HB 0271CS

CHAMBER ACTION




1The Criminal Justice Appropriations Committee recommends the
2following:
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4     Council/Committee Substitute
5     Remove the entire bill and insert:
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A bill to be entitled
7An act relating to arrests and arrestees; amending s.
8901.15, F.S.; providing additional offenses for which a
9person may be arrested on probable cause and without
10warrant; amending s. 907.04, F.S.; providing that
11arrestees in the custody of the Department of Corrections
12at the time of arrest be retained in the department's
13custody pending disposition of the charge or until the
14expiration of the arrestee's original sentence of
15imprisonment; requiring application of specified
16provisions if an arrested state prisoner's presence is
17required in court; providing an effective date.
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19Be 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
22901.15, Florida Statutes, to read:
23     901.15  When arrest by officer without warrant is
24lawful.--A law enforcement officer may arrest a person without a
25warrant when:
26     (16)  There is probable cause to believe that the person
27has committed an exhibition or exposure of his or her sexual
28organs in violation of s. 800.03.
29     (17)  There is probable cause to believe that the person
30has committed an act of voyeurism in violation of s. 810.14(1).
31     Section 2.  Section 907.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to
32read:
33     907.04  Disposition of defendant upon arrest.--
34     (1)  Except as provided in subsection (2), if a person who
35is arrested does not have a right to bail for the offense
36charged, he or she shall be delivered immediately into the
37custody of the sheriff of the county in which the indictment,
38information, or affidavit is filed. If the person who is
39arrested has a right to bail, he or she shall be released after
40giving bond on the amount specified in the warrant.
41     (2)  If the person who is arrested is, at the time of
42arrest, in the custody of the Department of Corrections under
43sentence of imprisonment, unless otherwise ordered by the court,
44such person shall remain in the department's custody pending
45disposition of the charge or until the person's underlying
46sentence of imprisonment expires, whichever occurs earlier. If
47the arrested state prisoner's presence is required in court for
48any reason, the provisions of s. 944.17(8) shall apply.
49     Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.


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