Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Criminal Justice (Argenziano) recommended the
12 following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Effective October 1, 2007, section 843.21,
19 Florida Statutes, is created to read:
20 843.21 Depriving person injured by crime of medical
21 care.--
22 (1) This section may be cited as the "Frank Pacheco
23 Aid to Victims Act."
24 (2) A person who takes custody of or exercises control
25 over a person he or she knows to be injured as a result of
26 criminal activity and deprives that person of medical care
27 with the intent to avoid, delay, hinder, or obstruct any
28 investigation of the criminal activity contributing to the
29 injury commits:
30 (a) If the victim's medical condition worsens as a
31 result of the deprivation of medical care a felony of the
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1 third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
2 775.083, or s. 775.084.
3 (b) If deprivation of medical care contributes or
4 results in the death of the victim, a felony of the second
5 degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or
6 s. 775.084.
7 Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
8 960.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
9 960.03 Definitions; ss. 960.01-960.28.--As used in ss.
10 960.01-960.28, unless the context otherwise requires, the
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12 (3) "Crime" means:
13 (b) A violation of s. 316.193, s. 316.027(1), s.
14 327.35(1), s. 782.071 s. 782.071(1)(b), or s. 860.13(1)(a)
15 which results in physical injury or death; however, no other
16 act involving the operation of a motor vehicle, boat, or
17 aircraft which results in injury or death shall constitute a
18 crime for the purpose of this chapter unless the injury or
19 death was intentionally inflicted through the use of such
20 vehicle, boat, or aircraft or unless such vehicle, boat, or
21 aircraft is an implement of a crime to which this act applies.
22 Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 960.065, Florida
23 Statutes, is amended to read:
24 960.065 Eligibility for awards.--
25 (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the
26 following persons shall be eligible for awards pursuant to
27 this chapter:
28 (a) A victim.
29 (b) An intervenor.
30 (c) A surviving spouse, parent or guardian, sibling,
31 or child of a deceased victim or intervenor.
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1 (d) Any other person who is dependent for his or her
2 principal support upon a deceased victim or intervenor.
3 (e) A person who is or was a victim in another crime
4 or case and whose testimony is proffered under s. 90.404(2).
5 Section 4. Except as otherwise expressly provided in
6 this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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10 And the title is amended as follows:
11 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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14 A bill to be entitled
15 An act relating to victims of crime; creating
16 s. 843.21, F.S.; providing a short title;
17 prohibiting the deprivation of medical care to
18 a person injured as a result of criminal
19 activity with the intent to avoid, delay,
20 hinder, or obstruct any investigation of the
21 criminal activity leading to the injury;
22 providing penalties; amending s. 960.03, F.S.;
23 redefining the term "crime" to include the
24 offense of vehicular homicide in the second
25 degree as an eligible offense for which an
26 innocent victim may collect compensation;
27 amending s. 960.065, F.S.; providing that a
28 person who offers testimony of other crimes is
29 eligible to receive a compensation award;
30 providing effective dates.
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