House Bill hb1423

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1423

        By Representative Ryan






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to school safety; creating s.

  3         810.0975, F.S.; defining the term "school

  4         safety zone"; prohibiting certain persons from

  5         entering or loitering within a school safety

  6         zone; providing a penalty; 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.  Section 810.0975, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         810.0975  School safety zones; definition; trespass

14  prohibited; penalty.--

15         (1)  For the purposes of this section, the term "school

16  safety zone" means in, on, or within 500 feet of any real

17  property owned by or leased to any public or private

18  elementary school or school board and used for elementary

19  education.

20         (2)(a)  Each principal or designee of each public or

21  private school in this state shall notify the appropriate law

22  enforcement agency to prohibit any person from loitering in

23  the school safety zone who does not have legitimate business

24  in the school safety zone or any other authorization, license,

25  or invitation to enter or remain in the school safety zone.

26         (b)  During the period from 1 hour prior to the start

27  of a school session until 1 hour after the conclusion of a

28  school session, it is unlawful for any person to enter the

29  premises or trespass within a school safety zone or to remain

30  on such premises or within such school safety zone when that

31  person does not have legitimate business in the school safety

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1423

    711-132A-02






  1  zone or any other authorization, license, or invitation to

  2  enter or remain in the school safety zone. Any person who

  3  violates this subsection commits a misdemeanor of the second

  4  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

  5         (c)  Any person who does not have legitimate business

  6  in the school safety zone or any other authorization, license,

  7  or invitation to enter or remain in the school safety zone who

  8  shall willfully fail to remove himself or herself from the

  9  school safety zone after the principal or designee requests

10  him or her to do so commits a misdemeanor of the second

11  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

12         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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      Prohibits certain persons from entering or loitering
17    within a school safety zone as defined in the act.
      Provides a second degree misdemeanor penalty for
18    violations. See bill for details.

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