HB 0013 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Judiciary recommends the following:
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8	Committee Substitute
9	Remove the entire bill and insert:
10	A bill to be entitled
11	An act relating to assault; amending s. 901.15, F.S.;
12	authorizing a law enforcement officer to make an arrest
13	without a warrant under certain circumstances when an
14	assault is made upon another person in that person’s
15	workplace; providing for immunity from civil liability
16	under certain circumstances; providing a definition;
17	providing an effective date.
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19	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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21	Section 1. Subsection (9) of section 901.15, Florida
22	Statutes, is amended to read:
23	901.15 When arrest by officer without warrant is
24	lawful.--A law enforcement officer may arrest a person without a
25	warrant when:
26	(9) There is probable cause to believe that the person has
27	committed:
28	(a) Any battery upon another person, as defined in s.
29	784.03.
30	(b) An act of criminal mischief or a graffiti-related
31	offense as described in s. 806.13.
32	(c) An assault upon another person, as defined in s.
33	784.011, when the assault is committed in the workplace of the
34	person assaulted. A law enforcement officer who acts in good
35	faith and exercises due care in making an arrest under this
36	paragraph is immune from civil liability that otherwise might
37	result by reason of his or her action. For the purposes of this
38	paragraph, the term "workplace" means the actual physical
39	building, including all parking lots or parking garages
40	appertaining thereto, where the person assaulted regularly works
41	or is assigned to work at the time of the assault.
42	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.