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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 512

    By Senator Aronberg





    27-432-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to sexual offenders; amending

  3         s. 943.0435, F.S.; redefining the term "sexual

  4         offender" to modify the date of release from

  5         sanctions imposed by conviction, thereby

  6         requiring additional persons to register as a

  7         sexual offender; providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

12  943.0435, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

13         943.0435  Sexual offenders required to register with

14  the department; penalty.--

15         (1)  As used in this section, the term:

16         (a)  "Sexual offender" means a person who meets the

17  criteria in subparagraph 1., subparagraph 2., or subparagraph

18  3., as follows:

19         1.a.  Has been convicted of committing, or attempting,

20  soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any of the criminal

21  offenses proscribed in the following statutes in this state or

22  similar offenses in another jurisdiction: s. 787.01, s.

23  787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), where the victim is a minor and

24  the defendant is not the victim's parent; chapter 794,

25  excluding ss. 794.011(10) and 794.0235; s. 796.03; s. 796.035;

26  s. 800.04; s. 825.1025; s. 827.071; s. 847.0133; s. 847.0135;

27  s. 847.0137; s. 847.0138; s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or

28  any similar offense committed in this state which has been

29  redesignated from a former statute number to one of those

30  listed in this sub-subparagraph; and

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 1         b.  Has been released on or after October 1, 1997, from

 2  the sanction imposed for any conviction of an offense

 3  described in sub-subparagraph a. For purposes of

 4  sub-subparagraph a., a sanction imposed in this state or in

 5  any other jurisdiction includes, but is not limited to, a

 6  fine, probation, community control, parole, conditional

 7  release, control release, or incarceration in a state prison,

 8  federal prison, private correctional facility, or local

 9  detention facility;

10         2.  Establishes or maintains a residence in this state

11  and who has not been designated as a sexual predator by a

12  court of this state but who has been designated as a sexual

13  predator, as a sexually violent predator, or by another sexual

14  offender designation in another state or jurisdiction and was,

15  as a result of such designation, subjected to registration or

16  community or public notification, or both, or would be if the

17  person were a resident of that state or jurisdiction, without

18  regard to whether the person otherwise meets the criteria for

19  registration as a sexual offender; or

20         3.  Establishes or maintains a residence in this state

21  who is in the custody or control of, or under the supervision

22  of, any other state or jurisdiction as a result of a

23  conviction for committing, or attempting, soliciting, or

24  conspiring to commit, any of the criminal offenses proscribed

25  in the following statutes or similar offense in another

26  jurisdiction: s. 787.01, s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), where

27  the victim is a minor and the defendant is not the victim's

28  parent; chapter 794, excluding ss. 794.011(10) and 794.0235;

29  s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s. 800.04; s. 825.1025; s. 827.071; s.

30  847.0133; s. 847.0135; s. 847.0137; s. 847.0138; s. 847.0145;

31  or s. 985.701(1); or any similar offense committed in this

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 1  state which has been redesignated from a former statute number

 2  to one of those listed in this subparagraph.

 3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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      of release from sanctions imposed by conviction, thereby
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