1 | The Criminal Justice Appropriations Committee recommends the |
2 | following: |
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4 | Council/Committee Substitute |
5 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
6 | A bill to be entitled |
7 | An act relating to arrests and arrestees; amending s. |
8 | 901.15, F.S.; providing additional offenses for which a |
9 | person may be arrested on probable cause and without |
10 | warrant; amending s. 907.04, F.S.; providing that |
11 | arrestees in the custody of the Department of Corrections |
12 | at the time of arrest be retained in the department's |
13 | custody pending disposition of the charge or until the |
14 | expiration of the arrestee's original sentence of |
15 | imprisonment; requiring application of specified |
16 | provisions if an arrested state prisoner's presence is |
17 | required in court; providing an effective date. |
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19 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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21 | Section 1. Subsections (16) and (17) are added to section |
22 | 901.15, Florida Statutes, to read: |
23 | 901.15 When arrest by officer without warrant is |
24 | lawful.--A law enforcement officer may arrest a person without a |
25 | warrant when: |
26 | (16) There is probable cause to believe that the person |
27 | has committed an exhibition or exposure of his or her sexual |
28 | organs in violation of s. 800.03. |
29 | (17) There is probable cause to believe that the person |
30 | has committed an act of voyeurism in violation of s. 810.14(1). |
31 | Section 2. Section 907.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
32 | read: |
33 | 907.04 Disposition of defendant upon arrest.-- |
34 | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), if a person who |
35 | is arrested does not have a right to bail for the offense |
36 | charged, he or she shall be delivered immediately into the |
37 | custody of the sheriff of the county in which the indictment, |
38 | information, or affidavit is filed. If the person who is |
39 | arrested has a right to bail, he or she shall be released after |
40 | giving bond on the amount specified in the warrant. |
41 | (2) If the person who is arrested is, at the time of |
42 | arrest, in the custody of the Department of Corrections under |
43 | sentence of imprisonment, unless otherwise ordered by the court, |
44 | such person shall remain in the department's custody pending |
45 | disposition of the charge or until the person's underlying |
46 | sentence of imprisonment expires, whichever occurs earlier. If |
47 | the arrested state prisoner's presence is required in court for |
48 | any reason, the provisions of s. 944.17(8) shall apply. |
49 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |