SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2270

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 605096

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11  Senator Cowin moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 1.  Subsection (16) is added to section 901.15,

18  Florida Statutes, to read:

19         901.15  When arrest by officer without warrant is

20  lawful.--A law enforcement officer may arrest a person without

21  a warrant when:

22         (16)  There is probable cause to believe that the

23  person has committed assault upon a law enforcement officer, a

24  firefighter, an emergency medical care provider, public

25  transit employees or agents, or other specified officers as

26  set forth in s. 784.07 or has committed assault or battery

27  upon any employee of a receiving facility as defined in s.

28  394.455 who is engaged in the lawful performance of his or her

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31  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2270

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 605096





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  2  And the title is amended as follows:

  3         On page 1, line 2, delete that line

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  5  and insert:

  6         An act relating to arrest without warrant;

  7         amending s. 901.15, F.S.; authorizing a law

  8         enforcement officer to make an arrest without a

  9         warrant when there is probable cause to believe

10         that the person has committed assault upon a

11         law enforcement officer, a firefighter, an

12         emergency medical care provider, public transit

13         employees or agents, or certain other officers

14         or has committed assault or battery upon any

15         employee of a receiving facility; amending

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