HB 7135

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to youthful offenders; amending s.
3	958.045, F.S.; deleting a provision limiting certain
4	sentencing options available to the court following a
5	violation of the conditions of probation by a youthful
6	offender; providing an effective date.
7
8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (5) of section
11	958.045, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
12	958.045  Youthful offender basic training program.--
13	(5)
14	(c)  The portion of the sentence served prior to placement
15	in the basic training program may not be counted toward program
16	completion. Upon the offender's completion of the basic training
17	program, the department shall submit a report to the court that
18	describes the offender's performance. If the offender's
19	performance has been satisfactory, the court shall issue an
20	order modifying the sentence imposed and placing the offender on
21	probation. The term of probation may include placement in a
22	community residential program. If the offender violates the
23	conditions of probation, the court may revoke probation and
24	impose any sentence that it might have originally imposed as a
25	condition of probation.
26	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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