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2 An act relating to sentencing; providing a
3 short title; creating the "Sexual Predator
4 Prosecution Act of 2000"; amending s. 921.16,
5 F.S.; requiring any sentence for sexual battery
6 or murder to be imposed consecutively to any
7 other sentence for sexual battery or murder
8 which arose out of a separate criminal episode;
9 amending s. 921.161, F.S.; authorizing the
10 custodian of the local jail to provide certain
11 written certification to the Department of
12 Corrections when delivering a prisoner into the
13 custody of the department; providing an
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16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18 Section 1. Short title.--This act may be cited as the
19 "Sexual Predator Prosecution Act of 2000."
20 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 921.16, Florida
21 Statutes, is amended to read:
22 921.16 When sentences to be concurrent and when
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24 (1) A defendant convicted of two or more offenses
25 charged in the same indictment, information, or affidavit or
26 in consolidated indictments, informations, or affidavits shall
27 serve the sentences of imprisonment concurrently unless the
28 court directs that two or more of the sentences be served
29 consecutively. Sentences of imprisonment for offenses not
30 charged in the same indictment, information, or affidavit
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1 two or more of the sentences be served concurrently. Any
2 sentence for sexual battery as defined in chapter 794 or
3 murder as defined in s.782.04 must be imposed consecutively to
4 any other sentence for sexual battery or murder which arose
5 out of a separate criminal episode or transaction.
6 Section 3. Section 921.161, Florida Statutes, is
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8 921.161 Sentence not to run until imposed; credit for
9 county jail time after sentence; certificate of custodian of
10 jail sheriff.--
11 (1) A sentence of imprisonment shall not begin to run
12 before the date it is imposed, but the court imposing a
13 sentence shall allow a defendant credit for all of the time
14 she or he spent in the county jail before sentence. The credit
15 must be for a specified period of time and shall be provided
16 for in the sentence.
17 (2) In addition to other credits, a person sentenced
18 to imprisonment in custody of the Department of Corrections
19 shall receive credit on her or his sentence for all time spent
20 between sentencing and being placed in custody of the
21 department. When delivering a prisoner to the department, the
22 custodian of the local jail sheriff shall certify to it in
23 writing:
24 (a) The date the sentence was imposed and the date the
25 prisoner was delivered to the department.
26 (b) The dates of any periods after sentence the
27 prisoner was at liberty on bond.
28 (c) The dates and reasons for any other times the
29 prisoner was at liberty after sentence.
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1 (d) The offender-based transaction system number or
2 numbers from the uniform arrest report or reports established
3 pursuant to s. 943.05(2).
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5 The certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the facts
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7 Section 4. This act shall take effect October 1, 2000.
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