services who is held

 6  in direct contempt or indirect contempt may be placed in a

 7  physically secure facility as provided under s. 984.226 if

 8  conditions of eligibility are met.

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10  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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14  And the title is amended as follows:

15         On page 1, line 24, after the second semicolon

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18         amending s. 984.09, F.S.; providing for

19         placement of a child held in contempt of court

20         in a juvenile detention facility;

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