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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 113

        By Representatives Crist, Feeney, Ball, Futch, Crady,
    Trovillion, Merchant, Maygarden, Kyle, Thrasher, Goodlette,
    Ogles, Jones, Cantens, Villalobos, Logan, Flanagan and Brown




  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to punishment of felons;

  3         amending s. 775.087, F.S., relating to felony

  4         reclassification and minimum sentence and other

  5         penalties for offenders who committed

  6         aggravated battery or committed certain acts

  7         involving a weapon, firearm, or destructive

  8         device during the commission of a felony;

  9         conforming terminology to changes made by the

10         act; increasing from 3 to 10 years the minimum

11         prison term for certain felonies or attempted

12         felonies under specified circumstances when the

13         offender possessed a firearm or destructive

14         device during the commission of the offense or

15         flight therefrom; revising the category of such

16         offenses to include murder, sexual battery,

17         robbery, burglary, arson, aggravated assault or

18         aggravated battery, kidnapping, escape,

19         aircraft piracy, aggravated child abuse,

20         aggravated abuse of an elderly person or

21         disabled adult, unlawful throwing, placing, or

22         discharging of a destructive device or bomb,

23         carjacking, home-invasion robbery, aggravated

24         stalking, and trafficking in cannabis,

25         trafficking in cocaine, capital importation of

26         cocaine, trafficking in illegal drugs, capital

27         importation of illegal drugs, trafficking in

28         phencyclidine, capital importation of

29         phencyclidine, trafficking in methaqualone,

30         capital importation of methaqualone,

31         trafficking in amphetamine, capital importation

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  1         of amphetamine, trafficking in flunitrazepam,

  2         or other specified violation of s. 893.135(1),

  3         F.S.; providing for imposition of a 20-year

  4         minimum term of imprisonment when, in addition

  5         to such circumstances, the firearm or

  6         destructive device was discharged while the

  7         person was carrying, displaying, using, or

  8         threatening or attempting to use the firearm or

  9         destructive device; providing for imposition of

10         a minimum term of imprisonment of not less than

11         25 years and not more than a term of

12         imprisonment of life in prison when, in further

13         addition to such circumstances, the discharging

14         of the firearm or destructive device resulted

15         in infliction of death or great bodily harm

16         upon any person; providing for construction;

17         providing legislative intent with respect to

18         punishment of offenders who possess, carry,

19         display, use, or threaten or attempt to use

20         firearms or destructive devices; providing

21         imposition of the minimum term of imprisonment

22         consecutive to any other term of imprisonment

23         imposed; providing that the minimum term of

24         imprisonment imposed is authorized by law

25         regardless of the maximum sentence that may be

26         imposed for the underlying felony; increasing

27         from 8 to 15 years the minimum prison term for

28         certain felonies or attempted felonies under

29         specified circumstances when, during the

30         commission of the offense, the offender

31         possessed a semiautomatic firearm and its

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  1         high-capacity detachable box magazine or a

  2         machine gun; providing for the category of such

  3         offenses to include murder, sexual battery,

  4         robbery, burglary, arson, aggravated assault,

  5         aggravated battery, kidnapping, escape,

  6         aircraft piracy, aggravated child abuse,

  7         aggravated abuse of an elderly person or

  8         disabled adult, unlawful throwing, placing, or

  9         discharging of a destructive device or bomb,

10         carjacking, home-invasion robbery, aggravated

11         stalking, and trafficking in cannabis,

12         trafficking in cocaine, capital importation of

13         cocaine, trafficking in illegal drugs, capital

14         importation of illegal drugs, trafficking in

15         phencyclidine, capital importation of

16         phencyclidine, trafficking in methaqualone,

17         capital importation of methaqualone,

18         trafficking in amphetamine, capital importation

19         of amphetamine, trafficking in flunitrazepam,

20         or other specified violation of s. 893.135(1);

21         providing for imposition of a 20-year minimum

22         term of imprisonment when, in addition to such

23         circumstances, the semiautomatic firearm and

24         its high-capacity detachable box magazine or a

25         machine gun was discharged while the person was

26         carrying, displaying, using, or threatening or

27         attempting to use the semiautomatic firearm and

28         its high-capacity detachable box magazine or a

29         machine gun; providing for imposition of a

30         minimum term of imprisonment of not less than

31         25 years and not more than a term of

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  1         imprisonment of life in prison when, in further

  2         addition to such circumstances, the discharging

  3         of the semiautomatic firearm and its

  4         high-capacity detachable box magazine or a

  5         machine gun resulted in infliction of death or

  6         great bodily harm upon any person; providing

  7         for construction; providing legislative intent

  8         with respect to punishment of offenders who

  9         possess, carry, display, use, or threaten or

10         attempt to use a semiautomatic firearm and its

11         high-capacity detachable box magazine or a

12         machine gun; providing for imposition of the

13         minimum term of imprisonment consecutive to any

14         other term of imprisonment imposed; providing

15         that the minimum term of imprisonment imposed

16         is authorized by law regardless of the maximum

17         sentence that may be imposed for the underlying

18         felony; providing for legislative policy and

19         intent; providing for a report; reenacting s.

20         921.0022(2), F.S., relating to the Criminal

21         Punishment Code offense severity ranking chart,

22         s. 921.0024(1)(b), F.S., relating to Florida

23         Criminal Punishment Code worksheet computations

24         and key, and s. 947.146(3)(b), F.S., relating

25         to Control Release Authority, to incorporate

26         said amendment in references; providing for

27         public service announcements with respect to

28         the penalties provided in the act; providing an

29         effective date.

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  1         WHEREAS, Florida ranks among the most violent states in

  2  the nation, and

  3         WHEREAS, in 1975 the Florida Legislature enacted

  4  legislation requiring a minimum mandatory sentence of three

  5  years in prison for possessing a gun during the commission or

  6  attempted commission of a violent felony, and

  7         WHEREAS, the Legislature enacted this mandatory penalty

  8  in order to protect citizens from criminals who are known to

  9  use guns during the commission of violent crimes, and

10         WHEREAS, the FBI reports that among persons identified

11  in the felonious killings of law enforcement officers in 1997,

12  71% had prior criminal convictions, and one of every four were

13  on probation or parole for other crimes when they killed the

14  officers, and

15         WHEREAS, criminals who use guns during the commission

16  of violent crimes pose an increased danger to the lives,

17  health, and safety of Florida's citizens and to Florida's law

18  enforcement officers who daily put their lives on the line to

19  protect citizens from violent criminals, and

20         WHEREAS, the Legislature intends to hold criminals more

21  accountable for their crimes, and intends for criminals who

22  use guns to commit violent crimes to receive greater criminal

23  penalties than they do today, and

24         WHEREAS, the Legislature intends that when law

25  enforcement officers put themselves in harm's way to apprehend

26  and arrest these gun-wielding criminals who terrorize the

27  streets and neighborhoods of Florida, that these criminals be

28  sentenced to longer mandatory prison terms than provided in

29  current law, so that these offenders cannot again endanger law

30  enforcement officers and the public, and

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  1         WHEREAS, there is a critical need for effective

  2  criminal justice measures that will ensure that violent

  3  criminals are sentenced to prison terms that will effectively

  4  incapacitate the offender, prevent future crimes, and reduce

  5  violent crime rates, and

  6         WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Legislature that

  7  criminals who use guns to commit violent crimes be vigorously

  8  prosecuted and that the state demand that minimum mandatory

  9  terms of imprisonment be imposed pursuant to this act, NOW,

10  THEREFORE,

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

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14         Section 1.  Section 775.087, Florida Statutes, is

15  amended to read:

16         775.087  Possession or use of weapon; aggravated

17  battery; felony reclassification; minimum sentence.--

18         (1)  Unless otherwise provided by law, whenever a

19  person is charged with a felony, except a felony in which the

20  use of a weapon or firearm is an essential element, and during

21  the commission of such felony the defendant carries, displays,

22  uses, threatens to use, or attempts to use any weapon or

23  firearm, or during the commission of such felony the defendant

24  commits an aggravated battery, the felony for which the person

25  is charged shall be reclassified as follows:

26         (a)  In the case of a felony of the first degree, to a

27  life felony.

28         (b)  In the case of a felony of the second degree, to a

29  felony of the first degree.

30         (c)  In the case of a felony of the third degree, to a

31  felony of the second degree.

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  2  For purposes of sentencing under chapter 921 and determining

  3  incentive gain-time eligibility under chapter 944, a felony

  4  offense which is reclassified under this section is ranked one

  5  level above the ranking under s. 921.0022 or s. 921.0023 of

  6  the felony offense committed.

  7         (2)(a)1.  Any person who is convicted of a felony or an

  8  attempt to commit a felony and the conviction was for:

  9         a.(a)  Murder;

10         b.(b)  Sexual battery;

11         c.(c)  Robbery;

12         d.(d)  Burglary;

13         e.(e)  Arson;

14         f.(f)  Aggravated assault;

15         g.(g)  Aggravated battery;

16         h.(h)  Kidnapping;

17         i.(i)  Escape;

18         j.(j)  Aircraft piracy;

19         k.(k)  Aggravated child abuse;

20         l.(l)  Aggravated abuse of an elderly person or

21  disabled adult;

22         m.(m)  Unlawful throwing, placing, or discharging of a

23  destructive device or bomb;

24         n.(n)  Carjacking;

25         o.(o)  Home-invasion robbery; or

26         p.(p)  Aggravated stalking; or

27         q.  Trafficking in cannabis, trafficking in cocaine,

28  capital importation of cocaine, trafficking in illegal drugs,

29  capital importation of illegal drugs, trafficking in

30  phencyclidine, capital importation of phencyclidine,

31  trafficking in methaqualone, capital importation of

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  1  methaqualone, trafficking in amphetamine, capital importation

  2  of amphetamine, trafficking in flunitrazepam, or other

  3  violation of s. 893.135(1)

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  5  and during the commission of the offense, such person

  6  possessed a "firearm" or "destructive device" as those terms

  7  are defined in s. 790.001, shall be sentenced to a minimum

  8  term of imprisonment of 10 3 years.

  9         2.  Whenever a person is convicted of any of the

10  felonies listed in sub-subparagraphs (a)1.a.-q., regardless of

11  whether the use of a weapon is an element of the felony, and

12  during the course of the commission of the felony or the

13  flight therefrom, a "firearm" or "destructive device" as

14  defined in s. 790.001 was discharged while the person was

15  carrying, displaying, using, threatening to use, or attempting

16  to use it, the person shall be sentenced to a minimum term of

17  imprisonment of 20 years.

18         3.  Whenever a person is convicted of any of the

19  felonies listed in sub-subparagraphs (a)1.a.-q., regardless of

20  whether the use of a weapon is an element of the felony, and

21  during the course of the commission of the felony or the

22  flight therefrom, a "firearm" or "destructive device" as

23  defined in s. 790.001 was discharged while the person was

24  carrying, displaying, using, threatening to use, or attempting

25  to use it and, as the result of the discharge, death or great

26  bodily harm was inflicted upon any person, the convicted

27  person shall be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of

28  not less than 25 years and not more than a term of

29  imprisonment of life in prison. Nothing herein shall prevent a

30  court from imposing a greater sentence of incarceration as

31  authorized by law, or from imposing a sentence of death

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  1  pursuant to other applicable law. Nothing herein shall

  2  authorize a court to impose a lesser sentence than otherwise

  3  required by law.

  4

  5  Notwithstanding s. 948.01, adjudication of guilt or imposition

  6  of sentence shall not be suspended, deferred, or withheld, and

  7  the defendant is not eligible for statutory gain-time under s.

  8  944.275 or any form of discretionary early release, other than

  9  pardon or executive clemency, or conditional medical release

10  under s. 947.149, prior to serving the minimum sentence.

11         (b)  The minimum terms of imprisonment imposed pursuant

12  to this subsection are authorized by law regardless of the

13  maximum sentence that may be imposed for the underlying felony

14  committed by the person during which the firearm or

15  destructive device was possessed, carried, displayed, used,

16  threatened to be used, or attempted to be used.

17         (c)  It is the intent of the Legislature that offenders

18  who possess, carry, display, use, threaten to use, or attempt

19  to use firearms or destructive devices be punished to the

20  fullest extent of the law, and the minimum terms of

21  imprisonment imposed pursuant to this subsection shall be

22  imposed for each qualifying felony count for which the person

23  is convicted. The court shall impose any term of imprisonment

24  provided for in this subsection consecutively to any other

25  term of imprisonment imposed for any other felony offense.

26         (3)(a)1.  Any person who is convicted of a felony or an

27  attempt to commit a felony and the conviction was for:

28         a.1.  Murder;

29         b.2.  Sexual battery;

30         c.3.  Robbery;

31         d.4.  Burglary;

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  1         e.5.  Arson;

  2         f.6.  Aggravated assault;

  3         g.7.  Aggravated battery;

  4         h.8.  Kidnapping;

  5         i.9.  Escape;

  6         j.10.  Sale, manufacture, delivery, or intent to sell,

  7  manufacture, or deliver any controlled substance;

  8         k.11.  Aircraft piracy;

  9         l.12.  Aggravated child abuse;

10         m.13.  Aggravated abuse of an elderly person or

11  disabled adult;

12         n.14.  Unlawful throwing, placing, or discharging of a

13  destructive device or bomb;

14         o.15.  Carjacking;

15         p.16.  Home-invasion robbery; or

16         q.17.  Aggravated stalking; or

17         r.  Trafficking in cannabis, trafficking in cocaine,

18  capital importation of cocaine, trafficking in illegal drugs,

19  capital importation of illegal drugs, trafficking in

20  phencyclidine, capital importation of phencyclidine,

21  trafficking in methaqualone, capital importation of

22  methaqualone, trafficking in amphetamine, capital importation

23  of amphetamine, trafficking in flunitrazepam, or other

24  violation of s. 893.135(1);

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26  and during the commission of the offense, such person

27  possessed a semiautomatic firearm and its high-capacity

28  detachable box magazine or a machine gun as defined in s.

29  790.001, shall be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment

30  of 15 8 years.

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  1         2.  Whenever a person is convicted of any of the

  2  felonies listed in sub-subparagraphs (a)1.a.-r., regardless of

  3  whether the use of a weapon is an element of the felony, and

  4  during the course of the commission of the felony or the

  5  flight therefrom, a semiautomatic firearm and its

  6  high-capacity box magazine or a "machine gun" as defined in s.

  7  790.001 was discharged while the person was carrying,

  8  displaying, using, threatening to use, or attempting to use

  9  it, the person shall be sentenced to a minimum term of

10  imprisonment of 20 years.

11         3.  Whenever a person is convicted of any of the

12  felonies listed in sub-subparagraphs (a)1.a.-r., regardless of

13  whether the use of a weapon is an element of the felony, and

14  during the course of the commission of the felony or the

15  flight therefrom, a semiautomatic firearm and its

16  high-capacity box magazine or a "machine gun" as defined in s.

17  790.001 was discharged while the person was carrying,

18  displaying, using, threatening to use, or attempting to use it

19  and, as the result of the discharge, great bodily harm was

20  inflicted upon any person, the convicted person shall be

21  sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of not less than

22  25 years and not more than a term of imprisonment of life in

23  prison. Nothing herein shall prevent a court from imposing a

24  greater sentence of incarceration as authorized by law, or

25  from imposing a sentence of death pursuant to other applicable

26  law. Nothing herein shall authorize a court to impose a lesser

27  sentence than otherwise required by law.

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29  Notwithstanding s. 948.01, adjudication of guilt or imposition

30  of sentence shall not be suspended, deferred, or withheld, and

31  the defendant is not eligible for statutory gain-time under s.

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  1  944.275 or any form of discretionary early release, other than

  2  pardon or executive clemency, or conditional medical release

  3  under s. 947.149, prior to serving the minimum sentence.

  4         (b)  The minimum terms of imprisonment imposed pursuant

  5  to this subsection are authorized by law regardless of the

  6  maximum sentence that may be imposed for the underlying felony

  7  committed by the person during which the semiautomatic firearm

  8  and its high-capacity box magazine or machine gun was

  9  possessed, carried, displayed, used, threatened to be used, or

10  attempted to be used.

11         (c)  It is the intent of the Legislature that offenders

12  who possess, carry, display, use, threaten to use, or attempt

13  to use semiautomatic firearms and its high-capacity box

14  magazines or machine guns be punished to the fullest extent of

15  the law, and the minimum terms of imprisonment imposed

16  pursuant to this subsection shall be imposed for each

17  qualifying felony count for which the person is convicted. The

18  court shall impose any term of imprisonment provided for in

19  this subsection consecutively to any other term of

20  imprisonment imposed for any other felony offense.

21         (d)(b)  As used in this subsection, the term:

22         1.  "High-capacity detachable box magazine" means any

23  detachable box magazine, for use in a semiautomatic firearm,

24  which is capable of being loaded with more than 20 centerfire

25  cartridges.

26         2.  "Semiautomatic firearm" means a firearm which is

27  capable of firing a series of rounds by separate successive

28  depressions of the trigger and which uses the energy of

29  discharge to perform a portion of the operating cycle.

30         Section 2.  Legislative intent and policy; report.--

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  1         (1)  It is the intent of the Legislature that convicted

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

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

  4  prison terms provided herein, unless the state attorney's

  5  office submits a written memorandum to the court requesting

  6  that the minimum mandatory term not be imposed, stating the

  7  basis for that request. This memorandum shall be entered in

  8  the court file before the court imposes a sentence in any case

  9  in which the charging law enforcement agency based a criminal

10  charge on facts demonstrating that the defendant met the

11  criteria in s. 775.087(2) and (3), Florida Statutes, and could

12  have been sentenced to the minimum mandatory prison terms

13  provided therein. The memorandum must also be placed in the

14  case file of the office of the state attorney.

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

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

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

18  the prosecution and sentencing of offenders who met the

19  criteria in s. 775.087(2) and (3), Florida Statutes. The

20  report shall include the number of charges received in each

21  circuit during the previous fiscal year by law enforcement

22  agencies which based a criminal charge on facts demonstrating

23  that the defendant met the criteria in s. 775.087(2) and (3),

24  Florida Statutes, the case number of the state attorney's

25  office involving such criminal charges, the final disposition,

26  if any, of such cases, whether the minimum mandatory prison

27  terms authorized herein were imposed in such cases, and a copy

28  of each memorandum submitted to the courts that state a

29  written basis in those cases in which the minimum mandatory

30  prison terms were not requested. Cases in which a final

31  disposition has not yet been reached shall be reported in a

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  1  subsequent annual report. Copies of each report shall be

  2  maintained by the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association

  3  and each elected state attorney. By July 1, 2001, each elected

  4  state attorney or the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys

  5  Association shall make each annual report available to the

  6  public on the Internet.

  7         Section 3.  For the purpose of incorporating the

  8  amendment to section 775.087, Florida Statutes, in references

  9  thereto, the following sections or subdivisions of Florida

10  Statutes, or Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are reenacted

11  to read:

12         921.0022  Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity

13  ranking chart.--

14         (2)  The offense severity ranking chart has 10 offense

15  levels, ranked from least severe, which are level 1 offenses,

16  to most severe, which are level 10 offenses, and each felony

17  offense is assigned to a level according to the severity of

18  the offense. For purposes of determining which felony offenses

19  are specifically listed in the offense severity ranking chart

20  and which severity level has been assigned to each of these

21  offenses, the numerical statutory references in the left

22  column of the chart and the felony degree designations in the

23  middle column of the chart are controlling; the language in

24  the right column of the chart is provided solely for

25  descriptive purposes. Reclassification of the degree of the

26  felony through the application of s. 775.0845, s. 775.087, s.

27  775.0875, s. 794.023, or any other law that provides an

28  enhanced penalty for a felony offense, to any offense listed

29  in the offense severity ranking chart in this section shall

30  not cause the offense to become unlisted and is not subject to

31  the provisions of s. 921.0023.

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  1         921.0024  Criminal Punishment Code; worksheet

  2  computations; scoresheets.--

  3         (1)

  4

  5                       (b)  WORKSHEET KEY:

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  7  Legal status points are assessed when any form of legal status

  8  existed at the time the offender committed an offense before

  9  the court for sentencing. Four (4) sentence points are

10  assessed for an offender's legal status.

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12  Community sanction violation points are assessed when a

13  community sanction violation is before the court for

14  sentencing.  Six (6) sentence points are assessed for each

15  community sanction violation, and each successive community

16  sanction violation; however, if the community sanction

17  violation includes a new felony conviction before the

18  sentencing court, twelve (12) community sanction violation

19  points are assessed for such violation, and for each

20  successive community sanction violation involving a new felony

21  conviction. Multiple counts of community sanction violations

22  before the sentencing court shall not be a basis for

23  multiplying the assessment of community sanction violation

24  points.

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26  Prior serious felony points: If the offender has a primary

27  offense or any additional offense ranked in level 8, level 9,

28  or level 10, and one or more prior serious felonies, a single

29  assessment of 30 points shall be added. For purposes of this

30  section, a prior serious felony is an offense in the

31  offender's prior record that is ranked in level 8, level 9, or

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  1  level 10 under s. 921.0022 or s. 921.0023 and for which the

  2  offender is serving a sentence of confinement, supervision, or

  3  other sanction or for which the offender's date of release

  4  from confinement, supervision, or other sanction, whichever is

  5  later, is within 3 years before the date the primary offense

  6  or any additional offense was committed.

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  8  Prior capital felony points:  If the offender has one or more

  9  prior capital felonies in the offender's criminal record,

10  points shall be added to the subtotal sentence points of the

11  offender equal to twice the number of points the offender

12  receives for the primary offense and any additional offense.

13  A prior capital felony in the offender's criminal record is a

14  previous capital felony offense for which the offender has

15  entered a plea of nolo contendere or guilty or has been found

16  guilty; or a felony in another jurisdiction which is a capital

17  felony in that jurisdiction, or would be a capital felony if

18  the offense were committed in this state.

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20  Possession of a firearm, semiautomatic firearm, or machine

21  gun:  If the offender is convicted of committing or attempting

22  to commit any felony other than those enumerated in s.

23  775.087(2) while having in his possession: a firearm as

24  defined in s. 790.001(6), an additional 18 sentence points are

25  assessed; or if the offender is convicted of committing or

26  attempting to commit any felony other than those enumerated in

27  s. 775.087(3) while having in his possession a semiautomatic

28  firearm as defined in s. 775.087(3) or a machine gun as

29  defined in s. 790.001(9), an additional 25 sentence points are

30  assessed.

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  1  Sentencing multipliers:

  2

  3  Drug trafficking:  If the primary offense is drug trafficking

  4  under s. 893.135, the subtotal sentence points are multiplied,

  5  at the discretion of the court, for a level 7 or level 8

  6  offense, by 1.5.  The state attorney may move the sentencing

  7  court to reduce or suspend the sentence of a person convicted

  8  of a level 7 or level 8 offense, if the offender provides

  9  substantial assistance as described in s. 893.135(4).

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11  Law enforcement protection:  If the primary offense is a

12  violation of the Law Enforcement Protection Act under s.

13  775.0823(2), the subtotal sentence points are multiplied by

14  2.5.  If the primary offense is a violation of s. 775.0823(3),

15  (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8), the subtotal sentence points are

16  multiplied by 2.0. If the primary offense is a violation of s.

17  784.07(3) or s. 775.0875(1), or of the Law Enforcement

18  Protection Act under s. 775.0823(9) or (10), the subtotal

19  sentence points are multiplied by 1.5.

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21  Grand theft of a motor vehicle:  If the primary offense is

22  grand theft of the third degree involving a motor vehicle and

23  in the offender's prior record, there are three or more grand

24  thefts of the third degree involving a motor vehicle, the

25  subtotal sentence points are multiplied by 1.5.

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27  Criminal street gang member:  If the offender is convicted of

28  the primary offense and is found to have been a member of a

29  criminal street gang at the time of the commission of the

30  primary offense pursuant to s. 874.04, the subtotal sentence

31  points are multiplied by 1.5.

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  2  Domestic violence in the presence of a child:  If the offender

  3  is convicted of the primary offense and the primary offense is

  4  a crime of domestic violence, as defined in s. 741.28, which

  5  was committed in the presence of a child under 16 years of age

  6  who is a family household member as defined in s. 741.28(2)

  7  with the victim or perpetrator, the subtotal sentence points

  8  are multiplied, at the discretion of the court, by 1.5.

  9         947.146  Control Release Authority.--

10         (3)  Within 120 days prior to the date the state

11  correctional system is projected pursuant to s. 216.136 to

12  exceed 99 percent of total capacity, the authority shall

13  determine eligibility for and establish a control release date

14  for an appropriate number of parole ineligible inmates

15  committed to the department and incarcerated within the state

16  who have been determined by the authority to be eligible for

17  discretionary early release pursuant to this section.  In

18  establishing control release dates, it is the intent of the

19  Legislature that the authority prioritize consideration of

20  eligible inmates closest to their tentative release date.  The

21  authority shall rely upon commitment data on the offender

22  information system maintained by the department to initially

23  identify inmates who are to be reviewed for control release

24  consideration.  The authority may use a method of objective

25  risk assessment in determining if an eligible inmate should be

26  released.  Such assessment shall be a part of the department's

27  management information system. However, the authority shall

28  have sole responsibility for determining control release

29  eligibility, establishing a control release date, and

30  effectuating the release of a sufficient number of inmates to

31  maintain the inmate population between 99 percent and 100

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  2  control release are inmates who are parole eligible or inmates

  3  who:

  4         (b)  Are serving the mandatory minimum portion of a

  5  sentence enhanced under s. 775.087(2) or (3), or s. 784.07(3);

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  7  In making control release eligibility determinations under

  8  this subsection, the authority may rely on any document

  9  leading to or generated during the course of the criminal

10  proceedings, including, but not limited to, any presentence or

11  postsentence investigation or any information contained in

12  arrest reports relating to circumstances of the offense.

13         Section 4.  In order to inform the public and to deter

14  and prevent crime in the state, the Executive Office of the

15  Governor shall place public service announcements in visible

16  local media throughout the state explaining the penalties

17  provided in this act.

18         Section 5.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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      Provides for imposition of a 10-year minimum term of
  4    imprisonment for certain felonies under specified
      circumstances when the person possessed a firearm or
  5    destructive device or a semiautomatic firearm and its
      high-capacity detachable box magazine or machine gun.
  6    Revises the category of such offenses to include
      specified violations of s. 893.135(1), F.S., relating to
  7    controlled substance trafficking or importation offenses.
      Provides for imposition of a 20-year minimum term of
  8    imprisonment under specified circumstances when the
      firearm or destructive device or a semiautomatic firearm
  9    and its high-capacity detachable box magazine or machine
      gun was discharged while the person was carrying,
10    displaying, using, or threatening or attempting to use
      the firearm or destructive device. Provides for
11    imposition of a minimum term of imprisonment of not less
      than 25 years and not more than a term of imprisonment of
12    life in prison under specified circumstances when the
      discharging of the firearm or destructive device or a
13    semiautomatic firearm and its high-capacity detachable
      box magazine or machine gun resulted in infliction of
14    death or great bodily harm upon any person. Provides for
      construction and legislative intent. Provides for
15    imposition of the minimum term of imprisonment
      consecutively to any other term of imprisonment. Provides
16    that the minimum term of imprisonment imposed is
      authorized by law regardless of the maximum sentence for
17    the underlying felony.  Increases from 8 to 15 years the
      minimum prison term for certain felonies or attempted
18    felonies under specified circumstances when the offender
      possessed a semiautomatic firearm and its high-capacity
19    detachable box magazine or a machine gun. Directs the
      Executive Office of the Governor to produce and
20    disseminate public service announcements with respect to
      the penalties found in the act.
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