Senate Bill sb0508c1

    Florida Senate - 2006                            CS for SB 508

    By the Committee on Justice Appropriations; and Senator
    Aronberg




    604-2153-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to sexual predators; amending

  3         s. 775.21, F.S.; redefining the terms

  4         "permanent residence" and "temporary residence"

  5         in order to reduce the number of consecutive

  6         days and days in the aggregate which constitute

  7         the residence of a sexual predator for purposes

  8         of requirements that the predator register with

  9         the Department of Law Enforcement, the

10         sheriff's office, or the Department of

11         Corrections; providing an effective date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subsection (2) of

16  section 775.21, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

17         775.21  The Florida Sexual Predators Act.--

18         (2)  DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term:

19         (f)  "Permanent residence" means a place where the

20  person abides, lodges, or resides for 5 14 or more consecutive

21  days.

22         (g)  "Temporary residence" means a place where the

23  person abides, lodges, or resides for a period of 5 14 or more

24  days in the aggregate during any calendar year and which is

25  not the person's permanent address or,; for a person whose

26  permanent residence is not in this state, a place where the

27  person is employed, practices a vocation, or is enrolled as a

28  student for any period of time in this state; or a place where

29  the person routinely abides, lodges, or resides for a period

30  of 4 or more consecutive or nonconsecutive days in any month

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    Florida Senate - 2006                            CS for SB 508
    604-2153-06




 1  and which is not the person's permanent residence, including

 2  any out-of-state address.

 3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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 5          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 6                         Senate Bill 508

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 8  Statutory language that was removed in the original bill is
    restored to clarify that a temporary residence includes a
 9  place where someone is employed, practices a vocation, or is
    enrolled as a student even though the permanent residence is
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