Senate Bill 1724

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1724

    By Senator Scott





    31-1105-99                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to juvenile detention; amending

  3         s. 985.211, F.S.; requiring a probable cause

  4         affidavit or written report to be made within a

  5         time certain; requiring such affidavit or

  6         report to be filed with the clerk of circuit

  7         court within a time certain; amending s.

  8         985.215, F.S.; providing for increased holding

  9         times for children charged with offenses of

10         certain severity; amending s. 985.218, F.S.;

11         requiring petitions for delinquency to be filed

12         within a time certain under certain

13         circumstances; authorizing the court to extend

14         such times under certain circumstances;

15         requiring release from custody under certain

16         circumstances; providing an effective date.

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

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20         Section 1.  Subsections (3), (4) and (6) of section

21  985.211, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are amended to

22  read:

23         985.211  Release or delivery from custody.--

24         (3)  If the child is released, the person taking the

25  child into custody shall make a written report or probable

26  cause affidavit to the appropriate juvenile probation officer

27  within 24 hours after such release 3 days, stating the facts

28  and the reason for taking the child into custody.  Such

29  written report or probable cause affidavit shall:

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  1         (a)  Identify the child, the parents, guardian, or

  2  legal custodian, and the person to whom the child was

  3  released.

  4         (b)  Contain sufficient information to establish the

  5  jurisdiction of the court and to make a prima facie showing

  6  that the child has committed a violation of law or a

  7  delinquent act.

  8         (4)  A person taking a child into custody who

  9  determines, pursuant to s. 985.215, that the child should be

10  detained or released to a shelter designated by the

11  department, shall make a reasonable effort to immediately

12  notify the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the child

13  and shall, without unreasonable delay, deliver the child to

14  the appropriate juvenile probation officer or, if the court

15  has so ordered pursuant to s. 985.215, to a detention center

16  or facility. Upon delivery of the child, the person taking the

17  child into custody shall make a written report or probable

18  cause affidavit to the appropriate juvenile probation officer,

19  within 24 hours after such delivery. Such written report or

20  probable cause affidavit must:

21         (a)  Identify the child and, if known, the parents,

22  guardian, or legal custodian.

23         (b)  Establish that the child was legally taken into

24  custody, with sufficient information to establish the

25  jurisdiction of the court and to make a prima facie showing

26  that the child has committed a violation of law.

27         (6)(a)  A copy of the probable cause affidavit or

28  written report made by the person taking the child into

29  custody a law enforcement agency shall be filed, by the law

30  enforcement agency which employs the person making such

31  affidavit or written report, with the clerk of the circuit

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  1  court for the county in which the child is taken into custody

  2  or in which the affidavit or report is made within 24 hours

  3  after the child is taken into custody and detained, within 1

  4  week after the child is taken into custody and released, or

  5  within 1 week after the affidavit or report is made, excluding

  6  Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.  Such affidavit or

  7  report is a case for the purpose of assigning a uniform case

  8  number pursuant to this subsection.

  9         (b)  Upon the filing of a copy of a probable cause

10  affidavit or written report by a law enforcement agency with

11  the clerk of the circuit court, the clerk shall immediately

12  assign a uniform case number to the affidavit or report,

13  forward a copy to the state attorney, and forward a copy to

14  the intake office of the department which serves the county in

15  which the case arose.

16         (c)  Each letter of recommendation, written notice,

17  report, or other paper required by law pertaining to the case

18  shall bear the uniform case number of the case, and a copy

19  shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court by the

20  issuing agency.  The issuing agency shall furnish copies to

21  the juvenile probation officer and the state attorney.

22         (d)  Upon the filing of a petition based on the

23  allegations of a previously filed probable cause affidavit or

24  written report, the agency filing the petition shall include

25  the appropriate uniform case number on the petition.

26         Section 2.  Subsection (5) of section 985.215, Florida

27  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

28         985.215  Detention.--

29         (5)(a)  A child may not be placed into or held in

30  secure, nonsecure, or home detention care for longer than 24

31  hours unless the court orders such detention care, and the

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  1  order includes specific instructions that direct the release

  2  of the child from such detention care, in accordance with

  3  subsection (2). The order shall be a final order, reviewable

  4  by appeal pursuant to s. 985.234 and the Florida Rules of

  5  Appellate Procedure.  Appeals of such orders shall take

  6  precedence over other appeals and other pending matters.

  7         (b)  Except as provided in paragraph (e), a child may

  8  not be held in secure, nonsecure, or home detention care under

  9  a special detention order for more than 21 days unless an

10  adjudicatory hearing for the case has been commenced by the

11  court.

12         (c)  Except as provided in paragraph (e), a child may

13  not be held in secure, nonsecure, or home detention care for

14  more than 15 days following the entry of an order of

15  adjudication.

16         (d)  The time limits in paragraphs (b) and (c) do not

17  include periods of delay resulting from a continuance granted

18  by the court for cause on motion of the child or his or her

19  counsel or of the state. Upon the issuance of an order

20  granting a continuance for cause on a motion by either the

21  child, the child's counsel, or the state, the court shall

22  conduct a hearing at the end of each 72-hour period, excluding

23  Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, to determine the need

24  for continued detention of the child and the need for further

25  continuance of proceedings for the child or the state.

26         (e)  For good cause shown, the court may extend the

27  time limits for detention specified in paragraphs (b) and (c)

28  to 30 days if the child is charged with a capital felony, a

29  life felony, or a felony of the first degree and the nature of

30  the charge requires additional time for the prosecution or

31  defense of the case.

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  1         Section 3.  Subsection (1) of section 985.218, Florida

  2  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

  3         985.218  Petition.--

  4         (1)  All proceedings seeking a finding that a child has

  5  committed a delinquent act or violation of law shall be

  6  initiated by the state by the filing of a petition for

  7  delinquency by the state attorney.  The petition for

  8  delinquency shall be filed within 14 days after the arrest, or

  9  within 25 days after the arrest if the state attorney

10  determines that forensic evidence is required.  The time

11  periods may be extended by the court if the state seeks to

12  waive the juvenile to adult court or for other good cause.  If

13  the petition is not filed within such time periods, the

14  juvenile shall be released from custody.

15         Section 4.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1999.

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18                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Requires a probable cause affidavit or written report to
20    be made within 24 hours after taking a juvenile into
      custody and a copy of the affidavit or report to be filed
21    with the clerk of the circuit court within 24 hours after
      being made.  Provides for holding for up to 30 days a
22    child charged with a capital felony, a life felony, or a
      felony of the first degree and the nature of the charge
23    requires additional time for the prosecution or defense
      of the case.  Requires petitions for delinquency to be
24    filed within 14 days after the arrest, or within 25 days
      after arrest if the state attorney determines that
25    forensic evidence is required.

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