HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1425
Amendment No. 4 (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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11 The Committee on Criminal Justice Appropriations offered the
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18 Section 12. Section 843.167, Florida Statutes, is
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21 843.167 Unlawful use of police communications;
22 enhanced penalties.--
23 (1) A person may not:
24 (a) Intercept any police radio communication by use of
25 a scanner or any other means for the purpose of using that
26 communication to assist in committing a crime or to escape
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29 (b) Divulge the existence, contents, substance,
30 purport, effect, or meaning of a police radio communication to
31 any person he or she knows to be a suspect in the commission
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Bill No. HB 1425
Amendment No. 4 (for drafter's use only)
1 of a crime with the intent that the suspect may escape from or
2 avoid detention, arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment.
3 (2) Any person who is charged with a crime and who,
4 during the time such crime was committed, possessed or used a
5 police scanner or similar device capable of receiving police
6 radio transmissions is presumed to have violated paragraph (1)
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8 (3) The penalty for a crime that is committed by a
9 person who violates paragraph (1) (a) shall be enhanced as
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11 (a). A misdemeanor of the second degree shall be
12 punished as if it were a misdemeanor of the first degree.
13 (b). A misdemeanor of the first degree shall be
14 punished as if it were a felony of the third degree.
15 (c). A felony of the third degree shall be punished as
16 if it were a felony of the second degree.
17 (d). A felony of the second degree shall be punished
18 as if it were a felony of the first degree.
19 (e). A felony of the first degree shall be punished as
20 if it were a life felony.
21 (4). Any person who violates paragraph (1) (b) commits
22 a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in
23 s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
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27 And the title is amended as follows:
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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1425
Amendment No. 4 (for drafter's use only)
1 prohibiting the interception of police
2 communications for certain purposes;
3 prohibiting disclosure of police
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5 providing penalties; providing an effective
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