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House Bill 0537




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 537

        By Representative Martinez






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to aiding or harboring runaway

  3         children; creating s. 787.035, F.S.; defining

  4         the offense of knowingly encouraging, aiding,

  5         abetting, or conspiring with a child to run

  6         away from home, or knowingly harboring a

  7         runaway child; providing penalties; defining

  8         "harbor" and "home"; providing an effective

  9         date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Section 787.035, Florida Statutes, is

14  created to read:

15         787.035.--(1)  Any person who knowingly encourages,

16  aids, abets, or conspires with a child to run away from home

17  or knowingly harbors a child who has run away from home

18  commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as

19  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

20         (2)  For the purposes of this section:

21         (a)  "Harbor" means to keep secreted, cohabit with, or

22  provide shelter for any minor without the consent of the

23  parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, Department of

24  Children and Family Services or Department of Juvenile

25  Justice, or other person having legal custody of such minor.

26         (b)  "Home" means the child's place of residence,

27  including the home of any parent, legal guardian, or legal

28  custodian or a Department of Children and Family Services

29  shelter or foster home, a Department of Juvenile Justice

30  shelter, or a state-approved or court-ordered shelter or

31  crisis intervention facility.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 537

    106-230-97






  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1997,

  2  and shall apply to offenses committed on or after that date.

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      Defines the offenses of knowingly encouraging, aiding,
  7    abetting, or conspiring with a child to run away from
      home or knowingly harboring a child who has run away from
  8    home, and provides penalties.  Defines "harbor" and
      "home."
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