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Florida Senate - 2007 SB 2550
By Senator Crist
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to prostitution; amending s.
3 796.07, F.S.; providing penalties for certain
4 violations committed within a specified
5 distance of certain locations; authorizing a
6 court to place a person who is charged with
7 prostitution into a drug court treatment
8 program; authorizing the court to require that
9 a person successfully complete the program as a
10 condition of probation; setting a period of
11 probation; 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. Subsection (4) of section 796.07, Florida
16 Statutes, is amended, present subsections (5) and (6) of that
17 section are redesignated as subsections (8) and (9),
18 respectively, and new subsections (5), (6), and (7) are added
19 to that section, to read:
20 796.07 Prohibiting prostitution, etc.; evidence;
21 penalties; definitions.--
22 (4) A person who violates any provision of this
23 section, except as provided in subsection (5), commits:
24 (a) A misdemeanor of the second degree for a first
25 violation, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
26 (b) A misdemeanor of the first degree for a second
27 violation, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
28 (c) A felony of the third degree for a third or
29 subsequent violation, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
30 775.083, or s. 775.084.
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1 (5) A person who violates any provision of this
2 section within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising a
3 child care facility as defined in s. 402.302 which is in
4 compliance with the signage requirements for child care
5 facilities in s. 893.13(1)(c); a public or private elementary,
6 middle, or secondary school; a physical place of worship where
7 a church or religious organization regularly conducts
8 religious services; or a state, county, or municipal park, a
9 community center, or a publicly owned recreational facility,
10 commits:
11 (a) A misdemeanor of the first degree for a first
12 violation, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
13 (b) A felony of the third degree for a second
14 violation, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083,
15 or s. 775.084.
16 (c) A felony of the second degree for a third or
17 subsequent violation, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
18 775.083, or s. 775.084.
19 (6) A court may place a person who is charged with a
20 violation of this section into a drug court treatment program
21 as an alternative to prison and may require successful
22 completion of the program as a condition of probation.
23 (7) The court shall order that a person convicted of a
24 violation of this section serve a period of probation equal to
25 the time provided under a sentence for a felony of the second
26 degree.
27 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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2 SENATE SUMMARY
3 Provides penalties for certain violations committed
within a specified distance of certain locations.
4 Authorizes a court to place a person who is charged with
prostitution in a drug court treatment program.
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