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11  The Committee on Justice Appropriations (Argenziano)
12  recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 29, line 15, through page 30, line 12, delete
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18  and insert:  
19         Section 8.  Subsections (13) and (14) are added to
20  section 943.0435, Florida Statutes, to read:
21         943.0435  Sexual offenders required to register with
22  the department; penalty.--
23         (13)  Any person who knows that a sexual offender is
24  not complying, or has not complied, with the requirements of
25  this section and who, with the intent to assist the sexual
26  offender in eluding a law enforcement agency that is seeking
27  to find the sexual offender to question the sexual offender
28  about, or to arrest the sexual offender for, his or her
29  noncompliance with the requirements of this section:
30         1.  Withholds information from, or does not notify, the
31  law enforcement agency about the sexual offender's
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    Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1216
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 1  noncompliance with the requirements of this section, and, if
 2  known, the whereabouts of the sexual offender;
 3         2.  Harbors, or attempts to harbor, or assists another
 4  person in harboring or attempting to harbor, the sexual
 5  offender; or
 6         3.  Hides or attempts to hide, or assists another
 7  person in hiding or attempting to hide, the sexual offender;
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 9         4.  Provides information to the law enforcement agency
10  regarding the sexual offender that the person knows to be
11  false information,
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13  commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided
14  in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
15         (14)  The Department of Law Enforcement shall develop a
16  system for annually and quarterly verifying the addresses of
17  sexual offenders. This system shall be implemented no later
18  than December 1, 2005.
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22  And the title is amended as follows:
23         On page 2, line 10, after the first semicolon
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26         requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to
27         develop and implement a system for annually and
28         quarterly verifying the addresses of sexual
29         offenders;
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