House Bill 4153

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4153

        By Representatives Flanagan, Turnbull, Burroughs, Morroni,
    Dockery, Horan, Sindler and Sanderson





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to juvenile justice; amending

  3         s. 985.309, F.S.; requiring boot camp

  4         commitment of a child under specified

  5         circumstances; providing for state funding for

  6         boot camps operated by county or municipal

  7         government, contingent upon specific

  8         appropriation; providing for placement of

  9         children in boot camp within the circuit in

10         which they were adjudicated; providing for

11         authority of county sheriff over boot camps in

12         county; listing the offenses for which such

13         commitment to boot camp is mandatory and not

14         subject to plea negotiation; providing an

15         effective date.

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

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19         Section 1.  Subsections (2) and (3) of section 985.309,

20  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

21         985.309  Boot camp for children.--

22         (2)  Contingent upon specific appropriation of state

23  funds, any local funding, a county or municipal government in

24  any circuit of this state may implement and operate a boot

25  camp program to provide an intensive educational and physical

26  training and rehabilitative program for appropriate children.

27  Boot camps shall be under the supervisory jurisdiction and

28  authority of the sheriff of the county in which the camp is

29  located.

30         (3)  A child shall may be placed in a boot camp program

31  in the circuit within which the child was adjudicated if he or

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4153

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  1  she is at least 14 years of age but less than 18 years of age

  2  at the time of adjudication and has been committed to the

  3  department for any violation of s. 316.193, s. 784.07, s.

  4  784.081, s. 790.115, or s. 893.13(1)(c), assault or battery or

  5  aggravated assault or aggravated battery upon a judicial

  6  officer or other public officer, assault or battery or

  7  aggravated assault or aggravated battery upon the child's

  8  parent, guardian, or legal custodian, theft of an automobile

  9  or other motor vehicle, burglary of a dwelling, robbery, or

10  any other offense that, if committed by an adult, would be a

11  felony, other than a capital felony, a life felony, or a

12  violent felony of the first degree. If the circuit in which

13  the child was adjudicated has a boot camp program with

14  available placements, placement under this subsection is

15  mandatory and not subject to plea negotiation.

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

17  year in which enacted.

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20                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides for state funding for boot camps operated by
22    county or municipal government, contingent upon specific
      appropriation. Provides for placement of children in a
23    boot camp within the circuit in which they were
      adjudicated. Provides for authority of county sheriff
24    over boot camps in the county. Requires boot camp
      commitment of a child under specified circumstances.
25    Lists the offenses for which such commitment to boot camp
      is mandatory and not subject to plea negotiation.
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