| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to protective injunctions; amending s. |
| 3 | 784.047, F.S.; increasing the penalty for a violation of a |
| 4 | protective injunction against repeat violence, sexual |
| 5 | violence, dating violence, or domestic violence; providing |
| 6 | that it is a third degree felony to commit a crime against |
| 7 | the property of a petitioner or a protected person in |
| 8 | violation of a protective injunction; providing an |
| 9 | effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Section 784.047, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 14 | to read: |
| 15 | 784.047 Penalties for violating protective injunction |
| 16 | against violators.--A person who willfully violates an |
| 17 | injunction for protection against domestic violence issued |
| 18 | pursuant to s. 741.30; an injunction for protection against |
| 19 | repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence, issued |
| 20 | pursuant to s. 784.046;, or a foreign protection order accorded |
| 21 | full faith and credit pursuant to s. 741.315 by: |
| 22 | (1) Refusing to vacate the dwelling that the parties |
| 23 | share; |
| 24 | (2) Going to the petitioner's residence, school, place of |
| 25 | employment, or a specified place frequented regularly by the |
| 26 | petitioner and any named family or household member; |
| 27 | (3) Committing an act of repeat violence or dating |
| 28 | violence against the petitioner; |
| 29 | (4) Committing any other violation of the injunction |
| 30 | through an intentional unlawful threat, word, or act to do |
| 31 | violence to the petitioner; or |
| 32 | (5) Telephoning, contacting, or otherwise communicating |
| 33 | with the petitioner directly or indirectly, unless the |
| 34 | injunction specifically allows indirect contact through a third |
| 35 | party,; |
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| 37 | commits a felony misdemeanor of the second first degree, |
| 38 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, or s. 775.083, or s. |
| 39 | 775.084. |
| 40 | (6) Committing a crime against the property of the |
| 41 | petitioner or other protected person commits a felony of the |
| 42 | third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, |
| 43 | or s. 775.084. |
| 44 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004. |