HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-06                                   Bill No. CS/CS/HB 113

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Crist offered the following:

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13         Amendment 

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15  remove from the bill:  all of said lines

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18  criminal offenders who meet the criteria in s. 775.087(2) and

19  (3), Florida Statutes, be sentenced to the minimum mandatory

20  prison terms provided herein. For every case in which the

21  offender meets the criteria in this act and does not receive

22  the mandatory minimum prison sentence, the state attorney must

23  explain the sentencing deviation in writing and place such

24  explanation in the case file maintained by the state attorney.

25  On a quarterly basis, each state attorney shall submit copies

26  of deviation memoranda regarding offenses committed on or

27  after the effective date of this act to the President of the

28  Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Inc. The

29  association must maintain such information and make such

30  information available to the public upon request for at least

31  a 10-year period.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-06                                   Bill No. CS/CS/HB 113

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1         (2)  Effective July 1, 2000, each state attorney shall

 2  annually report to the Speaker of the House, the President of

 3  the Senate, and the Executive Office of the Governor regarding

 4  the prosecution and sentencing of offenders who met the

 5  criteria in s. 775.087(2)(a)3. and (3)(a)3., Florida Statutes.

 6  The report shall include the number of charges received in

 7  each circuit during the previous fiscal year by law

 8  enforcement agencies which based a criminal charge on facts

 9  demonstrating that the defendant met the criteria in s.

10  775.087(2)(a)3. and (3)(a)3., Florida Statutes, the case

11  number of the state attorney's office involving such criminal

12  charges, the final disposition, if any, of such cases, whether

13  the minimum mandatory prison terms authorized herein were

14  imposed in such cases, and a copy of each deviation memorandum

15  that state a written

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