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 (351988):
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14         Senate Amendment 
15         On page 29, line 15, through page 30, line 12, delete
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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 Barcode 835510 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; 8 or 9 4. Provides information to the law enforcement agency 10 regarding the sexual offender that 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. 15 (14) The Department of Law Enforcement shall develop a 16 procedure that requires sexual offenders to bi-annually report 17 in person to the sheriff's office in the county where the 18 sexual offender temporarily or permanently resides, and that 19 also requires sexual offenders who have no temporary residence 20 to bi-annually report in person as provided by the department. 21 This system shall be implemented by December 1, 2005. 22 23 24 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 25 And the title is amended as follows: 26 On page 2, line 10, after the semicolon, 27 28 insert: 29 requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to 30 develop a procedure for sexual offenders to 31 bi-annually report in person to the sheriff; 2 11:23 AM 04/14/05 s1216.ja03.03a