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CHAMBER ACTION |
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Representative Seiler offered the following: |
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Substitute Amendment for Amendment (874495) (with directory |
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amendment) |
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Remove lines 23-48, and insert: |
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prosecution for a first or second degree felony violation of s. |
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794.011, if such crime is reported to a law enforcement agency |
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within 72 hours after commission of the crime, may be commenced |
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at any time. If such crime is not reported within 72 hours after |
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the commission of the crime, the prosecution must be commenced |
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within the time periods prescribed in subsection (2). |
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(c) A prosecution for perjury in an official proceeding |
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that relates to the prosecution of a capital felony may be |
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commenced at any time. |
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(7)(a)If the victim of a violation of s. 794.011, former |
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s. 794.05, Florida Statutes 1995, s. 800.04, or s. 826.04 is |
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under the age of 18, the applicable period of limitation, if |
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any, does not begin to run until the victim has reached the age |
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of 18 or the violation is reported to a law enforcement agency |
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or other governmental agency, whichever occurs earlier. Such law |
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enforcement agency or other governmental agency shall promptly |
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report such allegation to the state attorney for the judicial |
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circuit in which the alleged violation occurred. If the offense |
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is a first or second degree felony violation of s. 794.011, and |
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the crime is reported within 72 hours after its commission, |
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paragraph (1)(b) applies. This paragraphsubsectionapplies to |
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any such offense except an offense the prosecution of which |
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would have been barred by subsection (2) on or before December |
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31, 1984. |
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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1)(b) and |
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paragraph (a) of this subsection, if the offense is a first |
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degree felony violation of s. 794.011 and the victim was under |
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18 years of age at the time the offense was committed, a |
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prosecution of the offense may be commenced at any |
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============= D I R E C T O R Y A M E N D M E N T ============= |
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Remove line(s) 9 and 10, and insert: |
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Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 775.15, Florida |
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Statutes, is reenacted and subsection (7) of said section is |
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amended to read: |
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