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  2         An act relating to the collecting of blood and

  3         biological specimens by the Department of Law

  4         Enforcement; amending s. 948.03, F.S.;

  5         requiring that each sex offender placed on

  6         probation or community control submit an

  7         approved biological specimen to be registered

  8         with the DNA data bank; amending s. 943.325,

  9         F.S.; requiring that, in addition to a blood

10         specimen, an approved biological specimen be

11         collected from a person convicted of specified

12         offenses who is incarcerated or in the custody

13         of the Department of Juvenile Justice;

14         providing for collection of specimens;

15         requiring that the sheriff secure, process, and

16         transfer to the Department of Law Enforcement

17         the blood and biological specimens collected

18         from persons who are not incarcerated;

19         providing an effective date.

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

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23         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section

24  948.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

25         948.03  Terms and conditions of probation or community

26  control.--

27         (5)  Conditions imposed pursuant to this subsection, as

28  specified in paragraphs (a) and (b), do not require oral

29  pronouncement at the time of sentencing and shall be

30  considered standard conditions of probation or community

31  control for offenders specified in this subsection.


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 1         (a)  Effective for probationers or community

 2  controllees whose crime was committed on or after October 1,

 3  1995, and who are placed under supervision for violation of

 4  chapter 794, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0145, the court

 5  must impose the following conditions in addition to all other

 6  standard and special conditions imposed:

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

 8  may designate another 8-hour period if the offender's

 9  employment precludes the above specified time, and such

10  alternative is recommended by the Department of Corrections.

11  If the court determines that imposing a curfew would endanger

12  the victim, the court may consider alternative sanctions.

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

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

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

16  regularly congregate, as prescribed by the court.

17         3.  Active participation in and successful completion

18  of a sex offender treatment program with therapists

19  specifically trained to treat sex offenders, at the

20  probationer's or community controllee's own expense. If a

21  specially trained therapist is not available within a 50-mile

22  radius of the probationer's or community controllee's

23  residence, the offender shall participate in other appropriate

24  therapy.

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

26  directly or indirectly, including through a third person,

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

28  the sentencing court.

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

30  prohibition, until successful completion of a sex offender

31  treatment program, on unsupervised contact with a child under


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 1  the age of 18, unless authorized by the sentencing court

 2  without another adult present who is responsible for the

 3  child's welfare, has been advised of the crime, and is

 4  approved by the sentencing court.

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

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

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

 8  regularly congregate.

 9         7.  Unless otherwise indicated in the treatment plan

10  provided by the sexual offender treatment program, a

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

12  pornographic, or sexually stimulating visual or auditory

13  material, including telephone, electronic media, computer

14  programs, or computer services that are relevant to the

15  offender's deviant behavior pattern.

16         8.  A requirement that the probationer or community

17  controllee must submit two specimens of blood or other

18  approved biological specimens to the Florida Department of Law

19  Enforcement to be registered with the DNA data bank.

20         9.  A requirement that the probationer or community

21  controllee make restitution to the victim, as ordered by the

22  court under s. 775.089, for all necessary medical and related

23  professional services relating to physical, psychiatric, and

24  psychological care.

25         10.  Submission to a warrantless search by the

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

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

28         Section 2.  Subsections (1) and (3) of section 943.325,

29  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

30         943.325  Blood or other biological specimen testing for

31  DNA analysis.--


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 1         (1)(a)  Any person who is convicted or was previously

 2  convicted in this state for any offense or attempted offense

 3  enumerated in paragraph (b), and any person who is transferred

 4  to this state under Article VII of the Interstate Compact on

 5  Juveniles, part V of chapter 985, who has committed or

 6  attempted to commit an offense similarly defined by the

 7  transferring state, who is either:

 8         1.  Still incarcerated, or

 9         2.  No longer incarcerated, or has never been

10  incarcerated, yet is within the confines of the legal state

11  boundaries and is on probation, community control, parole,

12  conditional release, control release, or any other type of

13  court-ordered supervision,

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15  shall be required to submit two specimens of blood or other

16  biological specimens approved by the Department of Law

17  Enforcement to a Department of Law Enforcement designated

18  testing facility as directed by the department.

19         (b)1.  Chapter 794, chapter 800, s. 782.04, s. 784.045,

20  s. 810.02, s. 812.133, or s. 812.135.

21         2.  Effective July 1, 2002, and contingent upon

22  specific appropriation, s. 812.13 or s. 812.131.

23         3.  Effective July 1, 2003, and contingent upon

24  specific appropriation, chapter 787 or s. 782.07.

25         4.  Effective July 1, 2004, and contingent upon

26  specific appropriation, any forcible felony, as described in

27  s. 776.08, aggravated child abuse, as described in s.

28  827.03(2), aggravated abuse of an elderly person or a disabled

29  adult, as described in s. 825.102(2), or any felony violation

30  of chapter 790 involving the use or possession of a firearm.

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 1         5.  Effective July 1, 2005, and contingent upon

 2  specific appropriation, any felony offense.

 3         (c)  As used in this section, the term "any person"

 4  includes both juveniles and adults committed to a county jail

 5  or committed to or under the supervision of the Department of

 6  Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, including

 7  persons incarcerated in a private correctional institution

 8  operated under contract pursuant to s. 944.105 or s. 957.03.

 9         (d)  Effective July 1, 2001, Any person who was

10  previously convicted in this state for any offense or

11  attempted offense enumerated in subparagraph (b)1.,

12  subparagraph (b)2., or subparagraph (b)3. and who is still

13  incarcerated or in the custody of the Department of Juvenile

14  Justice must submit, not less than 45 days before his or her

15  presumptive date of release from such incarceration or

16  commitment, two specimens of blood or other approved

17  biological specimens as directed by the Department of Law

18  Enforcement to a testing facility designated by the

19  department.

20         (3)  Upon a conviction of any person for any offense

21  under paragraph (1)(a) which results in the commitment of the

22  offender to a county jail, correctional facility, or juvenile

23  facility, the entity responsible for the facility shall assure

24  that the blood specimens or other biological specimens

25  required by this section and approved by the Department of Law

26  Enforcement are promptly secured and transmitted to the

27  Department of Law Enforcement. Personnel at the jail,

28  correctional facility, or juvenile facility shall collect the

29  specimens as part of the regular processing of offenders

30  committed to the jail or facility. If the person is not

31  incarcerated following such conviction, the person may not be


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 1  released from the custody of the court at the time of

 2  sentencing or released pursuant to a bond or surety until the

 3  blood specimens or other approved biological specimens

 4  required by this section have been taken by the sheriff or his

 5  or her designee. The sheriff shall secure, process, and

 6  transmit the specimens to the Department of Law Enforcement in

 7  a timely manner. The chief judge of each circuit shall, in

 8  conjunction with the sheriff or other entity that maintains

 9  the county jail, assure implementation of a method to promptly

10  collect required blood specimens or other approved biological

11  specimens and forward the specimens to the Department of Law

12  Enforcement. The Department of Law Enforcement, in conjunction

13  with the sheriff, the courts, the Department of Corrections,

14  and the Department of Juvenile Justice, shall develop a

15  statewide protocol for securing the blood specimens or other

16  approved biological specimens of any person required to

17  provide specimens under this section. Personnel at the jail,

18  correctional facility, or juvenile facility shall implement

19  the protocol as part of the regular processing of offenders.

20         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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