Senate Bill sb1708
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Florida Senate - 2007 SB 1708
By Senator Fasano
11-1413-07 See HB
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to false personation; amending
3 s. 843.08, F.S.; prohibiting a person from
4 falsely personating certain law enforcement
5 officers if his or her action could deceive a
6 reasonable person into believing that he or she
7 was a bona fide law enforcement official;
8 amending s. 921.0022, F.S., relating to the
9 offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal
10 Punishment Code, to conform; providing an
11 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. Section 843.08, Florida Statutes, is
16 amended to read:
17 843.08 False personation Falsely personating officer,
18 etc.--A person who falsely assumes or pretends to be a
19 sheriff, officer of the Florida Highway Patrol, officer of the
20 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, officer of the
21 Department of Environmental Protection, officer of the
22 Department of Transportation, officer of the Department of
23 Financial Services, officer of the Department of Corrections,
24 correctional probation officer, deputy sheriff, state attorney
25 or assistant state attorney, statewide prosecutor or assistant
26 statewide prosecutor, state attorney investigator, coroner,
27 police officer, lottery special agent or lottery investigator,
28 beverage enforcement agent, or watchman, or any member of the
29 Parole Commission and any administrative aide or supervisor
30 employed by the commission, or any personnel or representative
31 of the Department of Law Enforcement or any other criminal
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1 justice agency as defined in s. 943.045, whether federal,
2 state, local, municipal, tribal, or territorial, if his or her
3 action could deceive a reasonable person into believing that
4 he or she was a bona fide law enforcement official, and takes
5 upon himself or herself to act as such, or to require any
6 other person to aid or assist him or her in a matter
7 pertaining to the duty of any such officer, commits a felony
8 of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
9 775.083, or s. 775.084; however, a person who falsely
10 personates any such officer during the course of the
11 commission of a felony commits a felony of the second degree,
12 punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.
13 775.084; except that if the commission of the felony results
14 in the death or personal injury of another human being, the
15 person commits a felony of the first degree, punishable as
16 provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
17 Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
18 921.0022, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19 921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity
20 ranking chart.--
21 (3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART
22 Florida Felony Description
23 Statute Degree
24 (b) LEVEL 2
25 370.12(1)(e)3. 3rd Possession of 11 or fewer marine
26 turtle eggs in violation of the
27 Marine Turtle Protection Act.
28 370.12(1)(e)4. 3rd Possession of more than 11 marine
29 turtle eggs in violation of the
30 Marine Turtle Protection Act.
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1 403.413(5)(c) 3rd Dumps waste litter exceeding 500
2 lbs. in weight or 100 cubic feet
3 in volume or any quantity for
4 commercial purposes, or hazardous
5 waste.
6 517.07 3rd Registration of securities and
7 furnishing of prospectus
8 required.
9 590.28(1) 3rd Willful, malicious, or
10 intentional burning.
11 784.05(3) 3rd Storing or leaving a loaded
12 firearm within reach of minor who
13 uses it to inflict injury or
14 death.
15 787.04(1) 3rd In violation of court order,
16 take, entice, etc., minor beyond
17 state limits.
18 806.13(1)(b)3. 3rd Criminal mischief; damage $1,000
19 or more to public communication
20 or any other public service.
21 810.061(2) 3rd Impairing or impeding telephone
22 or power to a dwelling;
23 facilitating or furthering
24 burglary.
25 810.09(2)(e) 3rd Trespassing on posted commercial
26 horticulture property.
27 812.014(2)(c)1. 3rd Grand theft, 3rd degree; $300 or
28 more but less than $5,000.
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1 812.014(2)(d) 3rd Grand theft, 3rd degree; $100 or
2 more but less than $300, taken
3 from unenclosed curtilage of
4 dwelling.
5 812.015(7) 3rd Possession, use, or attempted use
6 of an antishoplifting or
7 inventory control device
8 countermeasure.
9 817.234(1)(a)2. 3rd False statement in support of
10 insurance claim.
11 817.481(3)(a) 3rd Obtain credit or purchase with
12 false, expired, counterfeit,
13 etc., credit card, value over
14 $300.
15 817.52(3) 3rd Failure to redeliver hired
16 vehicle.
17 817.54 3rd With intent to defraud, obtain
18 mortgage note, etc., by false
19 representation.
20 817.60(5) 3rd Dealing in credit cards of
21 another.
22 817.60(6)(a) 3rd Forgery; purchase goods, services
23 with false card.
24 817.61 3rd Fraudulent use of credit cards
25 over $100 or more within 6
26 months.
27 826.04 3rd Knowingly marries or has sexual
28 intercourse with person to whom
29 related.
30 831.01 3rd Forgery.
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1 831.02 3rd Uttering forged instrument;
2 utters or publishes alteration
3 with intent to defraud.
4 831.07 3rd Forging bank bills, checks,
5 drafts, or promissory notes.
6 831.08 3rd Possessing 10 or more forged
7 notes, bills, checks, or drafts.
8 831.09 3rd Uttering forged notes, bills,
9 checks, drafts, or promissory
10 notes.
11 831.11 3rd Bringing into the state forged
12 bank bills, checks, drafts, or
13 notes.
14 832.05(3)(a) 3rd Cashing or depositing item with
15 intent to defraud.
16 843.08 3rd False impersonation Falsely
17 impersonating an officer.
18 893.13(2)(a)2. 3rd Purchase of any s. 893.03(1)(c),
19 (2)(c)1., (2)(c)2., (2)(c)3.,
20 (2)(c)5., (2)(c)6., (2)(c)7.,
21 (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9., (3), or (4)
22 drugs other than cannabis.
23 893.147(2) 3rd Manufacture or delivery of drug
24 paraphernalia.
25 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2007.
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