HB 0725 2003
   
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6          The Committee on Public Safety & Crime Prevention recommends the
7    following:
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9          Committee Substitute
10          Remove the entire bill and insert:
11 A bill to be entitled
12          An act relating to the collection of blood and biological
13    specimens by the Department of Law Enforcement; amending
14    s. 948.03, F.S.; requiring that each sex offender placed
15    on probation or community control submit an approved
16    biological specimen to be registered with the DNA data
17    bank; amending s. 943.325, F.S.; deleting an obsolete
18    effective date; requiring that, in addition to a blood
19    specimen, an approved biological specimen may be collected
20    from a person convicted of specified offenses who is
21    incarcerated or in the custody of the Department of
22    Juvenile Justice; providing for collection of specimens;
23    requiring that the sheriff secure, process, and transfer
24    to the Department of Law Enforcement the blood and
25    biological specimens collected from persons who are not
26    incarcerated; providing an effective date.
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28          Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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30          Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section
31    948.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
32          948.03 Terms and conditions of probation or community
33    control.--
34          (5) Conditions imposed pursuant to this subsection, as
35    specified in paragraphs (a) and (b), do not require oral
36    pronouncement at the time of sentencing and shall be considered
37    standard conditions of probation or community control for
38    offenders specified in this subsection.
39          (a) Effective for probationers or community controllees
40    whose crime was committed on or after October 1, 1995, and who
41    are placed under supervision for violation of chapter 794, s.
42    800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0145, the court must impose the
43    following conditions in addition to all other standard and
44    special conditions imposed:
45          1. A mandatory curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The court may
46    designate another 8-hour period if the offender's employment
47    precludes the above specified time, and such alternative is
48    recommended by the Department of Corrections. If the court
49    determines that imposing a curfew would endanger the victim, the
50    court may consider alternative sanctions.
51          2. If the victim was under the age of 18, a prohibition on
52    living within 1,000 feet of a school, day care center, park,
53    playground, or other place where children regularly congregate,
54    as prescribed by the court.
55          3. Active participation in and successful completion of a
56    sex offender treatment program with therapists specifically
57    trained to treat sex offenders, at the probationer's or
58    community controllee's own expense. If a specially trained
59    therapist is not available within a 50-mile radius of the
60    probationer's or community controllee's residence, the offender
61    shall participate in other appropriate therapy.
62          4. A prohibition on any contact with the victim, directly
63    or indirectly, including through a third person, unless approved
64    by the victim, the offender's therapist, and the sentencing
65    court.
66          5. If the victim was under the age of 18, a prohibition,
67    until successful completion of a sex offender treatment program,
68    on unsupervised contact with a child under the age of 18, unless
69    authorized by the sentencing court without another adult present
70    who is responsible for the child's welfare, has been advised of
71    the crime, and is approved by the sentencing court.
72          6. If the victim was under age 18, a prohibition on
73    working for pay or as a volunteer at any school, day care
74    center, park, playground, or other place where children
75    regularly congregate.
76          7. Unless otherwise indicated in the treatment plan
77    provided by the sexual offender treatment program, a prohibition
78    on viewing, owning, or possessing any obscene, pornographic, or
79    sexually stimulating visual or auditory material, including
80    telephone, electronic media, computer programs, or computer
81    services that are relevant to the offender's deviant behavior
82    pattern.
83          8. A requirement that the probationer or community
84    controllee must submit two specimens of blood or other approved
85    biological specimensto the Florida Department of Law
86    Enforcement to be registered with the DNA data bank.
87          9. A requirement that the probationer or community
88    controllee make restitution to the victim, as ordered by the
89    court under s. 775.089, for all necessary medical and related
90    professional services relating to physical, psychiatric, and
91    psychological care.
92          10. Submission to a warrantless search by the community
93    control or probation officer of the probationer's or community
94    controllee's person, residence, or vehicle.
95          Section 2. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 943.325,
96    Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
97          943.325 Blood or other biological specimen testing for DNA
98    analysis.--
99          (1)(a) Any person who is convicted or was previously
100    convicted in this state for any offense or attempted offense
101    enumerated in paragraph (b), and any person who is transferred
102    to this state under Article VII of the Interstate Compact on
103    Juveniles, part V of chapter 985, who has committed or attempted
104    to commit an offense similarly defined by the transferring
105    state, who is either:
106          1. Still incarcerated, or
107          2. No longer incarcerated, or has never been incarcerated,
108    yet is within the confines of the legal state boundaries and is
109    on probation, community control, parole, conditional release,
110    control release, or any other type of court-ordered supervision,
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112          shall be required to submit two specimens of blood or other
113    biological specimens approved by the Department of Law
114    Enforcement to a Department of Law Enforcement designated
115    testing facility as directed by the department.
116          (b)1. Chapter 794, chapter 800, s. 782.04, s. 784.045, s.
117    810.02, s. 812.133, or s. 812.135.
118          2. Effective July 1, 2002, and contingent upon specific
119    appropriation, s. 812.13 or s. 812.131.
120          3. Effective July 1, 2003, and contingent upon specific
121    appropriation, chapter 787 or s. 782.07.
122          4. Effective July 1, 2004, and contingent upon specific
123    appropriation, any forcible felony, as described in s. 776.08,
124    aggravated child abuse, as described in s. 827.03(2), aggravated
125    abuse of an elderly person or a disabled adult, as described in
126    s. 825.102(2), or any felony violation of chapter 790 involving
127    the use or possession of a firearm.
128          5. Effective July 1, 2005, and contingent upon specific
129    appropriation, any felony offense.
130          (c) As used in this section, the term "any person"
131    includes both juveniles and adults committed to a county jail or
132    committed to or under the supervision of the Department of
133    Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, including
134    persons incarcerated in a private correctional institution
135    operated under contract pursuant to s. 944.105 or s. 957.03.
136          (d) Effective July 1, 2001,Any person who was previously
137    convicted in this state for any offense or attempted offense
138    enumerated in subparagraph (b)1., subparagraph (b)2., or
139    subparagraph (b)3. and who is still incarcerated or in the
140    custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice must submit, not
141    less than 45 days before his or her presumptive date of release
142    from such incarceration or commitment, two specimens of blood or
143    other approved biological specimensas directed by the
144    Department of Law Enforcement to a testing facility designated
145    by the department.
146          (3) Upon a conviction of any person for any offense under
147    paragraph (1)(a) which results in the commitment of the offender
148    to a county jail, correctional facility, or juvenile facility,
149    the entity responsible for the facility shall assure that the
150    blood specimens or other biological specimens required by this
151    section and approved by the Department of Law Enforcement are
152    promptly secured and transmitted to the Department of Law
153    Enforcement. Personnel at the jail, correctional facility, or
154    juvenile facility shall collect the specimens as part of the
155    regular processing of offenders committed to the jail or
156    facility.If the person is not incarcerated following such
157    conviction, the person may not be released from the custody of
158    the court at the time of sentencingor released pursuant to a
159    bond or surety until the blood specimens or other approved
160    biological specimens required by this section have been taken by
161    the sheriff or his or her designee. The sheriff shall secure,
162    process, and transmit the specimens to the Department of Law
163    Enforcement in a timely manner.The chief judge of each circuit
164    shall, in conjunction with the sheriff or other entity that
165    maintains the county jail, assure implementation of a method to
166    promptly collect required blood specimens or other approved
167    biological specimens and forward the specimens to the Department
168    of Law Enforcement. The Department of Law Enforcement, in
169    conjunction with the sheriff, the courts, the Department of
170    Corrections, and the Department of Juvenile Justice, shall
171    develop a statewide protocol for securing the blood specimens or
172    other approved biological specimens of any person required to
173    provide specimens under this section. Personnel at the jail,
174    correctional facility, or juvenile facility shall implement the
175    protocol as part of the regular processing of offenders.
176          Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.