Senate Bill sb1372

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1372

    By Senator Saunders





    37-390-03                                            See HB 13

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to assault; amending s. 901.15,

  3         F.S.; providing a law enforcement officer may

  4         make an arrest without a warrant under certain

  5         circumstances when an assault is made upon

  6         another person in that person's workplace;

  7         providing for immunity from civil liability

  8         under certain circumstances; providing a

  9         definition; providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (9) of section 901.15, Florida

14  Statutes, is amended to read:

15         901.15  When arrest by officer without warrant is

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

17  a warrant when:

18         (9)  There is probable cause to believe that the person

19  has committed:

20         (a)  Any battery upon another person, as defined in s.

21  784.03.

22         (b)  An act of criminal mischief or a graffiti-related

23  offense as described in s. 806.13.

24         (c)  An assault upon another person, as defined in s.

25  784.011, when the assault is committed in the workplace of the

26  person assaulted.  A law enforcement officer who acts in good

27  faith and exercises due care in making an arrest under this

28  paragraph is immune from civil liability that otherwise might

29  result by reason of his or her action.  For the purposes of

30  this paragraph, the term "workplace" means a single physical

31  location where business is conducted or services or operations

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1372
    37-390-03                                            See HB 13




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