House Bill 0065

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                  HB 65

        By Representative Sanderson






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to local governments; amending

  3         s. 893.138, F.S.; authorizing local governments

  4         to take local administrative action to declare

  5         certain buildings and premises a public

  6         nuisance when the building or premises is used

  7         on more than two occasions in a certain time

  8         period to deal in stolen property; providing an

  9         effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 893.138, Florida

14  Statutes, is amended to read:

15         893.138  Local administrative action to abate

16  drug-related or prostitution-related public nuisances and

17  criminal street gang activity.--

18         (2)  Any place or premises that has been used on more

19  than two occasions, within a 6-month period:

20         (a)  On more than two occasions within a 6-month period

21  as the site of a violation of s. 796.07;

22         (b)  On more than two occasions within a 6-month period

23  as the site of the unlawful sale, delivery, manufacture, or

24  cultivation of any controlled substance;

25         (c)  On one occasion as the site of the unlawful

26  possession of a controlled substance, where such possession

27  constitutes a felony and that has been previously used on more

28  than one occasion as the site of the unlawful sale, delivery,

29  manufacture, or cultivation of any controlled substance; or

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                  HB 65

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  1         (d)  Any place or building used By a criminal street

  2  gang for the purpose of conducting a pattern of criminal

  3  street gang activity as defined by s. 874.03; or

  4         (e)  On more than two occasions within a 6-month period

  5  as the site of a violation of s. 812.019, relating to dealing

  6  in stolen property,

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  8  may be declared to be a public nuisance, and such nuisance may

  9  be abated pursuant to the procedures provided in this section.

10         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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13                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Substantively identical to a bill which passed the House
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      Authorizes local governments to take local administrative
17    action to declare described building and premise a public
      nuisance where the building or premises is used in more
18    than two occasions within a 6-month period to deal in
      stolen property. See bill for details.
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