Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1216
                        Barcode 985950
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11  Senator Argenziano moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 34, line 26, through page 36, line 18, delete
15  those lines
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18         948.061  Identifying, assessing, and monitoring
19  high-risk sex offenders on community supervision; providing
20  cumulative criminal and supervision histories on the
21  Internet.--
22         (1)  By December 1, 2005, the department shall develop
23  a graduated risk assessment that identifies, assesses, and
24  closely monitors a high-risk sex offender who is placed on
25  probation or in community control and who:
26         (a)  Has previously been placed on probation or in
27  community control and has a history of committing multiple
28  violations of community supervision in this state or in any
29  other jurisdiction or have previously been incarcerated in
30  this state or in any other jurisdiction; and
31         (b)  Has experienced more than one of the following
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Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1216 Barcode 985950 1 risk factors that could potentially make the offender more 2 likely to pose a danger to others: 3 1. Previous conviction for domestic violence; 4 2. History of substance abuse; 5 3. Unemployment or substantial financial difficulties; 6 4. Previous conviction for violence or sex acts 7 against children, particularly involving strangers; or 8 5. Any other risk factor identified by the department. 9 (2) Recognizing that a sex offender having an 10 extensive criminal history and multiple risk factors may pose 11 a serious threat to the community, the department shall 12 consider the cumulative impact of these risk factors and, if 13 necessary, place an offender under a high level of supervision 14 until the situation stabilizes and the department no longer 15 believes that the offender poses a threat to others. In 16 providing such supervision, the department shall increase the 17 number of office and home visits conducted by the correctional 18 probation officer; expand the number of and type of 19 employment, family, community, and neighborhood contacts by 20 the correctional probation officer; increase voluntary 21 referrals to available community mental health facilities and 22 community assistance programs; develop emergency communication 23 plans for law enforcement agencies and the court in order to 24 quickly detain the offender in response to a violation; and 25 prioritize departmental resources in order to more closely 26 monitor the offender's activities in an effort to prevent 27 escalating criminal behavior. 28 (3) To facilitate the information available to the 29 court at first appearance hearings and at all subsequent 30 hearings for these high-risk sex offenders, the department 31 shall, no later than March 1, 2006, post on the Internet a 2 3:58 PM 04/14/05 s1216.03cj.0a4
Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1216 Barcode 985950 1 cumulative chronology of the sex offender's state criminal 2 history and prior terms of state probation and community 3 control, including all substantive or technical violations of 4 state probation or community control. The courts shall assist 5 the department's dissemination of critical information by 6 creating and maintaining an automated system to provide the 7 information as specified in this subsection and by providing 8 the necessary technology in the courtroom to deliver the 9 information. 10 (4) In monitoring the location of high-risk sex 11 offenders, 12 13 14 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 15 And the title is amended as follows: 16 On page 3, line 5, after the word "provided" 17 18 insert: 19 via Internet 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 3:58 PM 04/14/05 s1216.03cj.0a4