HOUSE AMENDMENT
    766-106AX-22                                Bill No. CS/HB 617
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Harper offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         Remove everything after the enacting clause
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16  and insert in lieu thereof:  
17         Section 1.  Subsection (5) is added to section
18  944.1905, Florida Statutes, to read:
19         944.1905  Initial inmate classification; inmate
20  reclassification.--The Department of Corrections shall
21  classify inmates pursuant to an objective classification
22  scheme. The initial inmate classification questionnaire and
23  the inmate reclassification questionnaire must cover both
24  aggravating and mitigating factors.
25         (5)(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this
26  section, the department shall assign to specific correctional
27  facilities all inmates who are less than 18 years of age and
28  who are not eligible for and have not been assigned to a
29  facility for youthful offenders. Any such inmate who is less
30  than 18 years of age shall be housed in a dormitory that is
31  separate from inmates who are 18 years of age or older.
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    File original & 9 copies    04/23/01                          
    hbd0005                     11:03 am         00617-0084-334001

HOUSE AMENDMENT 766-106AX-22 Bill No. CS/HB 617 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 Furthermore, the department shall provide any food service, 2 education, and recreation for such inmate separately from 3 inmates who are 18 years of age or older. The department shall 4 report to the Legislature on compliance with this paragraph by 5 April 1, 2002. 6 (b) Any inmate who is less than 18 years of age, who 7 was 15 years of age or younger at the time of his or her 8 offense, and who has no prior juvenile adjudication must be 9 placed in a facility for youthful offenders until the inmate 10 is 18 years of age. At the discretion of the department, such 11 an inmate may be placed in a facility for youthful offenders 12 until the inmate is 21 years of age. 13 (c) Any inmate who is assigned to a facility under 14 paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) shall be removed and reassigned 15 to the general inmate population if his or her behavior 16 threatens the safety of other inmates or correctional staff. 17 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001. 18 19 20 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 21 And the title is amended as follows: 22 Remove everything before the enacting clause 23 24 and insert in lieu thereof: 25 A bill to be entitled 26 An act relating to youthful offenders; amending 27 s. 944.1905, F.S.; requiring that certain 28 inmates who are less than a specified age be 29 placed in specific correctional facilities and 30 housed in separate dormitories; requiring that 31 the Department of Corrections report to the 2 File original & 9 copies 04/23/01 hbd0005 11:03 am 00617-0084-334001
HOUSE AMENDMENT 766-106AX-22 Bill No. CS/HB 617 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 Legislature on its compliance with housing 2 youthful offenders; requiring that certain 3 inmates who are less than a specified age and 4 who have no prior juvenile adjudication be 5 placed in facilities for youthful offenders; 6 providing for the reassignment of an inmate to 7 the general population if the inmate threatens 8 the safety of other inmates or correctional 9 staff; providing an effective date. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 File original & 9 copies 04/23/01 hbd0005 11:03 am 00617-0084-334001