| 1 | The Committee on Public Safety & Crime Prevention recommends the |
| 2 | following: |
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| 4 | Committee Substitute |
| 5 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 6 | A bill to be entitled |
| 7 | An act relating to the electronic monitoring of |
| 8 | probationers and community controllees; amending s. |
| 9 | 948.03, F.S.; requiring the court to order the electronic |
| 10 | monitoring of certain sex offenders whose crime is |
| 11 | committed on or after a specified date; amending s. |
| 12 | 948.11, F.S.; requiring the Department of Corrections to |
| 13 | use an electronic monitoring system that reports the |
| 14 | location of a monitored offender and correlates that |
| 15 | information with other crime data; providing requirements |
| 16 | for the capacity of the monitoring system; requiring a |
| 17 | statewide steering committee to oversee and evaluate the |
| 18 | system; providing an appropriation; reenacting ss. |
| 19 | 948.001(5) and 958.03(4), F.S.; relating to the definition |
| 20 | of probation, for the purpose of incorporating the |
| 21 | amendment to s. 948.03, F.S., in references thereto; |
| 22 | providing an effective date. |
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| 24 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 26 | Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 948.03, Florida |
| 27 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 28 | 948.03 Terms and conditions of probation or community |
| 29 | control.-- |
| 30 | (5) Conditions imposed pursuant to this subsection, as |
| 31 | specified in paragraphs (a), and (b), and (c), do not require |
| 32 | oral pronouncement at the time of sentencing and shall be |
| 33 | considered standard conditions of probation or community control |
| 34 | for offenders specified in this subsection. |
| 35 | (a) Effective for probationers or community controllees |
| 36 | whose crime was committed on or after October 1, 1995, and who |
| 37 | are placed under supervision for violation of chapter 794, s. |
| 38 | 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0145, the court must impose the |
| 39 | following conditions in addition to all other standard and |
| 40 | special conditions imposed: |
| 41 | 1. A mandatory curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The court may |
| 42 | designate another 8-hour period if the offender's employment |
| 43 | precludes the above specified time, and such alternative is |
| 44 | recommended by the Department of Corrections. If the court |
| 45 | determines that imposing a curfew would endanger the victim, the |
| 46 | court may consider alternative sanctions. |
| 47 | 2. If the victim was under the age of 18, a prohibition on |
| 48 | living within 1,000 feet of a school, day care center, park, |
| 49 | playground, or other place where children regularly congregate, |
| 50 | as prescribed by the court. The 1,000-foot distance shall be |
| 51 | measured in a straight line from the offender's place of |
| 52 | residence to the nearest boundary line of the school, day care |
| 53 | center, park, playground, or other place where children |
| 54 | congregate. The distance may not be measured by a pedestrian |
| 55 | route or automobile route. |
| 56 | 3. Active participation in and successful completion of a |
| 57 | sex offender treatment program with therapists specifically |
| 58 | trained to treat sex offenders, at the probationer's or |
| 59 | community controllee's own expense. If a specially trained |
| 60 | therapist is not available within a 50-mile radius of the |
| 61 | probationer's or community controllee's residence, the offender |
| 62 | shall participate in other appropriate therapy. |
| 63 | 4. A prohibition on any contact with the victim, directly |
| 64 | or indirectly, including through a third person, unless approved |
| 65 | by the victim, the offender's therapist, and the sentencing |
| 66 | court. |
| 67 | 5. If the victim was under the age of 18, a prohibition, |
| 68 | until successful completion of a sex offender treatment program, |
| 69 | on unsupervised contact with a child under the age of 18, unless |
| 70 | authorized by the sentencing court without another adult present |
| 71 | who is responsible for the child's welfare, has been advised of |
| 72 | the crime, and is approved by the sentencing court. |
| 73 | 6. If the victim was under age 18, a prohibition on |
| 74 | working for pay or as a volunteer at any school, day care |
| 75 | center, park, playground, or other place where children |
| 76 | regularly congregate. |
| 77 | 7. Unless otherwise indicated in the treatment plan |
| 78 | provided by the sexual offender treatment program, a prohibition |
| 79 | on viewing, owning, or possessing any obscene, pornographic, or |
| 80 | sexually stimulating visual or auditory material, including |
| 81 | telephone, electronic media, computer programs, or computer |
| 82 | services that are relevant to the offender's deviant behavior |
| 83 | pattern. |
| 84 | 8. A requirement that the probationer or community |
| 85 | controllee must submit two specimens of blood or other approved |
| 86 | biological specimens to the Florida Department of Law |
| 87 | Enforcement to be registered with the DNA data bank. |
| 88 | 9. A requirement that the probationer or community |
| 89 | controllee make restitution to the victim, as ordered by the |
| 90 | court under s. 775.089, for all necessary medical and related |
| 91 | professional services relating to physical, psychiatric, and |
| 92 | psychological care. |
| 93 | 10. Submission to a warrantless search by the community |
| 94 | control or probation officer of the probationer's or community |
| 95 | controllee's person, residence, or vehicle. |
| 96 | (b) Effective for a probationer or community controllee |
| 97 | whose crime was committed on or after October 1, 1997, and who |
| 98 | is placed on sex offender probation for a violation of chapter |
| 99 | 794, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0145, in addition to any |
| 100 | other provision of this subsection, the court must impose the |
| 101 | following conditions of probation or community control: |
| 102 | 1. As part of a treatment program, participation at least |
| 103 | annually in polygraph examinations to obtain information |
| 104 | necessary for risk management and treatment and to reduce the |
| 105 | sex offender's denial mechanisms. A polygraph examination must |
| 106 | be conducted by a polygrapher trained specifically in the use of |
| 107 | the polygraph for the monitoring of sex offenders, where |
| 108 | available, and shall be paid by the sex offender. The results of |
| 109 | the polygraph examination shall not be used as evidence in court |
| 110 | to prove that a violation of community supervision has occurred. |
| 111 | 2. Maintenance of a driving log and a prohibition against |
| 112 | driving a motor vehicle alone without the prior approval of the |
| 113 | supervising officer. |
| 114 | 3. A prohibition against obtaining or using a post office |
| 115 | box without the prior approval of the supervising officer. |
| 116 | 4. If there was sexual contact, a submission to, at the |
| 117 | probationer's or community controllee's expense, an HIV test |
| 118 | with the results to be released to the victim or and/or the |
| 119 | victim's parent or guardian. |
| 120 | 5. Electronic monitoring when deemed necessary by the |
| 121 | community control or probation officer and his or her |
| 122 | supervisor, and ordered by the court at the recommendation of |
| 123 | the Department of Corrections. |
| 124 | (c) Effective for a probationer or community controllee |
| 125 | whose crime was committed on or after July 1, 2004, and who is |
| 126 | placed under supervision for a violation of chapter 794, s. |
| 127 | 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0145, the court must order |
| 128 | electronic monitoring in addition to all other standard and |
| 129 | special conditions imposed. |
| 130 | Section 2. Section 948.11, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 131 | read: |
| 132 | 948.11 Electronic monitoring devices.-- |
| 133 | (1) Pursuant to chapter 287, the department shall issue a |
| 134 | request for proposal for electronic monitoring devices to be |
| 135 | used utilized by the department for purposes of electronic |
| 136 | monitoring under this section or any other section of law which |
| 137 | authorizes electronic monitoring. Electronic monitoring devices |
| 138 | certified for use by the department must be licensed by the FCC, |
| 139 | must be capable of maintaining full operation on a backup power |
| 140 | source for 8 hours, and must meet such other necessary and vital |
| 141 | specifications as may be set by the department for tamper-alert, |
| 142 | efficient, and economical usage. The provisions of this section |
| 143 | do not apply to passive devices. |
| 144 | (2) The department shall use a system of electronic |
| 145 | monitoring that identifies the location of a monitored offender |
| 146 | and timely reports the offender's presence near a crime scene, |
| 147 | entrance into a prohibited area, or departure from specified |
| 148 | geographical limitations. |
| 149 | (a) The system shall be designed and executed in such a |
| 150 | manner so that it contains all data concerning criminal |
| 151 | incidents available throughout the state, including detailed |
| 152 | geographical inclusion and exclusion zones if a monitored person |
| 153 | is lawfully prohibited from leaving or entering certain |
| 154 | locations. |
| 155 | (b) The system shall be designed to provide either real |
| 156 | time or delayed reporting of the monitored person's location and |
| 157 | any correlation with the location of a crime or with the |
| 158 | person's exit from an inclusion zone or entry into a prohibited |
| 159 | zone. This shall include, but need not be limited to: |
| 160 | 1. Timely alerts and reports to the Department of |
| 161 | Corrections when a supervised offender enters or leaves an |
| 162 | inclusion or exclusion zone. |
| 163 | 2. Timely alerts and reports to appropriate local law |
| 164 | enforcement officials when any supervised offender is identified |
| 165 | as being at or near a crime scene. |
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| 167 | The supervising agency shall determine whether reporting of |
| 168 | location and correlation with crime data shall be real time or |
| 169 | delayed, and the length of delay, depending upon the seriousness |
| 170 | of the monitored person's offense or offenses. |
| 171 | (c) The system shall monitor a minimum of 1,000 offenders |
| 172 | on state community control supervision or state probation. The |
| 173 | following offenders shall be given priority for monitoring and |
| 174 | crime-correlation reporting under the system: |
| 175 | 1. All probationers and community controllees who have |
| 176 | been court ordered to submit to electronic monitoring pursuant |
| 177 | to s. 948.03(5)(b) or s. 948.03(5)(c). If more than 1,000 |
| 178 | offenders are subject to this requirement, the Department of |
| 179 | Corrections shall determine which offenders to monitor based |
| 180 | upon risk-assessment criteria. |
| 181 | 2. If fewer than 1,000 probationers and community |
| 182 | controllees are court ordered to submit to electronic monitoring |
| 183 | pursuant to s. 948.03(5)(b) or s. 948.03(5)(c), the remainder of |
| 184 | the 1,000 tracked offenders shall be offenders under the |
| 185 | jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections who have been |
| 186 | previously convicted of sexual offenses or violent crimes and |
| 187 | who are court ordered to submit to electronic monitoring. For |
| 188 | the purposes of this subparagraph, the term "conviction" means a |
| 189 | determination of guilt that is the result of a plea or a trial, |
| 190 | regardless of whether adjudication is withheld or whether a plea |
| 191 | of nolo contendere is entered. The Department of Corrections |
| 192 | shall determine which offenders to monitor based upon risk- |
| 193 | assessment criteria. |
| 194 | (d) A statewide steering committee, comprised of |
| 195 | representatives of the Office of the Attorney General, the |
| 196 | Department of Law Enforcement, the Department of Corrections, |
| 197 | the Parole Commission, sheriffs' offices, police departments, |
| 198 | and other criminal justice officials, as deemed appropriate, |
| 199 | shall oversee and guide the monitoring system and provide for |
| 200 | project evaluation. |
| 201 | Section 3. The sum of $7.8 million is appropriated from |
| 202 | the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Corrections for |
| 203 | the purpose of contracting for an integrated statewide offender |
| 204 | tracking and crime-reporting system, which shall be fully |
| 205 | operational by December 1, 2004. |
| 206 | Section 4. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment |
| 207 | to section 948.03, Florida Statutes, in a reference thereto, |
| 208 | subsection (5) of section 948.001, Florida Statutes, is |
| 209 | reenacted to read: |
| 210 | 948.001 Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the term: |
| 211 | (5) "Probation" means a form of community supervision |
| 212 | requiring specified contacts with parole and probation officers |
| 213 | and other terms and conditions as provided in s. 948.03. |
| 214 | Section 5. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment |
| 215 | to section 948.03, Florida Statutes, in a reference thereto, |
| 216 | subsection (4) of section 958.03, Florida Statutes, is reenacted |
| 217 | to read: |
| 218 | 958.03 Definitions.--As used in this act: |
| 219 | (4) "Probation" means a form of community supervision |
| 220 | requiring specified contacts with parole and probation officers |
| 221 | and other terms and conditions as provided in s. 948.03. |
| 222 | Section 6. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |