| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the disturbance of assemblies; amending |
| 3 | s. 871.01, F.S.; providing a penalty for willfully |
| 4 | interrupting or disturbing an assembly of people met for |
| 5 | the purpose of acknowledging the death of an individual |
| 6 | with a military funeral honors detail; reenacting s. |
| 7 | 871.02, F.S., relating to indictments or informations for |
| 8 | disturbing assembly, for the purpose of incorporating the |
| 9 | amendment to s. 871.01, F.S., in a reference thereto; |
| 10 | providing an effective date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. Section 871.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 15 | read: |
| 16 | 871.01 Disturbing schools and religious and other |
| 17 | assemblies.-- |
| 18 | (1) Whoever willfully interrupts or disturbs any school or |
| 19 | any assembly of people met for the worship of God or for any |
| 20 | lawful purpose commits shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the |
| 21 | second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. |
| 22 | 775.083. |
| 23 | (2) Whoever willfully interrupts or disturbs any assembly |
| 24 | of people met for the purpose of acknowledging the death of an |
| 25 | individual with a military funeral honors detail pursuant to 10 |
| 26 | U.S.C. s. 1491 commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, |
| 27 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. |
| 28 | Section 2. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment |
| 29 | made by this act to section 871.01, Florida Statutes, in a |
| 30 | reference thereto, section 871.02, Florida Statutes, is |
| 31 | reenacted to read: |
| 32 | 871.02 Indictments or informations for disturbing |
| 33 | assembly.--The several grand juries of this state in their |
| 34 | respective counties may return indictments or the several state |
| 35 | attorneys of the state in their respective circuits may file |
| 36 | information against all persons violating s. 871.01, and such |
| 37 | indictments or informations, when filed with the clerk of the |
| 38 | circuit court in the county where such offense is alleged to |
| 39 | have been committed, shall be forthwith certified by the clerk |
| 40 | to some court in the county having jurisdiction to try and |
| 41 | determine such charge, and said court to which such indictment |
| 42 | or information is certified shall proceed to try and determine |
| 43 | such charge upon such indictment or information, the same as if |
| 44 | affidavit had been made before such court charging the said |
| 45 | offense. |
| 46 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |