Senate Bill sb0074Bc1

    Florida Senate - 2001                           CS for SB 74-B

    By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senators
    Brown-Waite, Smith and Crist




    307-473C-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to terrorism; creating s.

  3         775.30, F.S.; defining the term "terrorism" for

  4         use in the criminal code; providing an

  5         effective date.

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

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  9         Section 1.  Section 775.30, Florida Statutes, is

10  created to read:

11         775.30  Terrorism; defined.--As used in the criminal

12  code of this state, the term "terrorism" means an activity

13  that:

14         (1)  Involves a violent act or act dangerous to human

15  life which is a violation of the criminal laws of this state

16  or of the United States; and

17         (2)  Appears to be intended to:

18         (a)  Intimidate, injure, or coerce a civilian

19  population;

20         (b)  Influence the policy of a government by

21  intimidation or coercion; or

22         (c)  Affect the conduct of government through

23  destruction of property, assassination, murder, or kidnapping.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

25  law.

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27          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
28                         Senate Bill 74-B

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30  Provides a definition of the term "terrorism."

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