Senate Bill sb1806

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1806

    By Senator Fasano





    11-662A-03                                           See HB 37

  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; providing requirements for bus

  8         stops; creating s. 794.065, F.S.; prohibiting

  9         persons convicted of certain sex crimes from

10         residing within 1,000 feet of a school, day

11         care center, park, or playground; amending s.

12         1006.22, F.S.; requiring district school boards

13         to notify the Department of Corrections

14         regarding school bus stop locations; providing

15         an effective date.

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

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

20  947.1405, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

21         947.1405  Conditional release program.--

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

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

24  previously convicted of a crime committed on or after October

25  1, 1995, in violation of chapter 794, s. 800.04, s. 827.071,

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

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

28  imposed, the following special conditions imposed by the

29  commission:

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

31  commission may designate another 8-hour period if the

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

  2  such alternative is recommended by the Department of

  3  Corrections. If the commission determines that imposing a

  4  curfew would endanger the victim, the commission may consider

  5  alternative sanctions.

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

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

  8  center, park, playground, designated public school bus stop,

  9  or other place where children regularly congregate. A releasee

10  who is subject to the provisions of this subparagraph may not

11  relocate to a residence that is within 1,000 feet of a public

12  school bus stop. Beginning October 1, 2003, neither the

13  commission nor the department shall approve a residence that

14  is located within 1,000 feet of a school, day care center,

15  park, playground, designated school bus stop, or other place

16  where children regularly congregate for any releasee who is

17  subject to the provisions of this subparagraph. If, on October

18  1, 2003, any public school bus stop is located within 1,000

19  feet of the existing residence of such releasee, the district

20  school board shall relocate such school bus stop. Beginning

21  October 1, 2003, a district school board shall not establish

22  or relocate a public school bus stop within 1,000 feet of the

23  existing residence of a releasee who is subject to the

24  provisions of this subparagraph. The failure of the district

25  school board to comply with the provisions of this

26  subparagraph shall not result in a violation of conditional

27  release supervision.

28         3.  Active participation in and successful completion

29  of a sex offender treatment program with therapists

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

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

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

  2  offender shall participate in other appropriate therapy.

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

  4  directly or indirectly, including through a third person,

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

  6  the sentencing court.

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

  8  prohibition against direct contact or association with

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

10  conditions are met:

11         a.  Successful completion of a sex offender treatment

12  program.

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

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

15  crime.

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

17  association with the child.

18         d.  Such adult person has been approved by the

19  commission.

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

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

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

23  regularly congregate, as prescribed by the commission.

24         7.  Unless otherwise indicated in the treatment plan

25  provided by the sexual offender treatment program, a

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

27  pornographic, or sexually stimulating visual or auditory

28  material, including telephone, electronic media, computer

29  programs, or computer services that are relevant to the

30  offender's deviant behavior pattern.

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  1         8.  A requirement that the releasee must submit two

  2  specimens of blood to the Florida Department of Law

  3  Enforcement to be registered with the DNA database.

  4         9.  A requirement that the releasee make restitution to

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

  6  commission, for all necessary medical and related professional

  7  services relating to physical, psychiatric, and psychological

  8  care.

  9         10.  Submission to a warrantless search by the

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

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

12         Section 2.  Section 794.065, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         794.065  Unlawful place of residence for persons

15  convicted of certain sex offenses.--

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23  794.05, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0145 was classified

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

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

26  775.083.  A person who violates this section and whose

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

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

29  third degree commits a misdemeanor of the first degree,

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

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

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

  3  827.071, or s. 847.0145 for offenses that occur on or after

  4  October 1, 2003.

  5         Section 3.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (12) of section

  6  1006.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

  7         1006.22  Safety and health of students being

  8  transported.--Maximum regard for safety and adequate

  9  protection of health are primary requirements that must be

10  observed by district school boards in routing buses,

11  appointing drivers, and providing and operating equipment, in

12  accordance with all requirements of law and rules of the State

13  Board of Education in providing transportation pursuant to s.

14  1006.21:

15         (12)

16         (c)  Each district school board shall establish school

17  bus stops, or provide by district school board rule for the

18  establishment of school bus stops, as necessary at the most

19  reasonably safe locations available. Each district school

20  board shall provide to the Department of Corrections the

21  location of such school bus stops. Where unusual traffic

22  hazards exist at school bus stops on roads maintained by the

23  state outside of municipalities, the Department of

24  Transportation, in concurrence and cooperation with and upon

25  request of the district school board, shall place signs at

26  such bus stops warning motorists of the location of the stops.

27         Section 4.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2003.

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