HOUSE AMENDMENT

    38-100X-38                                 Bill No. CS/HB 3539

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Ritter offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, lines 12-24,

15  remove from the bill:  all of said lines

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:  criminal charge or petition for

18  delinquency arose and the judge who imposed the sentence of

19  incarceration.  The state attorney shall thereupon make every

20  effort to notify the victim, material witness, parents or

21  legal guardian of a minor who is a victim or witness, or

22  immediate relatives of a homicide victim of the escapee.  The

23  state attorney shall also notify the sheriff of the county

24  where the criminal charge or petition for delinquency arose.

25  The sheriff shall offer assistance upon request. When an

26  escaped offender is subsequently captured or is captured and

27  returned to the institution of confinement, the institution of

28  confinement shall again immediately notify the appropriate

29  state attorney and sentencing judge pursuant to this section.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    38-100X-38                                 Bill No. CS/HB 3539

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

 3         On page 1, lines 3-12,

 4  remove from the title of the bill:  all of said lines

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 6  and insert in lieu thereof:

 7         prisoner; amending s. 960.001, F.S.; requiring

 8         that a state correctional facility, private

 9         correctional facility, county jail, juvenile

10         detention facility, or residential commitment

11         facility immediately notify the judge who

12         sentenced an escaped offender; requiring the

13         institution or facility of confinement to

14         immediately notify the state attorney and

15         sentencing judge upon the capture and return of

16         the escaped offender; providing an effective

17         date.

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