SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2158

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 755894

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11  Senators Crist and Smith moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 3, between lines 17 and 18,

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17         Section 3.  Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (3) of

18  section 775.15, Florida Statutes, to read:

19         775.15  Time limitations.--

20         (3)  If the period prescribed in subsection (2) has

21  expired, a prosecution may nevertheless be commenced for:

22         (c)  The offense of sexual battery under s. 794.011,

23  for which the identity of the alleged perpetrator is

24  determined after the expiration of such applicable time

25  period, and the identity is confirmed through DNA

26  (deoxyribonucleic acid) analysis from a specimen or specimens

27  collected during the investigation of a crime or otherwise

28  made available to a law enforcement agency, when such

29  information was not known to or in the possession of a law

30  enforcement agency for comparison prior to the expiration of

31  the applicable time period. Such information may be used as

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2158

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 755894





  1  evidence in a criminal proceeding or for the purpose of

  2  identification.

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  4  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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  8  And the title is amended as follows:

  9         On page 1, lines 2 and 3, delete those lines

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12         An act relating to sexually violent offenders;

13         amending s. 775.15, F.S.; providing that

14         certain evidence may be used in a criminal

15         proceeding or for the purpose of

16         identification;

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