Senate Bill sb1430

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1430

    By Senator Crist





    13-1332-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to juvenile offenders; amending

  3         s. 921.0021, F.S.; redefining the term "prior

  4         record" to extend the time during which the

  5         disposition of certain juvenile offenses are

  6         included in an offender's record; providing an

  7         effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (5) of section 921.0021, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         921.0021  Definitions.--As used in this chapter, for

14  any felony offense, except any capital felony, committed on or

15  after October 1, 1998, the term:

16         (5)  "Prior record" means a conviction for a crime

17  committed by the offender, as an adult or a juvenile, prior to

18  the time of the primary offense.  Convictions by federal,

19  out-of-state, military, or foreign courts, and convictions for

20  violations of county or municipal ordinances that incorporate

21  by reference a penalty under state law, are included in the

22  offender's prior record.  Convictions for offenses committed

23  by the offender more than 10 years before the primary offense

24  are not included in the offender's prior record if the

25  offender has not been convicted of any other crime for a

26  period of 10 consecutive years from the most recent date of

27  release from confinement, supervision, or sanction, whichever

28  is later, to the date of the primary offense.  Juvenile

29  dispositions of offenses committed by the offender within 5 3

30  years before the primary offense are included in the

31  offender's prior record when the offense would have been a

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1430
    13-1332-01




  1  crime had the offender been an adult rather than a juvenile.

  2  Juvenile dispositions of sexual offenses committed by the

  3  offender which were committed 5 3 years or more before the

  4  primary offense are included in the offender's prior record if

  5  the offender has not maintained a conviction-free record,

  6  either as an adult or a juvenile, for a period of 5 3

  7  consecutive years from the most recent date of release from

  8  confinement, supervision, or sanction, whichever is later, to

  9  the date of the primary offense.

10         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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13                          SENATE SUMMARY

14    Increases from 3 years to 5 years the period that the
      disposition of a juvenile offense is included in an
15    offender's prior record if the record relates to an
      offense that would have been a crime had the offender
16    been an adult. Increases from 3 years to 5 years the
      period that a sexual offense committed by a juvenile is
17    included in the offender's prior record if the offender
      fails to maintain a conviction-free record for 5 years.
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