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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002               CS/HB 79

        By the Council for Lifelong Learning and Representatives
    Kravitz, Fasano, Sobel, Melvin, Murman, Baker, Stansel, Lynn,
    Bense, Richardson, Bean, Gannon, Needelman, Romeo, Crow and
    Pickens



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to sexual offenders; amending

  3         s. 947.1405, F.S.; prohibiting certain sexual

  4         offenders subject to conditional release

  5         supervision from living within a specified

  6         distance of certain places where children

  7         congregate; creating s. 794.065, F.S.;

  8         prohibiting persons convicted of certain sex

  9         crimes from residing within 1,000 feet of a

10         school, day care center, park, or playground;

11         providing an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section

16  947.1405, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

17         947.1405  Conditional release program.--

18         (7)(a)  Any inmate who is convicted of a crime

19  committed on or after October 1, 1995, or who has been

20  previously convicted of a crime committed on or after October

21  1, 1995, in violation of chapter 794, s. 800.04, s. 827.071,

22  or s. 847.0145, and is subject to conditional release

23  supervision, shall have, in addition to any other conditions

24  imposed, the following special conditions imposed by the

25  commission:

26         1.  A mandatory curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The

27  commission may designate another 8-hour period if the

28  offender's employment precludes the above specified time, and

29  such alternative is recommended by the Department of

30  Corrections. If the commission determines that imposing a

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  1  curfew would endanger the victim, the commission may consider

  2  alternative sanctions.

  3         2.  If the victim was under the age of 18, a

  4  prohibition on living within 1,000 feet of a school, day care

  5  center, park, playground, school bus stop, or other place

  6  where children regularly congregate.

  7         3.  Active participation in and successful completion

  8  of a sex offender treatment program with therapists

  9  specifically trained to treat sex offenders, at the releasee's

10  own expense. If a specially trained therapist is not available

11  within a 50-mile radius of the releasee's residence, the

12  offender shall participate in other appropriate therapy.

13         4.  A prohibition on any contact with the victim,

14  directly or indirectly, including through a third person,

15  unless approved by the victim, the offender's therapist, and

16  the sentencing court.

17         5.  If the victim was under the age of 18, a

18  prohibition against direct contact or association with

19  children under the age of 18 until all of the following

20  conditions are met:

21         a.  Successful completion of a sex offender treatment

22  program.

23         b.  The adult person who is legally responsible for the

24  welfare of the child has been advised of the nature of the

25  crime.

26         c.  Such adult person is present during all contact or

27  association with the child.

28         d.  Such adult person has been approved by the

29  commission.

30         6.  If the victim was under age 18, a prohibition on

31  working for pay or as a volunteer at any school, day care

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  1  center, park, playground, or other place where children

  2  regularly congregate, as prescribed by the commission.

  3         7.  Unless otherwise indicated in the treatment plan

  4  provided by the sexual offender treatment program, a

  5  prohibition on viewing, owning, or possessing any obscene,

  6  pornographic, or sexually stimulating visual or auditory

  7  material, including telephone, electronic media, computer

  8  programs, or computer services that are relevant to the

  9  offender's deviant behavior pattern.

10         8.  A requirement that the releasee must submit two

11  specimens of blood to the Florida Department of Law

12  Enforcement to be registered with the DNA database.

13         9.  A requirement that the releasee make restitution to

14  the victim, as determined by the sentencing court or the

15  commission, for all necessary medical and related professional

16  services relating to physical, psychiatric, and psychological

17  care.

18         10.  Submission to a warrantless search by the

19  community control or probation officer of the probationer's or

20  community controllee's person, residence, or vehicle.

21         Section 2.  Section 794.065, Florida Statutes, is

22  created to read:

23         794.065  Unlawful place of residence for persons

24  convicted of certain sex offenses.--

25         (1)  It is unlawful for any person who has been

26  convicted of a violation of s. 794.011, s. 794.05, s. 800.04,

27  s. 827.071, or s. 847.0145, regardless of whether adjudication

28  has been withheld, in which the victim of the offense was less

29  than 16 years of age, to reside within 1,000 feet of any

30  school, day care center, park, or playground.  A person who

31  violates this section and whose conviction for s. 794.011, s.

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  1  794.05, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0145 was classified

  2  as a felony of the first degree or higher commits a felony of

  3  the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.

  4  775.083.  A person who violates this section and whose

  5  conviction for s. 794.011, s. 794.05, s. 800.04, s. 827.071,

  6  or s. 847.0145 was classified as a felony of the second or

  7  third degree commits a misdemeanor of the first degree,

  8  punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

  9         (2)  This section shall apply to any person convicted

10  of a violation of s. 794.011, s. 794.05, s. 800.04, s.

11  827.071, or s. 847.0145 for offenses that occur on or after

12  October 1, 2002.

13         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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