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Florida House of Representatives - 2002 HB 719
By the Committee on Security, Select and Representatives
Goodlette, Gelber, Ball, Green, Cusack, Cantens, Bense, Hart
and Machek
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to poisoning; amending s.
3 859.01, F.S.; prohibiting the introduction of
4 bacteria, viruses, or chemical compounds into
5 food, drinks, medicines, or water systems under
6 certain circumstances; prohibiting the
7 introduction of poisons, bacteria, viruses, or
8 chemical compounds into certain consumer
9 products under certain circumstances; providing
10 penalties; amending s. 921.0022, F.S., to
11 conform to changes made by the act; providing
12 an effective date.
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14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16 Section 1. Section 859.01, Florida Statutes, is
17 amended to read:
18 859.01 Poisoning or adulterating food, drink,
19 medicine, consumer products, or water.--Whoever introduces,
20 adds, or mingles any poison, bacterium, virus, or chemical
21 compound with food, drink, or medicine, or any product
22 designed to be ingested, consumed, or applied to the body
23 with intent to kill or injure another person, or willfully
24 poisons or introduces, adds, or mingles any bacterium, virus,
25 or chemical compound into any spring, well, or reservoir of
26 water with such intent, commits shall be guilty of a felony of
27 the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
28 775.083, or s. 775.084.
29 Section 2. Paragraph (i) of subsection (3) of section
30 921.0022, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
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1 921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity
2 ranking chart.--
3 (3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART
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5 Florida Felony
6 Statute Degree Description
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8 (i) LEVEL 9
9 316.193
10 (3)(c)3.b. 1st DUI manslaughter; failing to
11 render aid or give information.
12 560.123(8)(b)3. 1st Failure to report currency or
13 payment instruments totaling or
14 exceeding $100,000 by money
15 transmitter.
16 560.125(5)(c) 1st Money transmitter business by
17 unauthorized person, currency, or
18 payment instruments totaling or
19 exceeding $100,000.
20 655.50(10)(b)3. 1st Failure to report financial
21 transactions totaling or
22 exceeding $100,000 by financial
23 institution.
24 755.0844 1st Aggravated white collar crime.
25 782.04(1) 1st Attempt, conspire, or solicit to
26 commit premeditated murder.
27 782.04(3) 1st,PBL Accomplice to murder in
28 connection with arson, sexual
29 battery, robbery, burglary, and
30 other specified felonies.
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1 782.051(1) 1st Attempted felony murder while
2 perpetrating or attempting to
3 perpetrate a felony enumerated in
4 s. 782.04(3).
5 782.07(2) 1st Aggravated manslaughter of an
6 elderly person or disabled adult.
7 787.01(1)(a)1. 1st,PBL Kidnapping; hold for ransom or
8 reward or as a shield or hostage.
9 787.01(1)(a)2. 1st,PBL Kidnapping with intent to commit
10 or facilitate commission of any
11 felony.
12 787.01(1)(a)4. 1st,PBL Kidnapping with intent to
13 interfere with performance of any
14 governmental or political
15 function.
16 787.02(3)(a) 1st False imprisonment; child under
17 age 13; perpetrator also commits
18 aggravated child abuse, sexual
19 battery, or lewd or lascivious
20 battery, molestation, conduct, or
21 exhibition.
22 790.161 1st Attempted capital destructive
23 device offense.
24 790.166(2) 1st,PBL Possessing, selling, using, or
25 attempting to use a weapon of
26 mass destruction.
27 794.011(2) 1st Attempted sexual battery; victim
28 less than 12 years of age.
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1 794.011(2) Life Sexual battery; offender younger
2 than 18 years and commits sexual
3 battery on a person less than 12
4 years.
5 794.011(4) 1st Sexual battery; victim 12 years
6 or older, certain circumstances.
7 794.011(8)(b) 1st Sexual battery; engage in sexual
8 conduct with minor 12 to 18 years
9 by person in familial or
10 custodial authority.
11 800.04(5)(b) 1st Lewd or lascivious molestation;
12 victim less than 12 years;
13 offender 18 years or older.
14 812.13(2)(a) 1st,PBL Robbery with firearm or other
15 deadly weapon.
16 812.133(2)(a) 1st,PBL Carjacking; firearm or other
17 deadly weapon.
18 827.03(2) 1st Aggravated child abuse.
19 847.0145(1) 1st Selling, or otherwise
20 transferring custody or control,
21 of a minor.
22 847.0145(2) 1st Purchasing, or otherwise
23 obtaining custody or control, of
24 a minor.
25 859.01 1st Poisoning or introducing
26 bacteria, viruses, or chemical
27 compounds into food, drink,
28 medicine, consumer products, or
29 water with intent to kill or
30 injure another person.
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1 893.135 1st Attempted capital trafficking
2 offense.
3 893.135(1)(a)3. 1st Trafficking in cannabis, more
4 than 10,000 lbs.
5 893.135
6 (1)(b)1.c. 1st Trafficking in cocaine, more than
7 400 grams, less than 150
8 kilograms.
9 893.135
10 (1)(c)1.c. 1st Trafficking in illegal drugs,
11 more than 28 grams, less than 30
12 kilograms.
13 893.135
14 (1)(d)1.c. 1st Trafficking in phencyclidine,
15 more than 400 grams.
16 893.135
17 (1)(e)1.c. 1st Trafficking in methaqualone, more
18 than 25 kilograms.
19 893.135
20 (1)(f)1.c. 1st Trafficking in amphetamine, more
21 than 200 grams.
22 893.135
23 (1)(h)1.c. 1st Trafficking in
24 gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB),
25 10 kilograms or more.
26 893.135
27 (1)(i)1.c. 1st Trafficking in 1,4-Butanediol, 10
28 kilograms or more.
29 893.135
30 (1)(j)2.c. 1st Trafficking in Phenethylamines,
31 400 grams or more.
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1 896.101(5)(c) 1st Money laundering, financial
2 instruments totaling or exceeding
3 $100,000.
4 896.104(4)(a)3. 1st Structuring transactions to evade
5 reporting or registration
6 requirements, financial
7 transactions totaling or
8 exceeding $100,000.
9 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
10 law.
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13 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Prohibits the introduction of bacteria, viruses, or
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systems under certain circumstances. Prohibits the
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compounds into certain consumer products under certain
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