1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to sexual offenders and predators; |
3 | amending s. 775.21, F.S.; revising sexual predator |
4 | criteria; correcting a cross-reference; revising |
5 | provisions relating to registration of predators under the |
6 | supervision of the Department of Corrections; requiring |
7 | sexual predators to register with the Department of Law |
8 | Enforcement through a sheriff's office; deleting |
9 | provisions allowing certain predators to have predator |
10 | designation removed after a specified period; revising |
11 | references to applicable federal law; revising provisions |
12 | relating to verification of addresses; requiring more |
13 | frequent reregistration for specified offenders; providing |
14 | specified immunity to the Department of Juvenile Justice; |
15 | amending s. 943.0435, F.S.; revising criteria for sexual |
16 | offender designation; revising the definition of the term |
17 | "conviction" to include certain adjudications of |
18 | delinquency; revising reporting requirements; revising |
19 | references to applicable federal law; revising provisions |
20 | relating to verification of addresses; providing specified |
21 | immunity to the Department of Juvenile Justice; revising |
22 | provisions relating to petitions to allow certain |
23 | offenders to remove the offender designation after a |
24 | specified period; requiring more frequent reregistration |
25 | for specified offenders; creating s. 943.04354, F.S.; |
26 | allowing certain sexual predators and sexual offenders to |
27 | petition for the removal of the registration requirement; |
28 | providing that a court may grant the petition if certain |
29 | criteria are met and removal of the registration |
30 | requirement will not conflict with federal law; creating |
31 | s. 943.44353, F.S.; requiring development and maintenance |
32 | of a system to provide automatic notification of |
33 | registration information regarding sexual predators and |
34 | sexual offenders to the public; amending s. 943.0515, |
35 | F.S.; requiring retention of records of minors adjudicated |
36 | delinquent of specified sexual offenses; amending s. |
37 | 944.606, F.S.; revising criteria for sexual offender |
38 | designation; providing registration and notification |
39 | duties for a custodian of a local jail regarding sexual |
40 | offenders; amending s. 944.607, F.S.; revising the |
41 | definition of a sexual offender for notification purposes; |
42 | revising duties of clerks of court; revising registration |
43 | requirements; providing registration and notification |
44 | duties for a custodian of a local jail regarding sexual |
45 | offenders; providing specified immunity to the Department |
46 | of Juvenile Justice; requiring more frequent |
47 | reregistration for specified offenders; amending ss. |
48 | 947.005 and 948.001, F.S.; revising the definition of the |
49 | term "qualified practitioner" for purposes of certain sex |
50 | offender treatment programs; amending s. 985.04, F.S.; |
51 | providing that specified sexual predator and offender |
52 | registration information is public record; amending s. |
53 | 985.045, F.S.; conforming a provision; creating s. |
54 | 985.481, F.S.; providing for notification upon release of |
55 | specified juvenile sexual offenders; providing for |
56 | availability of specified information concerning such |
57 | offenders; providing immunity for specified officials; |
58 | creating s. 985.4815, F.S.; providing for notification to |
59 | the Department of Law Enforcement concerning specified |
60 | juvenile sexual offenders; providing definitions; |
61 | providing duties of clerks of court; providing |
62 | registration requirements; requiring specified information |
63 | to be made available to the Department of Law Enforcement; |
64 | providing duties of a custodian of a local jail; providing |
65 | for forwarding of information for specified offenders |
66 | under federal supervision; providing penalties for failure |
67 | to comply with requirements; providing venue for |
68 | prosecution of specified offenses; providing for the |
69 | effect of certain actions; providing that registration |
70 | following certain actions does not provide a defense to |
71 | specified charges; providing immunity for specified |
72 | agencies and persons for certain actions; prohibiting |
73 | certain acts concerning offenders; providing criminal |
74 | penalties; providing reporting requirements for offenders; |
75 | amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; including specified offenses |
76 | within the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal |
77 | Punishment Code; providing an effective date. |
78 |
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79 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
80 |
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81 | Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (4), |
82 | paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (e), and (l) of subsection (6), |
83 | subsections (8) and (9), and paragraph (b) of subsection (10) of |
84 | section 775.21, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
85 | 775.21 The Florida Sexual Predators Act.-- |
86 | (4) SEXUAL PREDATOR CRITERIA.-- |
87 | (a) For a current offense committed on or after October 1, |
88 | 1993, upon conviction, an offender shall be designated as a |
89 | "sexual predator" under subsection (5), and subject to |
90 | registration under subsection (6) and community and public |
91 | notification under subsection (7) if: |
92 | 1. The felony is: |
93 | a. A capital, life, or first-degree felony violation, or |
94 | any attempt thereof, of s. 787.01 or s. 787.02, where the victim |
95 | is a minor and the defendant is not the victim's parent or |
96 | guardian, or s. 794.011 of chapter 794, s. 800.04, or s. |
97 | 847.0145, or a violation of a similar law of another |
98 | jurisdiction; or |
99 | b. Any felony violation, or any attempt thereof, of s. |
100 | 787.01, s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), where the victim is a |
101 | minor and the defendant is not the victim's parent or guardian; |
102 | s. 794.011 chapter 794, excluding s. ss. 794.011(10); s. 794.05 |
103 | and 794.0235; s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s. 800.04; s. |
104 | 825.1025(2)(b); s. 827.071; s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or a |
105 | violation of a similar law of another jurisdiction, and the |
106 | offender has previously been convicted of or found to have |
107 | committed, or has pled nolo contendere or guilty to, regardless |
108 | of adjudication, any violation of s. 787.01, s. 787.02, or s. |
109 | 787.025(2)(c), where the victim is a minor and the defendant is |
110 | not the victim's parent or guardian; s. 794.011, excluding s. |
111 | 794.011(10) (2), (3), (4), (5), or (8); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s. |
112 | 796.035; s. 800.04; s. 825.1025; s. 827.071; s. 847.0133; s. |
113 | 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(4); s. 847.0145; or s. |
114 | 985.701(1); or a violation of a similar law of another |
115 | jurisdiction; |
116 | 2. The offender has not received a pardon for any felony |
117 | or similar law of another jurisdiction that is necessary for the |
118 | operation of this paragraph; and |
119 | 3. A conviction of a felony or similar law of another |
120 | jurisdiction necessary to the operation of this paragraph has |
121 | not been set aside in any postconviction proceeding. |
122 | (c) If an offender has been registered as a sexual |
123 | predator by the Department of Corrections, the department, or |
124 | any other law enforcement agency and if: |
125 | 1. The court did not, for whatever reason, make a written |
126 | finding at the time of sentencing that the offender was a sexual |
127 | predator; or |
128 | 2. The offender was administratively registered as a |
129 | sexual predator because the Department of Corrections, the |
130 | department, or any other law enforcement agency obtained |
131 | information that indicated that the offender met the criteria |
132 | for designation as a sexual predator based on a violation of a |
133 | similar law in another jurisdiction, |
134 |
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135 | the department shall remove that offender from the department's |
136 | list of sexual predators and, for an offender described under |
137 | subparagraph 1., shall notify the state attorney who prosecuted |
138 | the offense that met the criteria for administrative designation |
139 | as a sexual predator, and, for an offender described under this |
140 | paragraph subparagraph, shall notify the state attorney of the |
141 | county where the offender establishes or maintains a permanent |
142 | or temporary residence. The state attorney shall bring the |
143 | matter to the court's attention in order to establish that the |
144 | offender meets the criteria for designation as a sexual |
145 | predator. If the court makes a written finding that the offender |
146 | is a sexual predator, the offender must be designated as a |
147 | sexual predator, must register or be registered as a sexual |
148 | predator with the department as provided in subsection (6), and |
149 | is subject to the community and public notification as provided |
150 | in subsection (7). If the court does not make a written finding |
151 | that the offender is a sexual predator, the offender may not be |
152 | designated as a sexual predator with respect to that offense and |
153 | is not required to register or be registered as a sexual |
154 | predator with the department. |
155 | (6) REGISTRATION.-- |
156 | (a) A sexual predator must register with the department |
157 | through the sheriff's office by providing the following |
158 | information to the department: |
159 | 1. Name, social security number, age, race, sex, date of |
160 | birth, height, weight, hair and eye color, photograph, address |
161 | of legal residence and address of any current temporary |
162 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
163 | route address and a post office box, date and place of any |
164 | employment, date and place of each conviction, fingerprints, and |
165 | a brief description of the crime or crimes committed by the |
166 | offender. A post office box shall not be provided in lieu of a |
167 | physical residential address. |
168 | a. If the sexual predator's place of residence is a motor |
169 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
170 | in chapter 320, the sexual predator shall also provide to the |
171 | department written notice of the vehicle identification number; |
172 | the license tag number; the registration number; and a |
173 | description, including color scheme, of the motor vehicle, |
174 | trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home. If a sexual |
175 | predator's place of residence is a vessel, live-aboard vessel, |
176 | or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the sexual predator |
177 | shall also provide to the department written notice of the hull |
178 | identification number; the manufacturer's serial number; the |
179 | name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the |
180 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
181 | of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
182 | b. If the sexual predator is enrolled, employed, or |
183 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
184 | this state, the sexual predator shall also provide to the |
185 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
186 | including each campus attended, and the sexual predator's |
187 | enrollment or employment status. Each change in enrollment or |
188 | employment status shall be reported in person at the sheriff's |
189 | office, or the Department of Corrections if the sexual predator |
190 | is in the custody or control of or under the supervision of the |
191 | Department of Corrections, within 48 hours after any change in |
192 | status. The sheriff or the Department of Corrections shall |
193 | promptly notify each institution of the sexual predator's |
194 | presence and any change in the sexual predator's enrollment or |
195 | employment status. |
196 | 2. Any other information determined necessary by the |
197 | department, including criminal and corrections records; |
198 | nonprivileged personnel and treatment records; and evidentiary |
199 | genetic markers when available. |
200 | (b) If the sexual predator is in the custody or control |
201 | of, or under the supervision of, the Department of Corrections, |
202 | or is in the custody of a private correctional facility, the |
203 | sexual predator must register with the Department of |
204 | Corrections. A sexual predator who is under the supervision of |
205 | the Department of Corrections but is not incarcerated must |
206 | register with the Department of Corrections within 3 business |
207 | days after the court finds the offender to be a sexual predator. |
208 | The Department of Corrections shall provide to the department |
209 | registration information and the location of, and local |
210 | telephone number for, any Department of Corrections office that |
211 | is responsible for supervising the sexual predator. In addition, |
212 | the Department of Corrections shall notify the department if the |
213 | sexual predator escapes or absconds from custody or supervision |
214 | or if the sexual predator dies. |
215 | (c) If the sexual predator is in the custody of a local |
216 | jail, the custodian of the local jail shall register the sexual |
217 | predator within 3 business days after intake of the sexual |
218 | predator for any reason and again upon release and forward the |
219 | registration information to the department. The custodian of the |
220 | local jail shall also take a digitized photograph of the sexual |
221 | predator while the sexual predator remains in custody and shall |
222 | provide the digitized photograph to the department. The |
223 | custodian shall notify the department if the sexual predator |
224 | escapes from custody or dies. |
225 | (e)1. If the sexual predator is not in the custody or |
226 | control of, or under the supervision of, the Department of |
227 | Corrections, or is not in the custody of a private correctional |
228 | facility, the sexual predator shall register in person: |
229 | a. At the sheriff's office in the county where he or she |
230 | establishes or maintains a residence within 48 hours after |
231 | establishing or maintaining a residence in the state; and |
232 | b. At the sheriff's office in the county where he or she |
233 | was designated a sexual predator by the court within 48 hours |
234 | after such finding is made. |
235 | 2. and establishes or maintains a residence in the state, |
236 | the sexual predator shall register in person at the sheriff's |
237 | office in the county in which the predator establishes or |
238 | maintains a residence, within 48 hours after establishing |
239 | permanent or temporary residence in this state. Any change in |
240 | the sexual predator's permanent or temporary residence or name, |
241 | after the sexual predator registers in person at the sheriff's |
242 | office as provided in subparagraph 1., shall be accomplished in |
243 | the manner provided in paragraphs (g), (i), and (j). When a |
244 | sexual predator registers with the sheriff's office, the sheriff |
245 | shall take a photograph and a set of fingerprints of the |
246 | predator and forward the photographs and fingerprints to the |
247 | department, along with the information that the predator is |
248 | required to provide pursuant to this section. |
249 | (l) A sexual predator must maintain registration with the |
250 | department for the duration of his or her life, unless the |
251 | sexual predator has received a full pardon or has had a |
252 | conviction set aside in a postconviction proceeding for any |
253 | offense that met the criteria for the sexual predator |
254 | designation. However, a sexual predator who was designated as a |
255 | sexual predator by a court before October 1, 1998, and who has |
256 | been lawfully released from confinement, supervision, or |
257 | sanction, whichever is later, for at least 10 years and has not |
258 | been arrested for any felony or misdemeanor offense since |
259 | release, may petition the criminal division of the circuit court |
260 | in the circuit in which the sexual predator resides for the |
261 | purpose of removing the sexual predator designation. A sexual |
262 | predator who was designated a sexual predator by a court on or |
263 | after October 1, 1998, who has been lawfully released from |
264 | confinement, supervision, or sanction, whichever is later, for |
265 | at least 20 years, and who has not been arrested for any felony |
266 | or misdemeanor offense since release may petition the criminal |
267 | division of the circuit court in the circuit in which the sexual |
268 | predator resides for the purpose of removing the sexual predator |
269 | designation. A sexual predator who was designated as a sexual |
270 | predator by a court on or after September 1, 2005, who has been |
271 | lawfully released from confinement, supervision, or sanction, |
272 | whichever is later, for at least 30 years, and who has not been |
273 | arrested for any felony or misdemeanor offense since release may |
274 | petition the criminal division of the circuit court in the |
275 | circuit in which the sexual predator resides for the purpose of |
276 | removing the sexual predator designation. The court may grant or |
277 | deny such relief if the petitioner demonstrates to the court |
278 | that he or she has not been arrested for any crime since |
279 | release, the requested relief complies with the provisions of |
280 | the federal Jacob Wetterling Act, as amended, and any other |
281 | federal standards applicable to the removal of the designation |
282 | as a sexual predator or required to be met as a condition for |
283 | the receipt of federal funds by the state, and the court is |
284 | otherwise satisfied that the petitioner is not a current or |
285 | potential threat to public safety. The state attorney in the |
286 | circuit in which the petition is filed must be given notice of |
287 | the petition at least 3 weeks before the hearing on the matter. |
288 | The state attorney may present evidence in opposition to the |
289 | requested relief or may otherwise demonstrate the reasons why |
290 | the petition should be denied. If the court denies the petition, |
291 | the court may set a future date at which the sexual predator may |
292 | again petition the court for relief, subject to the standards |
293 | for relief provided in this paragraph. Unless specified in the |
294 | order, a sexual predator who is granted relief under this |
295 | paragraph must comply with the requirements for registration as |
296 | a sexual offender and other requirements provided under s. |
297 | 943.0435 or s. 944.607. If a petitioner obtains an order from |
298 | the court that imposed the order designating the petitioner as a |
299 | sexual predator which removes such designation, the petitioner |
300 | shall forward a certified copy of the written findings or order |
301 | to the department in order to have the sexual predator |
302 | designation removed from the sexual predator registry. |
303 |
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304 | The sheriff shall promptly provide to the department the |
305 | information received from the sexual predator. |
306 | (8) VERIFICATION.--The department and the Department of |
307 | Corrections shall implement a system for verifying the addresses |
308 | of sexual predators. The system must be consistent with the |
309 | provisions of the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety |
310 | Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-248, Jacob Wetterling Act, as |
311 | amended, and any other federal standards applicable to such |
312 | verification or required to be met as a condition for the |
313 | receipt of federal funds by the state. The Department of |
314 | Corrections shall verify the addresses of sexual predators who |
315 | are not incarcerated but who reside in the community under the |
316 | supervision of the Department of Corrections and shall report to |
317 | the department any failure by a sexual predator to comply with |
318 | registration requirements. County and local law enforcement |
319 | agencies, in conjunction with the department, shall verify the |
320 | addresses of sexual predators who are not under the care, |
321 | custody, control, or supervision of the Department of |
322 | Corrections. Local law enforcement agencies shall report to the |
323 | department any failure by a sexual predator to comply with |
324 | registration requirements. |
325 | (a) A sexual predator must report in person each year |
326 | during the month of the sexual predator's birthday and during |
327 | every third the sixth month thereafter following the sexual |
328 | predator's birth month to the sheriff's office in the county in |
329 | which he or she resides or is otherwise located to reregister. |
330 | The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate times and |
331 | days for reporting by the sexual predator, which shall be |
332 | consistent with the reporting requirements of this paragraph. |
333 | Reregistration shall include any changes to the following |
334 | information: |
335 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
336 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
337 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
338 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
339 | route address and a post office box; date and place of any |
340 | employment; vehicle make, model, color, and license tag number; |
341 | fingerprints; and photograph. A post office box shall not be |
342 | provided in lieu of a physical residential address. |
343 | 2. If the sexual predator is enrolled, employed, or |
344 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
345 | this state, the sexual predator shall also provide to the |
346 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
347 | including each campus attended, and the sexual predator's |
348 | enrollment or employment status. |
349 | 3. If the sexual predator's place of residence is a motor |
350 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
351 | in chapter 320, the sexual predator shall also provide the |
352 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
353 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
354 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
355 | home. If the sexual predator's place of residence is a vessel, |
356 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
357 | sexual predator shall also provide the hull identification |
358 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
359 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
360 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
361 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
362 | (b) The sheriff's office shall, within 2 working days, |
363 | electronically submit and update all information provided by the |
364 | sexual predator to the department in a manner prescribed by the |
365 | department. This procedure shall be implemented by December 1, |
366 | 2005. |
367 | (9) IMMUNITY.--The department, the Department of Highway |
368 | Safety and Motor Vehicles, the Department of Corrections, the |
369 | Department of Juvenile Justice, any law enforcement agency in |
370 | this state, and the personnel of those departments; an elected |
371 | or appointed official, public employee, or school administrator; |
372 | or an employee, agency, or any individual or entity acting at |
373 | the request or upon the direction of any law enforcement agency |
374 | is immune from civil liability for damages for good faith |
375 | compliance with the requirements of this section or for the |
376 | release of information under this section, and shall be presumed |
377 | to have acted in good faith in compiling, recording, reporting, |
378 | or releasing the information. The presumption of good faith is |
379 | not overcome if a technical or clerical error is made by the |
380 | department, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, |
381 | the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile |
382 | Justice, the personnel of those departments, or any individual |
383 | or entity acting at the request or upon the direction of any of |
384 | those departments in compiling or providing information, or if |
385 | information is incomplete or incorrect because a sexual predator |
386 | fails to report or falsely reports his or her current place of |
387 | permanent or temporary residence. |
388 | (10) PENALTIES.-- |
389 | (b) A sexual predator who has been convicted of or found |
390 | to have committed, or has pled nolo contendere or guilty to, |
391 | regardless of adjudication, any violation, or attempted |
392 | violation, of s. 787.01, s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), where |
393 | the victim is a minor and the defendant is not the victim's |
394 | parent or guardian; s. 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10) (2), |
395 | (3), (4), (5), or (8); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s. |
396 | 800.04; s. 827.071; s. 847.0133; s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); |
397 | or a violation of a similar law of another jurisdiction when the |
398 | victim of the offense was a minor, and who works, whether for |
399 | compensation or as a volunteer, at any business, school, day |
400 | care center, park, playground, or other place where children |
401 | regularly congregate, commits a felony of the third degree, |
402 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
403 | Section 2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) and |
404 | subsections (2), (6), (10), (11), and (14) of section 943.0435, |
405 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
406 | 943.0435 Sexual offenders required to register with the |
407 | department; penalty.-- |
408 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
409 | (a)1. "Sexual offender" means a person who meets the |
410 | criteria in sub-subparagraph a., sub-subparagraph b., sub- |
411 | subparagraph c., or sub-subparagraph d. subparagraph 1., |
412 | subparagraph 2., or subparagraph 3., as follows: |
413 | a.(I)1.a. Has been convicted of committing, or attempting, |
414 | soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any of the criminal |
415 | offenses proscribed in the following statutes in this state or |
416 | similar offenses in another jurisdiction: s. 787.01, s. 787.02, |
417 | or s. 787.025(2)(c), where the victim is a minor and the |
418 | defendant is not the victim's parent or guardian; s. 794.011 |
419 | chapter 794, excluding s. ss. 794.011(10); s. 794.05 and |
420 | 794.0235; s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s. 800.04; s. 825.1025; s. |
421 | 827.071; s. 847.0133; s. 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(4); s. |
422 | 847.0137; s. 847.0138; s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or any |
423 | similar offense committed in this state which has been |
424 | redesignated from a former statute number to one of those listed |
425 | in this sub-sub-subparagraph sub-subparagraph; and |
426 | (II)b. Has been released on or after October 1, 1997, from |
427 | the sanction imposed for any conviction of an offense described |
428 | in sub-sub-subparagraph (I) sub-subparagraph a. For purposes of |
429 | sub-sub-subparagraph (I) sub-subparagraph a., a sanction imposed |
430 | in this state or in any other jurisdiction includes, but is not |
431 | limited to, a fine, probation, community control, parole, |
432 | conditional release, control release, or incarceration in a |
433 | state prison, federal prison, private correctional facility, or |
434 | local detention facility; |
435 | b.2. Establishes or maintains a residence in this state |
436 | and who has not been designated as a sexual predator by a court |
437 | of this state but who has been designated as a sexual predator, |
438 | as a sexually violent predator, or by another sexual offender |
439 | designation in another state or jurisdiction and was, as a |
440 | result of such designation, subjected to registration or |
441 | community or public notification, or both, or would be if the |
442 | person were a resident of that state or jurisdiction, without |
443 | regard to whether the person otherwise meets the criteria for |
444 | registration as a sexual offender; or |
445 | c.3. Establishes or maintains a residence in this state |
446 | who is in the custody or control of, or under the supervision |
447 | of, any other state or jurisdiction as a result of a conviction |
448 | for committing, or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to |
449 | commit, any of the criminal offenses proscribed in the following |
450 | statutes or similar offense in another jurisdiction: s. 787.01, |
451 | s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), where the victim is a minor and |
452 | the defendant is not the victim's parent or guardian; s. 794.011 |
453 | chapter 794, excluding s. ss. 794.011(10) and 794.0235; s. |
454 | 794.05; s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s. 800.04; s. 825.1025; s. |
455 | 827.071; s. 847.0133; s. 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(4); s. |
456 | 847.0137; s. 847.0138; s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or any |
457 | similar offense committed in this state which has been |
458 | redesignated from a former statute number to one of those listed |
459 | in this sub-subparagraph subparagraph. |
460 | d. On or after July 1, 2007, has been adjudicated |
461 | delinquent for committing, or attempting, soliciting, or |
462 | conspiring to commit such offense, any of the criminal offenses |
463 | proscribed in the following statutes in this state or similar |
464 | offenses in another jurisdiction when the juvenile was 14 years |
465 | of age or older at the time of the offense: |
466 | (I) Section 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); |
467 | (II) Section 800.04(4)(b) where the victim is less than 12 |
468 | years of age or where the court finds sexual activity by use of |
469 | force or coercion; |
470 | (III) Section 800.04(5)(c)1. where the court finds |
471 | molestation involving unclothed genitals; |
472 | (IV) Section 800.04(5)(d) where the court finds use of |
473 | force or coercion and unclothed genitals. |
474 | 2. For all qualifying offenses listed in sub-subparagraph |
475 | (1)(a)1.d., the court shall make a written finding of the age of |
476 | the offender at the time of the offense. |
477 |
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478 | For each violation of a qualifying offense listed in this |
479 | section, the court shall make a written finding of the age of |
480 | the victim at the time of the offense. For a violation of s. |
481 | 800.04(4), the court shall additionally make a written finding |
482 | indicating that the offense did or did not involve sexual |
483 | activity and indicating that the offense did or did not involve |
484 | force or coercion. For a violation of s. 800.04(5), the court |
485 | shall additionally make a written finding that the offense did |
486 | or did not involve unclothed genitals or genital area and that |
487 | the offense did or did not involve use of force or coercion. |
488 | (b) "Convicted" means that there has been a determination |
489 | of guilt as a result of a trial or the entry of a plea of guilty |
490 | or nolo contendere, regardless of whether adjudication is |
491 | withheld, and includes an adjudication of delinquency of a |
492 | juvenile as specified in this section. Conviction of a similar |
493 | offense includes, but is not limited to, a conviction by a |
494 | federal or military tribunal, including courts-martial conducted |
495 | by the Armed Forces of the United States, and includes a |
496 | conviction or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere |
497 | resulting in a sanction in any state of the United States or |
498 | other jurisdiction. A sanction includes, but is not limited to, |
499 | a fine, probation, community control, parole, conditional |
500 | release, control release, or incarceration in a state prison, |
501 | federal prison, private correctional facility, or local |
502 | detention facility. |
503 | (2) A sexual offender shall: |
504 | (a) Report in person at the sheriff's office: |
505 | 1. In the county in which the offender establishes or |
506 | maintains a permanent or temporary residence, within 48 hours |
507 | after: |
508 | a. Establishing permanent or temporary residence in this |
509 | state; or |
510 | b. within 48 hours after Being released from the custody, |
511 | control, or supervision of the Department of Corrections or from |
512 | the custody of a private correctional facility. |
513 | 2. In the county where he or she was convicted within 48 |
514 | hours after being convicted for a qualifying offense for |
515 | registration under this section if the offender is not in the |
516 | custody or control of, or under the supervision of, the |
517 | Department of Corrections, or is not in the custody of a private |
518 | correctional facility. |
519 | 3. Any change in the sexual offender's permanent or |
520 | temporary residence or name, after the sexual offender reports |
521 | in person at the sheriff's office, shall be accomplished in the |
522 | manner provided in subsections (4), (7), and (8). |
523 | (b) Provide his or her name, date of birth, social |
524 | security number, race, sex, height, weight, hair and eye color, |
525 | tattoos or other identifying marks, occupation and place of |
526 | employment, address of permanent or legal residence or address |
527 | of any current temporary residence, within the state and out of |
528 | state, including a rural route address and a post office box, |
529 | date and place of each conviction, and a brief description of |
530 | the crime or crimes committed by the offender. A post office box |
531 | shall not be provided in lieu of a physical residential address. |
532 | 1. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
533 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
534 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
535 | department through the sheriff's office written notice of the |
536 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
537 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
538 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
539 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
540 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
541 | sexual offender shall also provide to the department written |
542 | notice of the hull identification number; the manufacturer's |
543 | serial number; the name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or |
544 | houseboat; the registration number; and a description, including |
545 | color scheme, of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
546 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
547 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
548 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
549 | department through the sheriff's office the name, address, and |
550 | county of each institution, including each campus attended, and |
551 | the sexual offender's enrollment or employment status. Each |
552 | change in enrollment or employment status shall be reported in |
553 | person at the sheriff's office, within 48 hours after any change |
554 | in status. The sheriff shall promptly notify each institution of |
555 | the sexual offender's presence and any change in the sexual |
556 | offender's enrollment or employment status. |
557 |
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558 | When a sexual offender reports at the sheriff's office, the |
559 | sheriff shall take a photograph and a set of fingerprints of the |
560 | offender and forward the photographs and fingerprints to the |
561 | department, along with the information provided by the sexual |
562 | offender. The sheriff shall promptly provide to the department |
563 | the information received from the sexual offender. |
564 | (6) County and local law enforcement agencies, in |
565 | conjunction with the department, shall verify the addresses of |
566 | sexual offenders who are not under the care, custody, control, |
567 | or supervision of the Department of Corrections in a manner that |
568 | is consistent with the provisions of the federal Adam Walsh |
569 | Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-248, |
570 | Jacob Wetterling Act, as amended, and any other federal |
571 | standards applicable to such verification or required to be met |
572 | as a condition for the receipt of federal funds by the state. |
573 | Local law enforcement agencies shall report to the department |
574 | any failure by a sexual offender to comply with registration |
575 | requirements. |
576 | (10) The department, the Department of Highway Safety and |
577 | Motor Vehicles, the Department of Corrections, the Department of |
578 | Juvenile Justice, any law enforcement agency in this state, and |
579 | the personnel of those departments; an elected or appointed |
580 | official, public employee, or school administrator; or an |
581 | employee, agency, or any individual or entity acting at the |
582 | request or upon the direction of any law enforcement agency is |
583 | immune from civil liability for damages for good faith |
584 | compliance with the requirements of this section or for the |
585 | release of information under this section, and shall be presumed |
586 | to have acted in good faith in compiling, recording, reporting, |
587 | or releasing the information. The presumption of good faith is |
588 | not overcome if a technical or clerical error is made by the |
589 | department, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, |
590 | the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile |
591 | Justice, the personnel of those departments, or any individual |
592 | or entity acting at the request or upon the direction of any of |
593 | those departments in compiling or providing information, or if |
594 | information is incomplete or incorrect because a sexual offender |
595 | fails to report or falsely reports his or her current place of |
596 | permanent or temporary residence. |
597 | (11) Except as provided in s. 943.04354, a sexual offender |
598 | must maintain registration with the department for the duration |
599 | of his or her life, unless the sexual offender has received a |
600 | full pardon or has had a conviction set aside in a |
601 | postconviction proceeding for any offense that meets the |
602 | criteria for classifying the person as a sexual offender for |
603 | purposes of registration. However, a sexual offender: |
604 | (a)1. Who has been lawfully released from confinement, |
605 | supervision, or sanction, whichever is later, for at least 25 20 |
606 | years and has not been arrested for any felony or misdemeanor |
607 | offense since release, provided that the sexual offender's |
608 | requirement to register was not based upon an adult conviction |
609 | for: |
610 | a. A violation of s. 787.01 or s. 787.02; |
611 | b. A violation of s. 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); |
612 | c. A violation of s. 800.04(4)(b) where the court finds |
613 | the offense involved a victim less than 12 years of age or |
614 | sexual activity by force or coercion; |
615 | d. A violation of s. 800.04(5)(b); |
616 | e. A violation of s. 800.04(5)(c)2. where the court finds |
617 | the offense involved unclothed genitals or genital area; |
618 | f. Any attempt or conspiracy to commit any such offense; |
619 | or |
620 | g. A violation of similar law of another jurisdiction,; or |
621 | (b) Who was 18 years of age or under at the time the |
622 | offense was committed and the victim was 12 years of age or |
623 | older and adjudication was withheld for that offense, who is |
624 | released from all sanctions, who has had 10 years elapse since |
625 | having been placed on probation, and who has not been arrested |
626 | for any felony or misdemeanor offense since the date of |
627 | conviction of the qualifying offense |
628 |
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629 | may petition the criminal division of the circuit court of the |
630 | circuit in which the sexual offender resides for the purpose of |
631 | removing the requirement for registration as a sexual offender. |
632 | 2. The court may grant or deny such relief if the offender |
633 | demonstrates to the court that he or she has not been arrested |
634 | for any crime since release; the requested relief complies with |
635 | the provisions of the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and |
636 | Safety Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-248, Jacob Wetterling Act, |
637 | as amended, and any other federal standards applicable to the |
638 | removal of registration requirements for a sexual offender or |
639 | required to be met as a condition for the receipt of federal |
640 | funds by the state; and the court is otherwise satisfied that |
641 | the offender is not a current or potential threat to public |
642 | safety. The state attorney in the circuit in which the petition |
643 | is filed must be given notice of the petition at least 3 weeks |
644 | before the hearing on the matter. The state attorney may present |
645 | evidence in opposition to the requested relief or may otherwise |
646 | demonstrate the reasons why the petition should be denied. If |
647 | the court denies the petition, the court may set a future date |
648 | at which the sexual offender may again petition the court for |
649 | relief, subject to the standards for relief provided in this |
650 | subsection. |
651 | 3. The department shall remove an offender from |
652 | classification as a sexual offender for purposes of registration |
653 | if the offender provides to the department a certified copy of |
654 | the court's written findings or order that indicates that the |
655 | offender is no longer required to comply with the requirements |
656 | for registration as a sexual offender. |
657 | (b)(c) As defined in sub-subparagraph (1)(a)1.b. |
658 | subparagraph (1)(a)2. must maintain registration with the |
659 | department for the duration of his or her life until the person |
660 | provides the department with an order issued by the court that |
661 | designated the person as a sexual predator, as a sexually |
662 | violent predator, or by another sexual offender designation in |
663 | the state or jurisdiction in which the order was issued which |
664 | states that such designation has been removed or demonstrates to |
665 | the department that such designation, if not imposed by a court, |
666 | has been removed by operation of law or court order in the state |
667 | or jurisdiction in which the designation was made, and provided |
668 | such person no longer meets the criteria for registration as a |
669 | sexual offender under the laws of this state. |
670 | (14)(a) A sexual offender must report in person each year |
671 | during the month of the sexual offender's birthday and during |
672 | the sixth month following the sexual offender's birth month to |
673 | the sheriff's office in the county in which he or she resides or |
674 | is otherwise located to reregister. |
675 | (b) However, a sexual offender who is required to register |
676 | as a result of a conviction for: |
677 | 1. Section 787.01 or s. 787.02 where the victim is a minor |
678 | and the offender is not the victim's parent or guardian; |
679 | 2. Section 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); |
680 | 3. Section 800.04(4)(b) where the court finds the offense |
681 | involved a victim less than 12 years of age or sexual activity |
682 | by use of force or coercion; |
683 | 4. Section 800.04(5)(b); |
684 | 5. Section 800.04(5)(c)1. where the court finds |
685 | molestation involving unclothed genitals or genital area; |
686 | 6. Section 800.04(5)(c)2. where the court finds |
687 | molestation involving unclothed genitals or genital area; |
688 | 7. Section 800.04(5)(d) where the court finds use of force |
689 | or coercion and unclothed genitals or genital area; |
690 | 8. Any attempt or conspiracy to commit such offense; or |
691 | 9. A violation of a similar law of another jurisdiction |
692 |
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693 | must reregister each year during the month of the sexual |
694 | offender's birthday and every third month thereafter. |
695 | (c) The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
696 | times and days for reporting by the sexual offender, which shall |
697 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this subsection |
698 | paragraph. Reregistration shall include any changes to the |
699 | following information: |
700 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
701 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
702 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
703 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
704 | route address and a post office box; date and place of any |
705 | employment; vehicle make, model, color, and license tag number; |
706 | fingerprints; and photograph. A post office box shall not be |
707 | provided in lieu of a physical residential address. |
708 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
709 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
710 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
711 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
712 | including each campus attended, and the sexual offender's |
713 | enrollment or employment status. |
714 | 3. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
715 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
716 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide the |
717 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
718 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
719 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
720 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
721 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
722 | sexual offender shall also provide the hull identification |
723 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
724 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
725 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
726 | vessel, live-aboard vessel or houseboat. |
727 | 4. Any sexual offender who fails to report in person as |
728 | required at the sheriff's office, or who fails to respond to any |
729 | address verification correspondence from the department within 3 |
730 | weeks of the date of the correspondence, commits a felony of the |
731 | third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, |
732 | or s. 775.084. |
733 | (d)(b) The sheriff's office shall, within 2 working days, |
734 | electronically submit and update all information provided by the |
735 | sexual offender to the department in a manner prescribed by the |
736 | department. This procedure shall be implemented by December 1, |
737 | 2005. |
738 | Section 3. Section 943.04354, Florida Statutes, is created |
739 | to read: |
740 | 943.04354 Removal of sexual offender or predator |
741 | registration requirement in special circumstances.-- |
742 | (1) For purposes of this section, a person shall be |
743 | considered for removal of the requirement to register as a |
744 | sexual offender or sexual predator only if the person: |
745 | (a) Was or will be convicted or adjudicated delinquent of |
746 | a violation of s. 794.011 or s. 800.04, or the person committed |
747 | a violation of s. 794.011 or s. 800.04 for which adjudication of |
748 | guilt was or will be withheld, and the person does not have any |
749 | other conviction, adjudication of delinquency, or withholding of |
750 | adjudication of guilt for a violation of s. 794.011 or s. |
751 | 800.04; |
752 | (b) Is required to register as a sexual offender or sexual |
753 | predator solely on the basis of this violation; and |
754 | (c) Is not more than 4 years older than the victim of this |
755 | violation who was 14 years of age or older but not more than 17 |
756 | years of age at the time the person committed this violation. |
757 | (2) If a person meets the criteria in subsection (1) and |
758 | the violation of s. 794.011 or s. 800.04 was committed on or |
759 | after July 1, 2007, the person may move the court that will |
760 | sentence or dispose of this violation to remove the requirement |
761 | that the person register as a sexual offender or sexual |
762 | predator. The person must allege in the motion that he or she |
763 | meets the criteria in subsection (1) and that removal of the |
764 | registration requirement will not conflict with federal law. The |
765 | state attorney must be given notice of the motion at least 21 |
766 | days before the date of sentencing or disposition of this |
767 | violation, and may present evidence in opposition to the |
768 | requested relief or may otherwise demonstrate why the motion |
769 | should be denied. At sentencing or disposition of this |
770 | violation, the court shall rule on this motion and, if the court |
771 | determines the person meets the criteria in subsection (1) and |
772 | the removal of the registration requirement will not conflict |
773 | with federal law, it may grant the motion and order the removal |
774 | of the registration requirement. If the court denies the motion, |
775 | the person is not authorized under this section to petition for |
776 | removal of the registration requirement. |
777 | (3)(a) This subsection applies to a person who: |
778 | 1. Is not a person described in subsection (2) because the |
779 | violation of s. 794.011 or s. 800.04 was not committed on or |
780 | after July 1, 2007; |
781 | 2. Is subject to registration as a sexual offender or |
782 | sexual predator for a violation of s. 794.011 or s. 800.04; and |
783 | 3. Meets the criteria in subsection (1). |
784 | (b) A person may petition the court in which the sentence |
785 | or disposition for the violation of s. 794.011 or s. 800.04 |
786 | occurred for removal of the requirement to register as a sexual |
787 | offender or sexual predator. The person must allege in the |
788 | petition that he or she meets the criteria in subsection (1) and |
789 | removal of the registration requirement will not conflict with |
790 | federal law. The state attorney must be given notice of the |
791 | petition at least 21 days before the hearing on the petition |
792 | and, may present evidence in opposition to the requested relief |
793 | or may otherwise demonstrate why the petition should be denied. |
794 | The court shall rule on the petition and, if the court |
795 | determines the person meets the criteria in subsection (1) and |
796 | removal of the registration requirement will not conflict with |
797 | federal law, it may grant the petition and order the removal of |
798 | the registration requirement. If the court denies the petition, |
799 | the person is not authorized under this section to file any |
800 | further petition for removal of the registration requirement. |
801 | (4) If a person provides to the department a certified |
802 | copy of the court's order removing the requirement that the |
803 | person register as a sexual offender or sexual predator for the |
804 | violation of s. 794.011 or s. 800.04, the registration |
805 | requirement will not apply to the person and the department |
806 | shall remove all information about the person from the public |
807 | registry of sexual offenders and sexual predators maintained by |
808 | the department. However, the removal of this information from |
809 | the public registry does not mean that the public is denied |
810 | access to information about the person's criminal history or |
811 | record that is otherwise available as a public record. |
812 | Section 4. Section 943.44353, Florida Statutes, is created |
813 | to read: |
814 | 943.44353 Automatic notification of registration |
815 | information regarding sexual predators and offenders.-- |
816 | (1) No later than January 1, 2008, the department shall |
817 | develop and maintain a system to provide automatic notification |
818 | of registration information regarding sexual predators and |
819 | sexual offenders to the public. |
820 | (2) In accordance with the federal Adam Walsh Child |
821 | Protection and Safety Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-248, schools, |
822 | public housing agencies, agencies responsible for conducting |
823 | employment-related background checks under s. 3 of the National |
824 | Child Protection Act of 1993, 42 U.S.C. s. 5119a, as amended, |
825 | social service entities responsible for protecting minors in the |
826 | child welfare system, volunteer organizations in which contact |
827 | with minors or other vulnerable individuals might occur, and any |
828 | other such organization, company, or individual shall have |
829 | access to the notification system. |
830 | Section 5. Subsection (3) is added to section 943.0515, |
831 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
832 | 943.0515 Retention of criminal history records of |
833 | minors.-- |
834 | (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, |
835 | the Criminal Justice Information Program shall retain the |
836 | criminal history record of a minor adjudicated delinquent for a |
837 | violation committed on or after July 1, 2007, as provided in s. |
838 | 943.0435(1)(a)1.d. Such records shall not be destroyed and must |
839 | be merged with the person's adult criminal history record and |
840 | retained as a part of the person's adult record. |
841 | Section 6. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and paragraph |
842 | (a) of subsection (3) of section 944.606, Florida Statutes, are |
843 | amended to read: |
844 | 944.606 Sexual offenders; notification upon release.-- |
845 | (1) As used in this section: |
846 | (b) "Sexual offender" means a person who has been |
847 | convicted of committing, or attempting, soliciting, or |
848 | conspiring to commit, any of the criminal offenses proscribed in |
849 | the following statutes in this state or similar offenses in |
850 | another jurisdiction: s. 787.01, s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), |
851 | where the victim is a minor and the defendant is not the |
852 | victim's parent or guardian; s. 794.011 chapter 794, excluding |
853 | s. ss. 794.011(10); s. 794.05 and 794.0235; s. 796.03; s. |
854 | 796.035; s. 800.04; s. 825.1025; s. 827.071; s. 847.0133; s. |
855 | 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(4); s. 847.0137; s. 847.0138; s. |
856 | 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or any similar offense committed in |
857 | this state which has been redesignated from a former statute |
858 | number to one of those listed in this subsection, when the |
859 | department has received verified information regarding such |
860 | conviction; an offender's computerized criminal history record |
861 | is not, in and of itself, verified information. |
862 | (3)(a) The department must provide information regarding |
863 | any sexual offender who is being released after serving a period |
864 | of incarceration for any offense, as follows: |
865 | 1. The department must provide: the sexual offender's |
866 | name, any change in the offender's name by reason of marriage or |
867 | other legal process, and any alias, if known; the correctional |
868 | facility from which the sexual offender is released; the sexual |
869 | offender's social security number, race, sex, date of birth, |
870 | height, weight, and hair and eye color; date and county of |
871 | sentence and each crime for which the offender was sentenced; a |
872 | copy of the offender's fingerprints and a digitized photograph |
873 | taken within 60 days before release; the date of release of the |
874 | sexual offender; and the offender's intended residence address, |
875 | if known. The department shall notify the Department of Law |
876 | Enforcement if the sexual offender escapes, absconds, or dies. |
877 | If the sexual offender is in the custody of a private |
878 | correctional facility, the facility shall take the digitized |
879 | photograph of the sexual offender within 60 days before the |
880 | sexual offender's release and provide this photograph to the |
881 | Department of Corrections and also place it in the sexual |
882 | offender's file. If the sexual offender is in the custody of a |
883 | local jail, the custodian of the local jail shall register the |
884 | offender within 3 business days after intake of the offender for |
885 | any reason and again upon release and notify the Department of |
886 | Law Enforcement of the sexual offender's release and provide to |
887 | the Department of Law Enforcement the information specified in |
888 | this paragraph and any information specified in subparagraph 2. |
889 | that the Department of Law Enforcement requests. |
890 | 2. The department may provide any other information deemed |
891 | necessary, including criminal and corrections records, |
892 | nonprivileged personnel and treatment records, when available. |
893 | Section 7. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and subsections |
894 | (3), (4), (7), (11), and (13) of section 944.607, Florida |
895 | Statutes, are amended to read: |
896 | 944.607 Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of |
897 | information on sexual offenders.-- |
898 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
899 | (a) "Sexual offender" means a person who is in the custody |
900 | or control of, or under the supervision of, the department or is |
901 | in the custody of a private correctional facility: |
902 | 1. On or after October 1, 1997, as a result of a |
903 | conviction for committing, or attempting, soliciting, or |
904 | conspiring to commit, any of the criminal offenses proscribed in |
905 | the following statutes in this state or similar offenses in |
906 | another jurisdiction: s. 787.01, s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), |
907 | where the victim is a minor and the defendant is not the |
908 | victim's parent or guardian; s. 794.011 chapter 794, excluding |
909 | s. ss. 794.011(10); s. 794.05 and 794.0235; s. 796.03; s. |
910 | 796.035; s. 800.04; s. 825.1025; s. 827.071; s. 847.0133; s. |
911 | 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(4); s. 847.0137; s. 847.0138; s. |
912 | 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or any similar offense committed in |
913 | this state which has been redesignated from a former statute |
914 | number to one of those listed in this paragraph; or |
915 | 2. Who establishes or maintains a residence in this state |
916 | and who has not been designated as a sexual predator by a court |
917 | of this state but who has been designated as a sexual predator, |
918 | as a sexually violent predator, or by another sexual offender |
919 | designation in another state or jurisdiction and was, as a |
920 | result of such designation, subjected to registration or |
921 | community or public notification, or both, or would be if the |
922 | person were a resident of that state or jurisdiction, without |
923 | regard as to whether the person otherwise meets the criteria for |
924 | registration as a sexual offender. |
925 | (3) If a sexual offender is not sentenced to a term of |
926 | imprisonment, the clerk of the court shall ensure that the |
927 | sexual offender's fingerprints are taken and forwarded to the |
928 | Department of Law Enforcement within 48 hours after the court |
929 | sentences the offender. The fingerprint card shall be clearly |
930 | marked "Sexual Offender Registration Card." |
931 | (4) A sexual offender, as described in this section, who |
932 | is under the supervision of the Department of Corrections but is |
933 | not incarcerated must register with the Department of |
934 | Corrections within 3 business days after sentencing for a |
935 | registerable offense and otherwise provide information as |
936 | required by this subsection. |
937 | (a) The sexual offender shall provide his or her name; |
938 | date of birth; social security number; race; sex; height; |
939 | weight; hair and eye color; tattoos or other identifying marks; |
940 | and permanent or legal residence and address of temporary |
941 | residence within the state or out of state while the sexual |
942 | offender is under supervision in this state, including any rural |
943 | route address or post office box. The Department of Corrections |
944 | shall verify the address of each sexual offender in the manner |
945 | described in ss. 775.21 and 943.0435. The department shall |
946 | report to the Department of Law Enforcement any failure by a |
947 | sexual predator or sexual offender to comply with registration |
948 | requirements. |
949 | (b) If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
950 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
951 | this state, the sexual offender shall provide the name, address, |
952 | and county of each institution, including each campus attended, |
953 | and the sexual offender's enrollment or employment status. Each |
954 | change in enrollment or employment status shall be reported to |
955 | the department within 48 hours after the change in status. The |
956 | Department of Corrections shall promptly notify each institution |
957 | of the sexual offender's presence and any change in the sexual |
958 | offender's enrollment or employment status. |
959 | (7) If the sexual offender is in the custody of a local |
960 | jail, the custodian of the local jail shall register the |
961 | offender within 3 business days of intake of the offender for |
962 | any reason and again upon release and forward the information to |
963 | the Department of Law Enforcement. The custodian of the local |
964 | jail shall also take a digitized photograph of the sexual |
965 | offender while the offender remains in custody and shall provide |
966 | the digitized photograph to the Department of Law Enforcement. |
967 | (11) The department, the Department of Highway Safety and |
968 | Motor Vehicles, the Department of Law Enforcement, the |
969 | Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, |
970 | personnel of those departments, and any individual or entity |
971 | acting at the request or upon the direction of those departments |
972 | are immune from civil liability for damages for good faith |
973 | compliance with this section, and shall be presumed to have |
974 | acted in good faith in compiling, recording, reporting, or |
975 | providing information. The presumption of good faith is not |
976 | overcome if technical or clerical errors are made by the |
977 | department, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, |
978 | the Department of Law Enforcement, the Department of Juvenile |
979 | Justice, personnel of those departments, or any individual or |
980 | entity acting at the request or upon the direction of those |
981 | departments in compiling, recording, reporting, or providing |
982 | information, or, if the information is incomplete or incorrect |
983 | because the information has not been provided by a person or |
984 | agency required to provide the information, or because the |
985 | information was not reported or was falsely reported. |
986 | (13)(a) A sexual offender must report in person each year |
987 | during the month of the sexual offender's birthday and during |
988 | the sixth month following the sexual offender's birth month to |
989 | the sheriff's office in the county in which he or she resides or |
990 | is otherwise located to reregister. |
991 | (b) However, a sexual offender who is required to register |
992 | as a result of a conviction for: |
993 | 1. Section 787.01 or s. 787.02 where the victim is a minor |
994 | and the offender is not the victim's parent or guardian; |
995 | 2. Section 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); |
996 | 3. Section 800.04(4)(b) where the victim is less than 12 |
997 | years of age or where the court finds sexual activity by use of |
998 | force or coercion; |
999 | 4. Section 800.04(5)(b); |
1000 | 5. Section 800.04(5)(c)1. where the court finds |
1001 | molestation involving unclothed genitals or genital area; |
1002 | 6. Section 800.04(5)(c)2. where the court finds |
1003 | molestation involving unclothed genitals or genital area; |
1004 | 7. Section 800.04(5)(d) where the court finds use of force |
1005 | or coercion and unclothed genitals or genital area; |
1006 | 8. Any attempt or conspiracy to commit such offense; or |
1007 | 9. A violation of a similar law of another jurisdiction |
1008 |
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1009 | must reregister each year during the month of the sexual |
1010 | offender's birthday and every third month thereafter. |
1011 | (c) The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
1012 | times and days for reporting by the sexual offender, which shall |
1013 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this subsection |
1014 | paragraph. Reregistration shall include any changes to the |
1015 | following information: |
1016 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
1017 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
1018 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
1019 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
1020 | route address and a post office box; date and place of any |
1021 | employment; vehicle make, model, color, and license tag number; |
1022 | fingerprints; and photograph. A post office box shall not be |
1023 | provided in lieu of a physical residential address. |
1024 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
1025 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
1026 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
1027 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
1028 | including each campus attended, and the sexual offender's |
1029 | enrollment or employment status. |
1030 | 3. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
1031 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
1032 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide the |
1033 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
1034 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
1035 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
1036 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
1037 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
1038 | sexual offender shall also provide the hull identification |
1039 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
1040 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
1041 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
1042 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
1043 | 4. Any sexual offender who fails to report in person as |
1044 | required at the sheriff's office, or who fails to respond to any |
1045 | address verification correspondence from the department within 3 |
1046 | weeks of the date of the correspondence, commits a felony of the |
1047 | third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, |
1048 | and s. 775.084. |
1049 | (d)(b) The sheriff's office shall, within 2 working days, |
1050 | electronically submit and update all information provided by the |
1051 | sexual offender to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in |
1052 | a manner prescribed by the Florida Department of Law |
1053 | Enforcement. This procedure shall be implemented by December 1, |
1054 | 2005. |
1055 | Section 8. Subsection (9) of section 947.005, Florida |
1056 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
1057 | 947.005 Definitions.--As used in this chapter, unless the |
1058 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
1059 | (9) "Qualified practitioner" means a psychiatrist licensed |
1060 | under chapter 458 or chapter 459, a psychologist licensed under |
1061 | chapter 490, or a social worker, a mental health counselor, or a |
1062 | marriage and family therapist licensed under chapter 491 who |
1063 | practices in accordance with his or her respective practice act, |
1064 | as determined by rule of the respective boards, has the |
1065 | coursework, training, qualifications, and experience to evaluate |
1066 | and treat sex offenders. |
1067 | Section 9. Subsection (6) of section 948.001, Florida |
1068 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
1069 | 948.001 Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the term: |
1070 | (6) "Qualified practitioner" means a psychiatrist licensed |
1071 | under chapter 458 or chapter 459, a psychologist licensed under |
1072 | chapter 490, or a social worker, a mental health counselor, or a |
1073 | marriage and family therapist licensed under chapter 491 who |
1074 | practices in accordance with his or her respective practice act, |
1075 | as determined by rule of the respective boards, has the |
1076 | coursework, training, qualifications, and experience to evaluate |
1077 | and treat sex offenders. |
1078 | Section 10. Subsection (6) of section 985.04, Florida |
1079 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
1080 | 985.04 Oaths; records; confidential information.-- |
1081 | (6)(a) Records maintained by the department, including |
1082 | copies of records maintained by the court, which pertain to a |
1083 | child found to have committed a delinquent act which, if |
1084 | committed by an adult, would be a crime specified in ss. 435.03 |
1085 | and 435.04 may not be destroyed under this section for a period |
1086 | of 25 years after the youth's final referral to the department, |
1087 | except in cases of the death of the child. Such records, |
1088 | however, shall be sealed by the court for use only in meeting |
1089 | the screening requirements for personnel in s. 402.3055 and the |
1090 | other sections cited above, or under departmental rule; however, |
1091 | current criminal history information must be obtained from the |
1092 | Department of Law Enforcement in accordance with s. 943.053. The |
1093 | information shall be released to those persons specified in the |
1094 | above cited sections for the purposes of complying with those |
1095 | sections. The court may punish by contempt any person who |
1096 | releases or uses the records for any unauthorized purpose. |
1097 | (b) Sexual offender and predator registration information |
1098 | as required in ss. 775.21, 943.0435, 944.606, 944.607, 985.481, |
1099 | and 985.4815 is public record pursuant to s. 119.07(1), s. |
1100 | 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, and as otherwise |
1101 | provided by law. |
1102 | Section 11. Subsection (2) of section 985.045, Florida |
1103 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
1104 | 985.045 Court records.-- |
1105 | (2) The clerk shall keep all official records required by |
1106 | this section separate from other records of the circuit court, |
1107 | except those records pertaining to motor vehicle violations, |
1108 | which shall be forwarded to the Department of Highway Safety and |
1109 | Motor Vehicles. Except as provided in ss. 943.053, 985.04(6)(b), |
1110 | and 985.04(7), official records required by this chapter are not |
1111 | open to inspection by the public, but may be inspected only upon |
1112 | order of the court by persons deemed by the court to have a |
1113 | proper interest therein, except that a child and the parents, |
1114 | guardians, or legal custodians of the child and their attorneys, |
1115 | law enforcement agencies, the Department of Juvenile Justice and |
1116 | its designees, the Parole Commission, the Department of |
1117 | Corrections, and the Justice Administrative Commission shall |
1118 | always have the right to inspect and copy any official record |
1119 | pertaining to the child. The court may permit authorized |
1120 | representatives of recognized organizations compiling statistics |
1121 | for proper purposes to inspect, and make abstracts from, |
1122 | official records under whatever conditions upon the use and |
1123 | disposition of such records the court may deem proper and may |
1124 | punish by contempt proceedings any violation of those |
1125 | conditions. |
1126 | Section 12. Section 985.481, Florida Statutes, is created |
1127 | to read: |
1128 | 985.481 Sexual offenders adjudicated delinquent; |
1129 | notification upon release.-- |
1130 | (1) As used in this section: |
1131 | (a) "Convicted" has the same meaning as provided in s. |
1132 | 943.0435. |
1133 | (b) "Sexual offender" means a person who has been |
1134 | adjudicated delinquent as provided in s. 943.0435(1)(a)1.d. |
1135 | (2) The Legislature finds that certain juvenile sexual |
1136 | offenders pose a high risk of engaging in sexual offenses even |
1137 | after being released from commitment and that protection of the |
1138 | public from sexual offenders is a paramount governmental |
1139 | interest. Sexual offenders have a reduced expectation of privacy |
1140 | because of the public's interest in public safety and in the |
1141 | effective operation of government. Releasing sexual offender |
1142 | information to law enforcement agencies, to persons who request |
1143 | such information, and to the public by a law enforcement agency |
1144 | or public agency will further the governmental interests of |
1145 | public safety. |
1146 | (3)(a) The department must provide information regarding |
1147 | any sexual offender who is being released after serving a period |
1148 | of residential commitment under the department for any offense, |
1149 | as follows: |
1150 | 1. The department must provide the sexual offender's name, |
1151 | any change in the offender's name by reason of marriage or other |
1152 | legal process, and any alias, if known; the correctional |
1153 | facility from which the sexual offender is released; the sexual |
1154 | offender's social security number, race, sex, date of birth, |
1155 | height, weight, and hair and eye color; the date and county of |
1156 | disposition and each crime for which there was a disposition; a |
1157 | copy of the offender's fingerprints and a digitized photograph |
1158 | taken within 60 days before release; the date of release of the |
1159 | sexual offender; and the offender's intended residence address, |
1160 | if known. The department shall notify the Department of Law |
1161 | Enforcement if the sexual offender escapes, absconds, or dies. |
1162 | If the sexual offender is in the custody of a private |
1163 | correctional facility, the facility shall take the digitized |
1164 | photograph of the sexual offender within 60 days before the |
1165 | sexual offender's release and also place it in the sexual |
1166 | offender's file. If the sexual offender is in the custody of a |
1167 | local jail, the custodian of the local jail shall register the |
1168 | offender within 3 business days after intake of the offender for |
1169 | any reason and again upon release and notify the Department of |
1170 | Law Enforcement of the sexual offender's release and provide to |
1171 | the Department of Law Enforcement the information specified in |
1172 | this subparagraph and any information specified in subparagraph |
1173 | 2. that the Department of Law Enforcement requests. |
1174 | 2. The department may provide any other information deemed |
1175 | necessary, including criminal and delinquency records, when |
1176 | available. |
1177 | (b) The department must provide the information described |
1178 | in subparagraph (a)1. to the Department of Law Enforcement. No |
1179 | later than November 1, 2007, all such information provided to |
1180 | the Department of Law Enforcement must be available |
1181 | electronically as soon as the information is in the agency's |
1182 | database and must be in a format that is compatible with the |
1183 | requirements of the Florida Crime Information Center. |
1184 | (c) Upon receiving information regarding a sexual offender |
1185 | from the department, the Department of Law Enforcement, the |
1186 | sheriff, or the chief of police shall provide the information |
1187 | described in subparagraph (a)1. to any individual who requests |
1188 | such information and may release the information to the public |
1189 | in any manner deemed appropriate, unless the information so |
1190 | received is confidential or exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. |
1191 | 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. |
1192 | (4) This section authorizes the department or any law |
1193 | enforcement agency to notify the community and the public of a |
1194 | sexual offender's presence in the community. However, with |
1195 | respect to a sexual offender who has been found to be a sexual |
1196 | predator under chapter 775, the Department of Law Enforcement or |
1197 | any other law enforcement agency must inform the community and |
1198 | the public of the sexual predator's presence in the community as |
1199 | provided in chapter 775. |
1200 | (5) An elected or appointed official, public employee, |
1201 | school administrator or employee, or agency, or any individual |
1202 | or entity acting at the request or upon the direction of any law |
1203 | enforcement agency, is immune from civil liability for damages |
1204 | resulting from the release of information under this section. |
1205 | Section 13. Section 985.4815, Florida Statutes, is created |
1206 | to read: |
1207 | 985.4815 Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of |
1208 | information on juvenile sexual offenders.-- |
1209 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
1210 | (a) "Change in enrollment or employment status" means the |
1211 | commencement or termination of enrollment or employment or a |
1212 | change in location of enrollment or employment. |
1213 | (b) "Conviction" has the same meaning as provided in s. |
1214 | 943.0435. |
1215 | (c) "Institution of higher education" means a career |
1216 | center, community college, college, state university, or |
1217 | independent postsecondary institution. |
1218 | (d) "Sexual offender" means a person who is in the care or |
1219 | custody or under the jurisdiction or supervision of the |
1220 | department or is in the custody of a private correctional |
1221 | facility and who: |
1222 | 1. Has been adjudicated delinquent as provided in s. |
1223 | 943.0435(1)(a)1.d.; or |
1224 | 2. Establishes or maintains a residence in this state and |
1225 | has not been designated as a sexual predator by a court of this |
1226 | state but has been designated as a sexual predator, as a |
1227 | sexually violent predator, or by another sexual offender |
1228 | designation in another state or jurisdiction and was, as a |
1229 | result of such designation, subjected to registration or |
1230 | community or public notification, or both, or would be if the |
1231 | person were a resident of that state or jurisdiction, without |
1232 | regard to whether the person otherwise meets the criteria for |
1233 | registration as a sexual offender. |
1234 | (2) The clerk of the court that adjudicated and entered a |
1235 | disposition regarding the sexual offender for the offense or |
1236 | offenses for which he or she was convicted shall forward to the |
1237 | department and the Department of Law Enforcement a certified |
1238 | copy of any order entered by the court imposing any special |
1239 | condition or restriction on the sexual offender that restricts |
1240 | or prohibits access to the victim, if the victim is a minor, or |
1241 | to other minors. The Department of Law Enforcement may include |
1242 | on its Internet website such special conditions or restrictions. |
1243 | (3) If a sexual offender is not sentenced to a term of |
1244 | residential commitment, the clerk of the court shall ensure that |
1245 | the sexual offender's fingerprints are taken and forwarded to |
1246 | the Department of Law Enforcement within 48 hours after the |
1247 | court sentences the offender. The fingerprint card shall be |
1248 | clearly marked "Sexual Offender Registration Card." |
1249 | (4) A sexual offender, as described in this section, who |
1250 | is under the supervision of the department but is not committed |
1251 | must register with the department within 3 business days after |
1252 | adjudication and disposition for a registerable offense and |
1253 | otherwise provide information as required by this subsection. |
1254 | (a) The sexual offender shall provide his or her name; |
1255 | date of birth; social security number; race; sex; height; |
1256 | weight; hair and eye color; tattoos or other identifying marks; |
1257 | and permanent or legal residence and address of temporary |
1258 | residence within the state or out of state while the sexual |
1259 | offender is in the care or custody or under the jurisdiction or |
1260 | supervision of the department in this state, including any rural |
1261 | route address or post office box, and the name and address of |
1262 | each school attended. The department shall verify the address of |
1263 | each sexual offender and shall report to the Department of Law |
1264 | Enforcement any failure by a sexual offender to comply with |
1265 | registration requirements. |
1266 | (b) If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
1267 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
1268 | this state, the sexual offender shall provide the name, address, |
1269 | and county of each institution, including each campus attended, |
1270 | and the sexual offender's enrollment or employment status. Each |
1271 | change in enrollment or employment status shall be reported to |
1272 | the department within 48 hours after the change in status. The |
1273 | department shall promptly notify each institution of the sexual |
1274 | offender's presence and any change in the sexual offender's |
1275 | enrollment or employment status. |
1276 | (5) In addition to notification and transmittal |
1277 | requirements imposed by any other provision of law, the |
1278 | department shall compile information on any sexual offender and |
1279 | provide the information to the Department of Law Enforcement. No |
1280 | later than November 1, 2007, the information shall be made |
1281 | available electronically to the Department of Law Enforcement as |
1282 | soon as this information is in the department's database and |
1283 | must be in a format that is compatible with the requirements of |
1284 | the Florida Crime Information Center. |
1285 | (6)(a) The information provided to the Department of Law |
1286 | Enforcement must include the following: |
1287 | 1. The information obtained from the sexual offender under |
1288 | subsection (4). |
1289 | 2. The sexual offender's most current address and place of |
1290 | permanent or temporary residence within the state or out of |
1291 | state while the sexual offender is in the care or custody or |
1292 | under the jurisdiction or supervision of the department in this |
1293 | state, including the name of the county or municipality in which |
1294 | the offender permanently or temporarily resides and, if known, |
1295 | the intended place of permanent or temporary residence upon |
1296 | satisfaction of all sanctions. |
1297 | 3. The legal status of the sexual offender and the |
1298 | scheduled termination date of that legal status. |
1299 | 4. The location of, and local telephone number for, any |
1300 | department office that is responsible for supervising the sexual |
1301 | offender. |
1302 | 5. An indication of whether the victim of the offense that |
1303 | resulted in the offender's status as a sexual offender was a |
1304 | minor. |
1305 | 6. The offense or offenses at adjudication and disposition |
1306 | that resulted in the determination of the offender's status as a |
1307 | sexual offender. |
1308 | 7. A digitized photograph of the sexual offender, which |
1309 | must have been taken within 60 days before the offender was |
1310 | released from the custody of the department or a private |
1311 | correctional facility by expiration of sentence under s. 944.275 |
1312 | or within 60 days after the onset of the department's |
1313 | supervision of any sexual offender who is on probation, |
1314 | postcommitment probation, residential commitment, nonresidential |
1315 | commitment, licensed child-caring commitment, community control, |
1316 | conditional release, parole, provisional release, or control |
1317 | release or who is supervised by the department under the |
1318 | Interstate Compact Agreement for Probationers and Parolees. If |
1319 | the sexual offender is in the custody of a private correctional |
1320 | facility, the facility shall take a digitized photograph of the |
1321 | sexual offender within the time period provided in this |
1322 | subparagraph and shall provide the photograph to the department. |
1323 | (b) If any information provided by the department changes |
1324 | during the time the sexual offender is under the department's |
1325 | care, control, custody, or supervision, including any change in |
1326 | the offender's name by reason of marriage or other legal |
1327 | process, the department shall, in a timely manner, update the |
1328 | information and provide it to the Department of Law Enforcement |
1329 | in the manner prescribed in subsection (5). |
1330 | (7) If the sexual offender is in the custody of a local |
1331 | jail, the custodian of the local jail shall register the |
1332 | offender within 3 business days after intake of the offender for |
1333 | any reason and again upon release and forward the information to |
1334 | the Department of Law Enforcement. The custodian of the local |
1335 | jail shall also take a digitized photograph of the sexual |
1336 | offender while the offender remains in custody and shall provide |
1337 | the digitized photograph to the Department of Law Enforcement. |
1338 | (8) If the sexual offender is under federal supervision, |
1339 | the federal agency responsible for supervising the sexual |
1340 | offender may forward to the Department of Law Enforcement any |
1341 | information regarding the sexual offender that is consistent |
1342 | with the information provided by the department under this |
1343 | section and may indicate whether use of the information is |
1344 | restricted to law enforcement purposes only or may be used by |
1345 | the Department of Law Enforcement for purposes of public |
1346 | notification. |
1347 | (9) A sexual offender, as described in this section, who |
1348 | is under the care, jurisdiction, or supervision of the |
1349 | department but who is not incarcerated shall, in addition to the |
1350 | registration requirements provided in subsection (4), register |
1351 | in the manner provided in s. 943.0435(3), (4), and (5), unless |
1352 | the sexual offender is a sexual predator, in which case he or |
1353 | she shall register as required under s. 775.21. A sexual |
1354 | offender who fails to comply with the requirements of s. |
1355 | 943.0435 is subject to the penalties provided in s. 943.0435(9). |
1356 | (10)(a) The failure of a sexual offender to submit to the |
1357 | taking of a digitized photograph, or to otherwise comply with |
1358 | the requirements of this section, is a felony of the third |
1359 | degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. |
1360 | 775.084. |
1361 | (b) A sexual offender who commits any act or omission in |
1362 | violation of this section may be prosecuted for the act or |
1363 | omission in the county in which the act or omission was |
1364 | committed, the county of the last registered address of the |
1365 | sexual offender, or the county in which the adjudication and |
1366 | disposition occurred for the offense or offenses that meet the |
1367 | criteria for designating a person as a sexual offender. |
1368 | (c) An arrest on charges of failure to register when the |
1369 | offender has been provided and advised of his or her statutory |
1370 | obligations to register under s. 943.0435(2), the service of an |
1371 | information or a complaint for a violation of this section, or |
1372 | an arraignment on charges for a violation of this section |
1373 | constitutes actual notice of the duty to register. A sexual |
1374 | offender's failure to immediately register as required by this |
1375 | section following such arrest, service, or arraignment |
1376 | constitutes grounds for a subsequent charge of failure to |
1377 | register. A sexual offender charged with the crime of failure to |
1378 | register who asserts, or intends to assert, a lack of notice of |
1379 | the duty to register as a defense to a charge of failure to |
1380 | register shall immediately register as required by this section. |
1381 | A sexual offender who is charged with a subsequent failure to |
1382 | register may not assert the defense of a lack of notice of the |
1383 | duty to register. |
1384 | (d) Registration following such arrest, service, or |
1385 | arraignment is not a defense and does not relieve the sexual |
1386 | offender of criminal liability for the failure to register. |
1387 | (11) The department, the Department of Highway Safety and |
1388 | Motor Vehicles, the Department of Law Enforcement, the |
1389 | Department of Corrections, personnel of those departments, and |
1390 | any individual or entity acting at the request or upon the |
1391 | direction of those departments are immune from civil liability |
1392 | for damages for good faith compliance with this section and |
1393 | shall be presumed to have acted in good faith in compiling, |
1394 | recording, reporting, or providing information. The presumption |
1395 | of good faith is not overcome if technical or clerical errors |
1396 | are made by the department, the Department of Highway Safety and |
1397 | Motor Vehicles, the Department of Law Enforcement, the |
1398 | Department of Corrections, personnel of those departments, or |
1399 | any individual or entity acting at the request or upon the |
1400 | direction of those departments in compiling, recording, |
1401 | reporting, or providing information, or, if the information is |
1402 | incomplete or incorrect because the information has not been |
1403 | provided by a person or agency required to provide it, was not |
1404 | reported, or was falsely reported. |
1405 | (12) Any person who has reason to believe that a sexual |
1406 | offender is not complying, or has not complied, with the |
1407 | requirements of this section and who, with the intent to assist |
1408 | the sexual offender in eluding a law enforcement agency that is |
1409 | seeking to find the sexual offender to question the sexual |
1410 | offender about, or to arrest the sexual offender for, his or her |
1411 | noncompliance with the requirements of this section: |
1412 | (a) Withholds information from, or does not notify, the |
1413 | law enforcement agency about the sexual offender's noncompliance |
1414 | with the requirements of this section and, if known, the |
1415 | whereabouts of the sexual offender; |
1416 | (b) Harbors, attempts to harbor, or assists another person |
1417 | in harboring or attempting to harbor the sexual offender; |
1418 | (c) Conceals, attempts to conceal, or assists another |
1419 | person in concealing or attempting to conceal the sexual |
1420 | offender; or |
1421 | (d) Provides information to the law enforcement agency |
1422 | regarding the sexual offender that the person knows to be false |
1423 |
|
1424 | commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in |
1425 | s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. This subsection does not |
1426 | apply if the sexual offender is incarcerated in or is in the |
1427 | custody of a state correctional facility, a private correctional |
1428 | facility, a local jail, or a federal correctional facility. |
1429 | (13)(a) A sexual offender must report in person each year |
1430 | during the month of the sexual offender's birthday and during |
1431 | every third month thereafter to the sheriff's office in the |
1432 | county in which he or she resides or is otherwise located to |
1433 | reregister. |
1434 | (b) The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
1435 | times and days for reporting by the sexual offender, which shall |
1436 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this |
1437 | subsection. Reregistration shall include any changes to the |
1438 | following information: |
1439 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
1440 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
1441 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
1442 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
1443 | route address and a post office box; name and address of each |
1444 | school attended; date and place of any employment; vehicle make, |
1445 | model, color, and license tag number; fingerprints; and |
1446 | photograph. A post office box shall not be provided in lieu of a |
1447 | physical residential address. |
1448 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
1449 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
1450 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
1451 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
1452 | including each campus attended, and the sexual offender's |
1453 | enrollment or employment status. |
1454 | 3. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
1455 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
1456 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide the |
1457 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
1458 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
1459 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
1460 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
1461 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
1462 | sexual offender shall also provide the hull identification |
1463 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
1464 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
1465 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
1466 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
1467 | 4. Any sexual offender who fails to report in person as |
1468 | required at the sheriff's office, or who fails to respond to any |
1469 | address verification correspondence from the department within 3 |
1470 | weeks after the date of the correspondence, commits a felony of |
1471 | the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. |
1472 | 775.083, and s. 775.084. |
1473 | (c) The sheriff's office shall, within 2 working days, |
1474 | electronically submit and update all information provided by the |
1475 | sexual offender to the Department of Law Enforcement in a manner |
1476 | prescribed by that department. |
1477 | Section 14. Paragraph (g) of subsection (3) of section |
1478 | 921.0022, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
1479 | 921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity |
1480 | ranking chart.-- |
1481 | (3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART |
| FloridaStatute | FelonyDegree | Description |
|
1482 |
|
| |
1483 |
|
| 316.027(1)(b) | 1st | Accident involving death, failure to stop; leaving scene. |
|
1484 |
|
| 316.193(3)(c)2. | 3rd | DUI resulting in serious bodily injury. |
|
1485 |
|
| 316.1935(3)(b) | 1st | Causing serious bodily injury or death to another person; driving at high speed or with wanton disregard for safety while fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement officer who is in a patrol vehicle with siren and lights activated. |
|
1486 |
|
| 327.35(3)(c)2. | 3rd | Vessel BUI resulting in serious bodily injury. |
|
1487 |
|
| 402.319(2) | 2nd | Misrepresentation and negligence or intentional act resulting in great bodily harm, permanent disfiguration, permanent disability, or death. |
|
1488 |
|
| 409.920(2) | 3rd | Medicaid provider fraud. |
|
1489 |
|
| 456.065(2) | 3rd | Practicing a health care profession without a license. |
|
1490 |
|
| 456.065(2) | 2nd | Practicing a health care profession without a license which results in serious bodily injury. |
|
1491 |
|
| 458.327(1) | 3rd | Practicing medicine without a license. |
|
1492 |
|
| 459.013(1) | 3rd | Practicing osteopathic medicine without a license. |
|
1493 |
|
| 460.411(1) | 3rd | Practicing chiropractic medicine without a license. |
|
1494 |
|
| 461.012(1) | 3rd | Practicing podiatric medicine without a license. |
|
1495 |
|
| 462.17 | 3rd | Practicing naturopathy without a license. |
|
1496 |
|
| 463.015(1) | 3rd | Practicing optometry without a license. |
|
1497 |
|
| 464.016(1) | 3rd | Practicing nursing without a license. |
|
1498 |
|
| 465.015(2) | 3rd | Practicing pharmacy without a license. |
|
1499 |
|
| 466.026(1) | 3rd | Practicing dentistry or dental hygiene without a license. |
|
1500 |
|
| 467.201 | 3rd | Practicing midwifery without a license. |
|
1501 |
|
| 468.366 | 3rd | Delivering respiratory care services without a license. |
|
1502 |
|
| 483.828(1) | 3rd | Practicing as clinical laboratory personnel without a license. |
|
1503 |
|
| 483.901(9) | 3rd | Practicing medical physics without a license. |
|
1504 |
|
| 484.013(1)(c) | 3rd | Preparing or dispensing optical devices without a prescription. |
|
1505 |
|
| 484.053 | 3rd | Dispensing hearing aids without a license. |
|
1506 |
|
| 494.0018(2) | 1st | Conviction of any violation of ss. 494.001-494.0077 in which the total money and property unlawfully obtained exceeded $50,000 and there were five or more victims. |
|
1507 |
|
| 560.123(8)(b)1. | 3rd | Failure to report currency or payment instruments exceeding $300 but less than $20,000 by money transmitter. |
|
1508 |
|
| 560.125(5)(a) | 3rd | Money transmitter business by unauthorized person, currency or payment instruments exceeding $300 but less than $20,000. |
|
1509 |
|
| 655.50(10)(b)1. | 3rd | Failure to report financial transactions exceeding $300 but less than $20,000 by financial institution. |
|
1510 |
|
| 775.21(10)(a) | 3rd | Sexual predator; failure to register; failure to renew driver's license or identification card; other registration violations. |
|
1511 |
|
| 775.21(10)(b) | 3rd | Sexual predator working where children regularly congregate. |
|
1512 |
|
| 775.21(10)(g) | 3rd | Failure to report or providing false information about a sexual predator; harbor or conceal a sexual predator. |
|
1513 |
|
| 782.051(3) | 2nd | Attempted felony murder of a person by a person other than the perpetrator or the perpetrator of an attempted felony. |
|
1514 |
|
| 782.07(1) | 2nd | Killing of a human being by the act, procurement, or culpable negligence of another (manslaughter). |
|
1515 |
|
| 782.071 | 2nd | Killing of human being or viable fetus by the operation of a motor vehicle in a reckless manner (vehicular homicide). |
|
1516 |
|
| 782.072 | 2nd | Killing of a human being by the operation of a vessel in a reckless manner (vessel homicide). |
|
1517 |
|
| 784.045(1)(a)1. | 2nd | Aggravated battery; intentionally causing great bodily harm or disfigurement. |
|
1518 |
|
| 784.045(1)(a)2. | 2nd | Aggravated battery; using deadly weapon. |
|
1519 |
|
| 784.045(1)(b) | 2nd | Aggravated battery; perpetrator aware victim pregnant. |
|
1520 |
|
| 784.048(4) | 3rd | Aggravated stalking; violation of injunction or court order. |
|
1521 |
|
| 784.048(7) | 3rd | Aggravated stalking; violation of court order. |
|
1522 |
|
| 784.07(2)(d) | 1st | Aggravated battery on law enforcement officer. |
|
1523 |
|
| 784.074(1)(a) | 1st | Aggravated battery on sexually violent predators facility staff. |
|
1524 |
|
| 784.08(2)(a) | 1st | Aggravated battery on a person 65 years of age or older. |
|
1525 |
|
| 784.081(1) | 1st | Aggravated battery on specified official or employee. |
|
1526 |
|
| 784.082(1) | 1st | Aggravated battery by detained person on visitor or other detainee. |
|
1527 |
|
| 784.083(1) | 1st | Aggravated battery on code inspector. |
|
1528 |
|
| 790.07(4) | 1st | Specified weapons violation subsequent to previous conviction of s. 790.07(1) or (2). |
|
1529 |
|
| 790.16(1) | 1st | Discharge of a machine gun under specified circumstances. |
|
1530 |
|
| 790.165(2) | 2nd | Manufacture, sell, possess, or deliver hoax bomb. |
|
1531 |
|
| 790.165(3) | 2nd | Possessing, displaying, or threatening to use any hoax bomb while committing or attempting to commit a felony. |
|
1532 |
|
| 790.166(3) | 2nd | Possessing, selling, using, or attempting to use a hoax weapon of mass destruction. |
|
1533 |
|
| 790.166(4) | 2nd | Possessing, displaying, or threatening to use a hoax weapon of mass destruction while committing or attempting to commit a felony. |
|
1534 |
|
| 796.03 | 2nd | Procuring any person under 16 years for prostitution. |
|
1535 |
|
| 800.04(5)(c)1. | 2nd | Lewd or lascivious molestation; victim less than 12 years of age; offender less than 18 years. |
|
1536 |
|
| 800.04(5)(c)2. | 2nd | Lewd or lascivious molestation; victim 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years; offender 18 years or older. |
|
1537 |
|
| 806.01(2) | 2nd | Maliciously damage structure by fire or explosive. |
|
1538 |
|
| 810.02(3)(a) | 2nd | Burglary of occupied dwelling; unarmed; no assault or battery. |
|
1539 |
|
| 810.02(3)(b) | 2nd | Burglary of unoccupied dwelling; unarmed; no assault or battery. |
|
1540 |
|
| 810.02(3)(d) | 2nd | Burglary of occupied conveyance; unarmed; no assault or battery. |
|
1541 |
|
| 812.014(2)(a)1. | 1st | Property stolen, valued at $100,000 or more or a semitrailer deployed by a law enforcement officer; property stolen while causing other property damage; 1st degree grand theft. |
|
1542 |
|
| 812.014(2)(b)2. | 2nd | Property stolen, cargo valued at less than $50,000, grand theft in 2nd degree. |
|
1543 |
|
| 812.014(2)(b)3. | 2nd | Property stolen, emergency medical equipment; 2nd degree grand theft. |
|
1544 |
|
| 812.0145(2)(a) | 1st | Theft from person 65 years of age or older; $50,000 or more. |
|
1545 |
|
| 812.019(2) | 1st | Stolen property; initiates, organizes, plans, etc., the theft of property and traffics in stolen property. |
|
1546 |
|
| 812.131(2)(a) | 2nd | Robbery by sudden snatching. |
|
1547 |
|
| 812.133(2)(b) | 1st | Carjacking; no firearm, deadly weapon, or other weapon. |
|
1548 |
|
| 817.234(8)(a) | 2nd | Solicitation of motor vehicle accident victims with intent to defraud. |
|
1549 |
|
| 817.234(9) | 2nd | Organizing, planning, or participating in an intentional motor vehicle collision. |
|
1550 |
|
| 817.234(11)(c) | 1st | Insurance fraud; property value $100,000 or more. |
|
1551 |
|
| 817.2341(2)(b) & (3)(b) | 1st | Making false entries of material fact or false statements regarding property values relating to the solvency of an insuring entity which are a significant cause of the insolvency of that entity. |
|
1552 |
|
| 825.102(3)(b) | 2nd | Neglecting an elderly person or disabled adult causing great bodily harm, disability, or disfigurement. |
|
1553 |
|
| 825.103(2)(b) | 2nd | Exploiting an elderly person or disabled adult and property is valued at $20,000 or more, but less than $100,000. |
|
1554 |
|
| 827.03(3)(b) | 2nd | Neglect of a child causing great bodily harm, disability, or disfigurement. |
|
1555 |
|
| 827.04(3) | 3rd | Impregnation of a child under 16 years of age by person 21 years of age or older. |
|
1556 |
|
| 837.05(2) | 3rd | Giving false information about alleged capital felony to a law enforcement officer. |
|
1557 |
|
| |
1558 |
|
| 838.016 | 2nd | Unlawful compensation or reward for official behavior. |
|
1559 |
|
| 838.021(3)(a) | 2nd | Unlawful harm to a public servant. |
|
1560 |
|
| |
1561 |
|
| 847.0135(3) | 3rd | Solicitation of a child, via a computer service, to commit an unlawful sex act. |
|
1562 |
|
| 872.06 | 2nd | Abuse of a dead human body. |
|
1563 |
|
| 893.13(1)(c)1. | 1st | Sell, manufacture, or deliver cocaine (or other drug prohibited under s. 893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)4.) within 1,000 feet of a child care facility, school, or state, county, or municipal park or publicly owned recreational facility or community center. |
|
1564 |
|
| 893.13(1)(e)1. | 1st | Sell, manufacture, or deliver cocaine or other drug prohibited under s. 893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)4., within 1,000 feet of property used for religious services or a specified business site. |
|
1565 |
|
| 893.13(4)(a) | 1st | Deliver to minor cocaine (or other s. 893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)4. drugs). |
|
1566 |
|
| 893.135(1)(a)1. | 1st | Trafficking in cannabis, more than 25 lbs., less than 2,000 lbs. |
|
1567 |
|
| 893.135(1)(b)1.a. | 1st | Trafficking in cocaine, more than 28 grams, less than 200 grams. |
|
1568 |
|
| 893.135(1)(c)1.a. | 1st | Trafficking in illegal drugs, more than 4 grams, less than 14 grams. |
|
1569 |
|
| 893.135(1)(d)1. | 1st | Trafficking in phencyclidine, more than 28 grams, less than 200 grams. |
|
1570 |
|
| 893.135(1)(e)1. | 1st | Trafficking in methaqualone, more than 200 grams, less than 5 kilograms. |
|
1571 |
|
| 893.135(1)(f)1. | 1st | Trafficking in amphetamine, more than 14 grams, less than 28 grams. |
|
1572 |
|
| 893.135(1)(g)1.a. | 1st | Trafficking in flunitrazepam, 4 grams or more, less than 14 grams. |
|
1573 |
|
| 893.135(1)(h)1.a. | 1st | Trafficking in gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), 1 kilogram or more, less than 5 kilograms. |
|
1574 |
|
| 893.135(1)(j)1.a. | 1st | Trafficking in 1,4-Butanediol, 1 kilogram or more, less than 5 kilograms. |
|
1575 |
|
| 893.135(1)(k)2.a. | 1st | Trafficking in Phenethylamines, 10 grams or more, less than 200 grams. |
|
1576 |
|
| 896.101(5)(a) | 3rd | Money laundering, financial transactions exceeding $300 but less than $20,000. |
|
1577 |
|
| 896.104(4)(a)1. | 3rd | Structuring transactions to evade reporting or registration requirements, financial transactions exceeding $300 but less than $20,000. |
|
1578 |
|
| 943.0435(4)(c) | 2nd | Sexual offender vacating permanent residence; failure to comply with reporting requirements. |
|
1579 |
|
| 943.0435(8) | 2nd | Sexual offender; remains in state after indicating intent to leave; failure to comply with reporting requirements. |
|
1580 |
|
| 943.0435(9)(a) | 3rd | Sexual offender; failure to comply with reporting requirements. |
|
1581 |
|
| 943.0435(13) | 3rd | Failure to report or providing false information about a sexual offender; harbor or conceal a sexual offender. |
|
1582 |
|
| 943.0435(14) | 3rd | Sexual offender; failure to report and reregister; failure to respond to address verification. |
|
1583 |
|
| 944.607(9) | 3rd | Sexual offender; failure to comply with reporting requirements. |
|
1584 |
|
| 944.607(10)(a) | 3rd | Sexual offender; failure to submit to the taking of a digitized photograph. |
|
1585 |
|
| 944.607(12) | 3rd | Failure to report or providing false information about a sexual offender; harbor or conceal a sexual offender. |
|
1586 |
|
| 944.607(13) | 3rd | Sexual offender; failure to report and reregister; failure to respond to address verification. |
|
1587 |
|
| 985.4815(10) | 3rd | Sexual offender; failure to submit to the taking of a digitized photograph. |
|
1588 |
|
| 985.4815(12) | 3rd | Failure to report or providing false information about a sexual offender; harbor or conceal a sexual offender. |
|
1589 |
|
| 985.4815(13) | 3rd | Sexual offender; failure to report and reregister; failure to respond to address verification. |
|
1590 |
|
1591 | Section 15. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |