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CHAMBER ACTION |
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The Committee on Public Safety & Crime Prevention recommends the |
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following: |
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Committee Substitute |
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Remove the entire bill and insert: |
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A bill to be entitled |
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An act relating to breaking or injuring fences; amending |
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s. 810.115, F.S.; providing a felony penalty for breaking |
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or injuring a fence if animals are contained by the fence |
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at the time of the offense; providing an effective date. |
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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Section 1. Section 810.115, Florida Statutes, is amended |
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to read: |
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810.115 Breaking or injuring fences.-- |
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(1)Whoever willfully and maliciously breaks down, mars, |
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injures, defaces, cuts, or otherwise creates or causes to be |
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created an opening, gap, interruption, or break in any fence, or |
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any part thereof, belonging to or enclosing land not his or her |
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own, or whoever causes to be broken down, marred, injured, |
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defaced, or cut any fence belonging to or enclosing land not his |
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or her own, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, |
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punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083., and
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(2) If the offender breaks or injures a fence as provided |
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in subsection (1) and the fence or any part thereof is used to |
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contain animals at the time of the offense, the offender commits |
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a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. |
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775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
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(3)The court may require full compensation to the owner |
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of the fence for any and all damages or losses resulting |
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directly or indirectly from the act or commission pursuant to s. |
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775.089. |
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Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003. |