Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1216
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11  The Committee on Justice Appropriations (Argenziano)
12  recommended the following amendment to amendment (205930):
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 30, line 26, through page 31, line 25, delete
16  those lines
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19         Section 10.  Subsections (12) and (13) are added to
20  section 944.607, Florida Statutes, to read:
21  944.607  Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of
22  information on sexual offenders.--
23         (12)  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 Barcode 761056 1 non-compliance 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; 8 or 9 4. Provides information to the law enforcement agency 10 regarding the sexual offender which the person knows to be 11 false information, 12 13 commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided 14 in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. This subsection does 15 not apply if the sexual offender is incarcerated in or is in 16 the custody of a state correctional facility, a private 17 correctional facility, a local jail, or a federal correctional 18 facility. 19 (13) The Department of Law Enforcement shall develop a 20 procedure that requires sexual offenders to bi-annually report 21 in person to the sheriff's office in the county where the 22 sexual offender temporarily or permanently resides, and that 23 also requires sexual offenders who have no temporary or 24 permanent residence to bi-annually report in person as 25 provided by the department. This system shall be implemented 26 by December 1, 2005. 27 28 29 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 30 And the title is amended as follows: 31 On page 2, line 22, after the semicolon, 2 11:26 AM 04/14/05 s1216.ja03.04a
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1216 Barcode 761056 1 insert: 2 requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to 3 develop a procedure for sexual offenders to 4 bi-annually report in person to the sheriff; 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 11:26 AM 04/14/05 s1216.ja03.04a