House Bill 4001

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4001

        By Representative Sindler






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to racketeering; amending s.

  3         895.02, F.S.; redefining the term "racketeering

  4         activity" to include certain acts of lewdness

  5         or assignation; providing a penalty; providing

  6         an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

11  895.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

12         895.02  Definitions.--As used in ss. 895.01-895.08, the

13  term:

14         (1)  "Racketeering activity" means to commit, to

15  attempt to commit, to conspire to commit, or to solicit,

16  coerce, or intimidate another person to commit:

17         (a)  Any crime which is chargeable by indictment or

18  information under the following provisions of the Florida

19  Statutes:

20         1.  Section 210.18, relating to evasion of payment of

21  cigarette taxes.

22         2.  Section 403.727(3)(b), relating to environmental

23  control.

24         3.  Section 414.39, relating to public assistance

25  fraud.

26         4.  Section 409.920, relating to Medicaid provider

27  fraud.

28         5.  Section 440.105 or s. 440.106, relating to workers'

29  compensation.

30         6.  Part IV of chapter 501, relating to telemarketing.

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  1         7.  Chapter 517, relating to sale of securities and

  2  investor protection.

  3         8.  Section 550.235, s. 550.3551, or s. 550.3605,

  4  relating to dogracing and horseracing.

  5         9.  Chapter 550, relating to jai alai frontons.

  6         10.  Chapter 552, relating to the manufacture,

  7  distribution, and use of explosives.

  8         11.  Chapter 562, relating to beverage law enforcement.

  9         12.  Section 624.401, relating to transacting insurance

10  without a certificate of authority, s. 624.437(4)(c)1.,

11  relating to operating an unauthorized multiple-employer

12  welfare arrangement, or s. 626.902(1)(b), relating to

13  representing or aiding an unauthorized insurer.

14         13.  Section 655.50, relating to reports of currency

15  transactions, when such violation is punishable as a felony.

16         14.  Chapter 687, relating to interest and usurious

17  practices.

18         15.  Section 721.08, s. 721.09, or s. 721.13, relating

19  to real estate timeshare plans.

20         16.  Chapter 782, relating to homicide.

21         17.  Chapter 784, relating to assault and battery.

22         18.  Chapter 787, relating to kidnapping.

23         19.  Chapter 790, relating to weapons and firearms.

24         20.  Section 796.03, s. 796.04, s. 796.05, s. 796.06,

25  or s. 796.07, relating to prostitution, lewdness, or

26  assignation.

27         21.  Chapter 806, relating to arson.

28         22.  Section 810.02(2)(c), relating to specified

29  burglary of a dwelling or structure.

30         23.  Chapter 812, relating to theft, robbery, and

31  related crimes.

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  1         24.  Chapter 815, relating to computer-related crimes.

  2         25.  Chapter 817, relating to fraudulent practices,

  3  false pretenses, fraud generally, and credit card crimes.

  4         26.  Chapter 825, relating to abuse, neglect, or

  5  exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult.

  6         27.  Section 827.071, relating to commercial sexual

  7  exploitation of children.

  8         28.  Chapter 831, relating to forgery and

  9  counterfeiting.

10         29.  Chapter 832, relating to issuance of worthless

11  checks and drafts.

12         30.  Section 836.05, relating to extortion.

13         31.  Chapter 837, relating to perjury.

14         32.  Chapter 838, relating to bribery and misuse of

15  public office.

16         33.  Chapter 843, relating to obstruction of justice.

17         34.  Section 847.011, s. 847.012, s. 847.013, s.

18  847.06, or s. 847.07, relating to obscene literature and

19  profanity.

20         35.  Section 849.09, s. 849.14, s. 849.15, s. 849.23,

21  or s. 849.25, relating to gambling.

22         36.  Chapter 874, relating to criminal street gangs.

23         37.  Chapter 893, relating to drug abuse prevention and

24  control.

25         38.  Chapter 896, relating to offenses related to

26  financial transactions.

27         39.  Sections 914.22 and 914.23, relating to tampering

28  with a witness, victim, or informant, and retaliation against

29  a witness, victim, or informant.

30         40.  Sections 918.12 and 918.13, relating to tampering

31  with jurors and evidence.

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  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1 of the

  2  year in which enacted.

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  5                          SENATE SUMMARY

  6    Redefines the term "racketeering activity," for purposes
      of the prohibition against such activity, to include
  7    violations of specified sections of ch. 796, F.S.,
      relating to lewdness and assignation.
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