1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to public safety; amending s. 775.21, |
3 | F.S.; revising provisions relating to reimbursement of |
4 | specified costs by sexual predators; revising provisions |
5 | relating to the residence of sexual predators; providing |
6 | penalties; creating s. 775.215, F.S.; specifying residency |
7 | exclusions for sexual offenders or sexual predators; |
8 | preempting certain local ordinances; amending s. 775.24, |
9 | F.S.; revising provisions relating to residency exclusions |
10 | for sexual predators and sexual offenders; amending s. |
11 | 794.065, F.S.; providing additional residency restrictions |
12 | on certain offenders; providing penalties; amending s. |
13 | 947.1405, F.S.; providing additional conditional release |
14 | restrictions for certain offenders; amending s. 947.141, |
15 | F.S.; revising provisions relating to hearings alleging a |
16 | violation of community release by specified releasees for |
17 | failure to comply with specified residency exclusions; |
18 | amending s. 948.06, F.S.; revising provisions relating to |
19 | probation or community control for sexual predators and |
20 | sexual offenders; amending s. 948.063, F.S.; providing |
21 | that failure of a sexual predator or sexual offender to |
22 | obtain a residence in compliance with certain requirements |
23 | is not a defense in certain proceedings; amending s. |
24 | 948.30, F.S.; revising provisions relating to terms and |
25 | conditions of probation or community control for certain |
26 | sex offenses; providing an effective date. |
27 |
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28 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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30 | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3), paragraph (a) |
31 | of subsection (7) and paragraph (b) of subsection (10), of |
32 | section 775.21, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
33 | 775.21 The Florida Sexual Predators Act.-- |
34 | (3) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE |
35 | INTENT.-- |
36 | (b) The high level of threat that a sexual predator |
37 | presents to the public safety, and the long-term effects |
38 | suffered by victims of sex offenses, provide the state with |
39 | sufficient justification to implement a strategy that includes: |
40 | 1. Incarcerating sexual predators and maintaining adequate |
41 | facilities to ensure that decisions to release sexual predators |
42 | into the community are not made on the basis of inadequate |
43 | space. |
44 | 2. Providing for specialized supervision of sexual |
45 | predators who are in the community by specially trained |
46 | probation officers with low caseloads, as described in ss. |
47 | 947.1405(7) and 948.30. The sexual predator is subject to |
48 | specified terms and conditions implemented at sentencing or at |
49 | the time of release from incarceration, with a requirement that |
50 | those sexual predators found to be indigent may defer payment |
51 | pursuant to s. 28.246 of all or part of the costs in accordance |
52 | with the provisions of that section who are financially able |
53 | must pay all or part of the costs of supervision. |
54 | 3. Requiring the registration of sexual predators, with a |
55 | requirement that complete and accurate information be maintained |
56 | and accessible for use by law enforcement authorities, |
57 | communities, and the public. |
58 | 4. Providing for community and public notification |
59 | concerning the presence of sexual predators. |
60 | 5. Prohibiting sexual predators from working with |
61 | children, either for compensation or as a volunteer. |
62 | (7) COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.-- |
63 | (a) Law enforcement agencies must inform members of the |
64 | community and the public of a sexual predator's presence. Upon |
65 | notification of the presence of a sexual predator, the sheriff |
66 | of the county or the chief of police of the municipality where |
67 | the sexual predator establishes or maintains a permanent or |
68 | temporary residence shall notify members of the community and |
69 | the public of the presence of the sexual predator in a manner |
70 | deemed appropriate by the sheriff or the chief of police. Within |
71 | 48 hours after receiving notification of the presence of a |
72 | sexual predator, the sheriff of the county or the chief of |
73 | police of the municipality where the sexual predator temporarily |
74 | or permanently resides shall notify each licensed day care |
75 | center, elementary school, middle school, and high school, and |
76 | library within a 1-mile radius of the temporary or permanent |
77 | residence of the sexual predator of the presence of the sexual |
78 | predator. Information provided to members of the community and |
79 | the public regarding a sexual predator must include: |
80 | 1. The name of the sexual predator; |
81 | 2. A description of the sexual predator, including a |
82 | photograph; |
83 | 3. The sexual predator's current address, including the |
84 | name of the county or municipality if known; |
85 | 4. The circumstances of the sexual predator's offense or |
86 | offenses; and |
87 | 5. Whether the victim of the sexual predator's offense or |
88 | offenses was, at the time of the offense, a minor or an adult. |
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90 | This paragraph does not authorize the release of the name of any |
91 | victim of the sexual predator. |
92 | (10) PENALTIES.-- |
93 | (b) A sexual predator who has been convicted of or found |
94 | to have committed, or has pled nolo contendere or guilty to, |
95 | regardless of adjudication, any violation, or attempted |
96 | violation, of s. 787.01, s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), where |
97 | the victim is a minor and the defendant is not the victim's |
98 | parent; s. 794.011(2), (3), (4), (5), or (8); s. 794.05; s. |
99 | 796.03; s. 796.035; s. 800.04; s. 827.071; s. 847.0133; s. |
100 | 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or a violation of a similar law of |
101 | another jurisdiction when the victim of the offense was a minor, |
102 | and who works, whether for compensation or as a volunteer, at |
103 | any business, school, day care center, park, playground, |
104 | library, or business or other place where children regularly |
105 | congregate, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as |
106 | provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
107 | Section 2. Section 775.215, Florida Statutes, is created |
108 | to read: |
109 | 775.215 Residency exclusions for sexual offenders or |
110 | predators; local ordinances preempted.-- |
111 | (1) The establishment of residency exclusions applicable |
112 | to the residences of a person required to register as a sexual |
113 | offender or sexual predator is expressly preempted to the state, |
114 | and the provisions of ss. 794.065, 947.1405, and 948.30 |
115 | establishing such exclusions supersede any municipal or county |
116 | ordinances imposing different exclusions. |
117 | (2) A provision of any ordinance adopted by a county or |
118 | municipality prior to October 1, 2007, imposing residency |
119 | exclusions for the residences of persons subject to the |
120 | provisions of s. 794.065, s. 947.1405, or s. 948.30 is hereby |
121 | repealed and abolished as of October 1, 2007. |
122 | Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 775.24, Florida |
123 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
124 | 775.24 Duty of the court to uphold laws governing sexual |
125 | predators and sexual offenders.-- |
126 | (2) If a person meets the criteria in this chapter for |
127 | designation as a sexual predator or meets the criteria in s. |
128 | 943.0435, s. 944.606, s. 944.607, or any other law for |
129 | classification as a sexual offender, the court may not enter an |
130 | order, for the purpose of approving a plea agreement or for any |
131 | other reason, which: |
132 | (a) Exempts a person who meets the criteria for |
133 | designation as a sexual predator or classification as a sexual |
134 | offender from such designation or classification, or exempts |
135 | such person from the requirements for registration or community |
136 | and public notification imposed upon sexual predators and sexual |
137 | offenders, or exempts such person from the residency exclusions |
138 | contained in ss. 794.065, 947.1405, and 948.30; |
139 | (b) Restricts the compiling, reporting, or release of |
140 | public records information that relates to sexual predators or |
141 | sexual offenders; or |
142 | (c) Prevents any person or entity from performing its |
143 | duties or operating within its statutorily conferred authority |
144 | as such duty or authority relates to sexual predators or sexual |
145 | offenders. |
146 | Section 4. Section 794.065, Florida Statutes, is amended |
147 | to read: |
148 | 794.065 Unlawful place of residence for persons convicted |
149 | of certain sex offenses.-- |
150 | (1)(a)1. It is unlawful for any person who has been |
151 | convicted of a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, |
152 | or s. 847.0145, regardless of whether adjudication has been |
153 | withheld, in which the victim of the offense was less than 16 |
154 | years of age, to reside within 1,000 feet of any school, day |
155 | care center, park, or playground. |
156 | 2. A person who violates this section and whose conviction |
157 | for an offense listed in subparagraph 1. under s. 794.011, s. |
158 | 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0145 was classified as: |
159 | a. A felony of the first degree or higher, commits a |
160 | felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 |
161 | or s. 775.083. A person who violates this section and whose |
162 | conviction under s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. |
163 | 847.0145 was classified as |
164 | b. A felony of the second or third degree, commits a |
165 | misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. |
166 | 775.082 or s. 775.083. |
167 | (b)(2) This subsection section applies to any person |
168 | convicted of an offense listed in subparagraph (a)1. if the |
169 | offense occurred a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. |
170 | 827.071, or s. 847.0145 for offenses that occur on or after |
171 | October 1, 2004. |
172 | (2)(a)1. It is unlawful for any person who has been |
173 | convicted of a violation of s. 787.01, s. 787.02, s. 794.011, s. |
174 | 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0145, regardless of whether |
175 | adjudication has been withheld, in which the victim of the |
176 | offense was less than 16 years of age, to reside within 1,500 |
177 | feet of any school, day care center, park, playground, library, |
178 | or other business or place where children regularly congregate. |
179 | 2. A person violating this subsection whose conviction of |
180 | an offense listed in subparagraph 1. was classified as: |
181 | a. A felony of the first degree or higher, commits a |
182 | felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 |
183 | or s. 775.083. |
184 | b. A felony of the second or third degree, commits a |
185 | misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. |
186 | 775.082 or s. 775.083. |
187 | (b) The distances in this subsection shall be measured in |
188 | a straight line from the offender's place of residence to the |
189 | nearest boundary line of the school, day care center, park, |
190 | playground, library, or other business or place where children |
191 | regularly congregate. The distance may not be measured by a |
192 | pedestrian route or automobile route. |
193 | (c) This subsection applies to any person convicted of an |
194 | offense listed in subparagraph (a)1. if the offense occurred on |
195 | or after October 1, 2007. |
196 | Section 5. Subsections (2) and (6) and paragraph (a) of |
197 | subsection (7) of section 947.1405, Florida Statutes, are |
198 | amended, and subsection (11) is added to that section, to read: |
199 | 947.1405 Conditional release program.-- |
200 | (2)(a) Any inmate who: |
201 | 1.(a) Is convicted of a crime committed on or after |
202 | October 1, 1988, and before January 1, 1994;, and any inmate who |
203 | is convicted of a crime committed on or after January 1, 1994, |
204 | which crime is or was contained in category 1, category 2, |
205 | category 3, or category 4 of Rule 3.701 and Rule 3.988, Florida |
206 | Rules of Criminal Procedure (1993), and who has served at least |
207 | one prior felony commitment at a state or federal correctional |
208 | institution; or is convicted of any of the following offenses |
209 | committed on or after October 1, 2007: |
210 | a. Kidnapping, under s. 787.01(1)(b); |
211 | b. False imprisonment, under s. 787.02(1)(b); |
212 | c. Sexual performance by a child, under s. 827.071; or |
213 | d. Selling or buying of minors, under s. 847.0145; |
214 | 2.(b) Is sentenced as a habitual or violent habitual |
215 | offender or a violent career criminal pursuant to s. 775.084; or |
216 | 3.(c) Is found to be a sexual predator under s. 775.21 or |
217 | former s. 775.23, |
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219 | shall, upon reaching the tentative release date or provisional |
220 | release date, whichever is earlier, as established by the |
221 | Department of Corrections, be released under supervision subject |
222 | to specified terms and conditions, including payment of the cost |
223 | of supervision pursuant to s. 948.09. Such supervision shall be |
224 | applicable to all sentences within the overall term of sentences |
225 | if an inmate's overall term of sentences includes one or more |
226 | sentences that are eligible for conditional release supervision |
227 | as provided herein. |
228 | (b) Effective July 1, 1994, and applicable for offenses |
229 | committed on or after that date, the commission may require, as |
230 | a condition of conditional release, that the releasee make |
231 | payment of the debt due and owing to a county or municipal |
232 | detention facility under s. 951.032 for medical care, treatment, |
233 | hospitalization, or transportation received by the releasee |
234 | while in that detention facility. The commission, in determining |
235 | whether to order such repayment and the amount of such |
236 | repayment, shall consider the amount of the debt, whether there |
237 | was any fault of the institution for the medical expenses |
238 | incurred, the financial resources of the releasee, the present |
239 | and potential future financial needs and earning ability of the |
240 | releasee, and dependents, and other appropriate factors. |
241 | (c) If any inmate, other than an inmate required to |
242 | register as a sexual predator under s. 775.21 or as a sexual |
243 | offender under s. 943.0435, placed on conditional release |
244 | supervision is also subject to probation or community control, |
245 | resulting from a probationary or community control split |
246 | sentence within the overall term of sentences, the Department of |
247 | Corrections shall supervise such person according to the |
248 | conditions imposed by the court and the commission shall defer |
249 | to such supervision. If the court revokes probation or community |
250 | control and resentences the offender to a term of incarceration, |
251 | such revocation also constitutes a sufficient basis for the |
252 | revocation of the conditional release supervision on any |
253 | nonprobationary or noncommunity control sentence without further |
254 | hearing by the commission. If any such supervision on any |
255 | nonprobationary or noncommunity control sentence is revoked, |
256 | such revocation may result in a forfeiture of all gain-time, and |
257 | the commission may revoke the resulting deferred conditional |
258 | release supervision or take other action it considers |
259 | appropriate. If the term of conditional release supervision |
260 | exceeds that of the probation or community control, then, upon |
261 | expiration of the probation or community control, authority for |
262 | the supervision shall revert to the commission and the |
263 | supervision shall be subject to the conditions imposed by the |
264 | commission. |
265 | (d) If any inmate required to register as a sexual |
266 | predator under s. 775.21 or as a sexual offender under s. |
267 | 943.0435 is placed on conditional release supervision and is |
268 | also subject to probation or community supervision, the period |
269 | of court-ordered community supervision shall not be substituted |
270 | for conditional release supervision and shall follow the term of |
271 | conditional release supervision. |
272 | (e) A panel of no fewer than two commissioners shall |
273 | establish the terms and conditions of any such release. If the |
274 | offense was a controlled substance violation, the conditions |
275 | shall include a requirement that the offender submit to random |
276 | substance abuse testing intermittently throughout the term of |
277 | conditional release supervision, upon the direction of the |
278 | correctional probation officer as defined in s. 943.10(3). The |
279 | commission shall also determine whether the terms and conditions |
280 | of such release have been violated and whether such violation |
281 | warrants revocation of the conditional release. |
282 | (6) The commission shall review the recommendations of the |
283 | department, and such other information as it deems relevant, and |
284 | may conduct a review of the inmate's record for the purpose of |
285 | establishing the terms and conditions of the conditional |
286 | release. The commission may impose any special conditions it |
287 | considers warranted from its review of the release plan and |
288 | recommendation. If the commission determines that the inmate is |
289 | eligible for release under this section, the commission shall |
290 | enter an order establishing the length of supervision and the |
291 | conditions attendant thereto. However, an inmate who has been |
292 | convicted of a violation of chapter 794 or found by the court to |
293 | be a sexual predator is subject to the maximum level of |
294 | supervision provided, with the mandatory conditions as required |
295 | in subsection (7), and that supervision shall continue through |
296 | the end of the releasee's original court-imposed sentence. The |
297 | length of supervision must not exceed the maximum penalty |
298 | imposed by the court. The commission may modify the conditions |
299 | of supervision at any time. |
300 | (7)(a) Any inmate who is convicted of a crime committed on |
301 | or after October 1, 1995, or who has been previously convicted |
302 | of a crime committed on or after October 1, 1995, in violation |
303 | of chapter 794, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0145, and is |
304 | subject to conditional release supervision, shall have, in |
305 | addition to any other conditions imposed, the following special |
306 | conditions imposed by the commission: |
307 | 1. A mandatory curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The |
308 | commission may designate another 8-hour period if the offender's |
309 | employment precludes the above specified time, and such |
310 | alternative is recommended by the Department of Corrections. If |
311 | the commission determines that imposing a curfew would endanger |
312 | the victim, the commission may consider alternative sanctions. |
313 | 2.a. If the victim was under the age of 18, a prohibition |
314 | on living within 1,000 feet of a school, day care center, park, |
315 | playground, designated public school bus stop, or other place |
316 | where children regularly congregate. A releasee who is subject |
317 | to this subparagraph may not relocate to a residence that is |
318 | within 1,000 feet of a public school bus stop. |
319 | b. Beginning October 1, 2004, the commission or the |
320 | department may not approve a residence that is located within |
321 | 1,000 feet of a school, day care center, park, playground, |
322 | designated school bus stop, or other place where children |
323 | regularly congregate for any releasee who is subject to this |
324 | subparagraph. On October 1, 2004, the department shall notify |
325 | each affected school district of the location of the residence |
326 | of a releasee 30 days prior to release and thereafter, if the |
327 | releasee relocates to a new residence, shall notify any affected |
328 | school district of the residence of the releasee within 30 days |
329 | after relocation. If, on October 1, 2004, any public school bus |
330 | stop is located within 1,000 feet of the existing residence of |
331 | such releasee, the district school board shall relocate that |
332 | school bus stop. Beginning October 1, 2004, a district school |
333 | board may not establish or relocate a public school bus stop |
334 | within 1,000 feet of the residence of a releasee who is subject |
335 | to this subparagraph. The failure of the district school board |
336 | to comply with this subparagraph shall not result in a violation |
337 | of conditional release supervision. |
338 | c. Beginning October 1, 2007, neither the commission nor |
339 | the department may approve a residence located within 1,500 feet |
340 | of a school, day care center, park, playground, designated |
341 | school bus stop, library, or other business or place where |
342 | children regularly congregate for any releasee who is subject to |
343 | this subparagraph. The distance provided in this sub- |
344 | subparagraph shall be measured in a straight line from the |
345 | offender's place of residence to the nearest boundary line of |
346 | the school, day care center, park, playground, library, or other |
347 | business or place where children regularly congregate. The |
348 | distance may not be measured by a pedestrian route or automobile |
349 | route. |
350 | 3. Active participation in and successful completion of a |
351 | sex offender treatment program with qualified practitioners |
352 | specifically trained to treat sex offenders, at the releasee's |
353 | own expense. If a qualified practitioner is not available within |
354 | a 50-mile radius of the releasee's residence, the offender shall |
355 | participate in other appropriate therapy. |
356 | 4. A prohibition on any contact with the victim, directly |
357 | or indirectly, including through a third person, unless approved |
358 | by the victim, the offender's therapist, and the sentencing |
359 | court. |
360 | 5. If the victim was under the age of 18, a prohibition |
361 | against contact with children under the age of 18 without review |
362 | and approval by the commission. The commission may approve |
363 | supervised contact with a child under the age of 18 if the |
364 | approval is based upon a recommendation for contact issued by a |
365 | qualified practitioner who is basing the recommendation on a |
366 | risk assessment. Further, the sex offender must be currently |
367 | enrolled in or have successfully completed a sex offender |
368 | therapy program. The commission may not grant supervised contact |
369 | with a child if the contact is not recommended by a qualified |
370 | practitioner and may deny supervised contact with a child at any |
371 | time. When considering whether to approve supervised contact |
372 | with a child, the commission must review and consider the |
373 | following: |
374 | a. A risk assessment completed by a qualified |
375 | practitioner. The qualified practitioner must prepare a written |
376 | report that must include the findings of the assessment and |
377 | address each of the following components: |
378 | (I) The sex offender's current legal status; |
379 | (II) The sex offender's history of adult charges with |
380 | apparent sexual motivation; |
381 | (III) The sex offender's history of adult charges without |
382 | apparent sexual motivation; |
383 | (IV) The sex offender's history of juvenile charges, |
384 | whenever available; |
385 | (V) The sex offender's offender treatment history, |
386 | including a consultation from the sex offender's treating, or |
387 | most recent treating, therapist; |
388 | (VI) The sex offender's current mental status; |
389 | (VII) The sex offender's mental health and substance abuse |
390 | history as provided by the Department of Corrections; |
391 | (VIII) The sex offender's personal, social, educational, |
392 | and work history; |
393 | (IX) The results of current psychological testing of the |
394 | sex offender if determined necessary by the qualified |
395 | practitioner; |
396 | (X) A description of the proposed contact, including the |
397 | location, frequency, duration, and supervisory arrangement; |
398 | (XI) The child's preference and relative comfort level |
399 | with the proposed contact, when age-appropriate; |
400 | (XII) The parent's or legal guardian's preference |
401 | regarding the proposed contact; and |
402 | (XIII) The qualified practitioner's opinion, along with |
403 | the basis for that opinion, as to whether the proposed contact |
404 | would likely pose significant risk of emotional or physical harm |
405 | to the child. |
406 |
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407 | The written report of the assessment must be given to the |
408 | commission. |
409 | b. A recommendation made as a part of the risk-assessment |
410 | report as to whether supervised contact with the child should be |
411 | approved; |
412 | c. A written consent signed by the child's parent or legal |
413 | guardian, if the parent or legal guardian is not the sex |
414 | offender, agreeing to the sex offender having supervised contact |
415 | with the child after receiving full disclosure of the sex |
416 | offender's present legal status, past criminal history, and the |
417 | results of the risk assessment. The commission may not approve |
418 | contact with the child if the parent or legal guardian refuses |
419 | to give written consent for supervised contact; |
420 | d. A safety plan prepared by the qualified practitioner, |
421 | who provides treatment to the offender, in collaboration with |
422 | the sex offender, the child's parent or legal guardian, and the |
423 | child, when age appropriate, which details the acceptable |
424 | conditions of contact between the sex offender and the child. |
425 | The safety plan must be reviewed and approved by the Department |
426 | of Corrections before being submitted to the commission; and |
427 | e. Evidence that the child's parent or legal guardian, if |
428 | the parent or legal guardian is not the sex offender, |
429 | understands the need for and agrees to the safety plan and has |
430 | agreed to provide, or to designate another adult to provide, |
431 | constant supervision any time the child is in contact with the |
432 | offender. |
433 |
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434 | The commission may not appoint a person to conduct a risk |
435 | assessment and may not accept a risk assessment from a person |
436 | who has not demonstrated to the commission that he or she has |
437 | met the requirements of a qualified practitioner as defined in |
438 | this section. |
439 | 6. If the victim was under age 18, a prohibition on |
440 | working for pay or as a volunteer at any school, day care |
441 | center, park, playground, library, or other business or place |
442 | where children regularly congregate, as prescribed by the |
443 | commission. |
444 | 7. Unless otherwise indicated in the treatment plan |
445 | provided by the sexual offender treatment program, a prohibition |
446 | on viewing, owning, or possessing any obscene, pornographic, or |
447 | sexually stimulating visual or auditory material, including |
448 | telephone, electronic media, computer programs, or computer |
449 | services that are relevant to the offender's deviant behavior |
450 | pattern. |
451 | 8. Effective for a releasee whose crime is committed on or |
452 | after July 1, 2005, a prohibition on accessing the Internet or |
453 | other computer services until the offender's sex offender |
454 | treatment program, after a risk assessment is completed, |
455 | approves and implements a safety plan for the offender's |
456 | accessing or using the Internet or other computer services. |
457 | 9. A requirement that the releasee must submit two |
458 | specimens of blood to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement |
459 | to be registered with the DNA database. |
460 | 10. A requirement that the releasee make restitution to |
461 | the victim, as determined by the sentencing court or the |
462 | commission, for all necessary medical and related professional |
463 | services relating to physical, psychiatric, and psychological |
464 | care. |
465 | 11. Submission to a warrantless search by the community |
466 | control or probation officer of the probationer's or community |
467 | controllee's person, residence, or vehicle. Such warrantless |
468 | search includes the use of electronic monitoring or other means |
469 | in the case of a person convicted of an offense under s. |
470 | 775.21(4)(a)1. |
471 | (11) Effective for a releasee whose crime was a violation |
472 | of s. 787.01(1)(b) or s. 787.02(1)(b) committed on or after |
473 | October 1, 2007, and whose crime involved a victim less than 16 |
474 | years of age and an offender 18 years of age or older, in |
475 | addition to any other provision of this section, the commission |
476 | must order electronic monitoring for the duration of the |
477 | releasee's supervision. |
478 | Section 6. Subsection (8) is added to section 947.141, |
479 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
480 | 947.141 Violations of conditional release, control |
481 | release, or conditional medical release or addiction-recovery |
482 | supervision.-- |
483 | (8) Because of the compelling state interest in protecting |
484 | the public from sexual offenders or sexual predators granted the |
485 | privilege of conditional release, in any hearing alleging a |
486 | violation of community release by a releasee for failure to |
487 | comply with the residency exclusion in s. 947.1405, the |
488 | inability of the releasee to locate a residence in compliance |
489 | with s. 947.1405 shall not be a defense to the finding of a |
490 | violation under this section. |
491 | Section 7. Subsection (4) of section 948.06, Florida |
492 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
493 | 948.06 Violation of probation or community control; |
494 | revocation; modification; continuance; failure to pay |
495 | restitution or cost of supervision.-- |
496 | (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a |
497 | probationer or an offender in community control who is arrested |
498 | for violating his or her probation or community control in a |
499 | material respect may be taken before the court in the county or |
500 | circuit in which the probationer or offender was arrested. That |
501 | court shall advise him or her of such charge of a violation and, |
502 | if such charge is admitted, shall cause him or her to be brought |
503 | before the court which granted the probation or community |
504 | control. If such violation is not admitted by the probationer or |
505 | offender, the court may commit him or her or release him or her |
506 | with or without bail to await further hearing. However, if the |
507 | probationer or offender is under supervision for any criminal |
508 | offense proscribed in chapter 794, s. 800.04(4), (5), (6), s. |
509 | 827.071, or s. 847.0145, or is a registered sexual predator or a |
510 | registered sexual offender, or is under supervision for a |
511 | criminal offense for which he or she would meet the registration |
512 | criteria in s. 775.21, s. 943.0435, or s. 944.607 but for the |
513 | effective date of those sections, the court must make a finding |
514 | that the probationer or offender poses no is not a danger to the |
515 | public prior to release with or without bail. In determining |
516 | that the offender poses no danger to the public the danger posed |
517 | by the offender's or probationer's release, the court may |
518 | consider the nature and circumstances of the violation and any |
519 | new offenses charged; the offender's or probationer's past and |
520 | present conduct, including convictions of crimes; any record of |
521 | arrests without conviction for crimes involving violence or |
522 | sexual crimes; any other evidence of allegations of unlawful |
523 | sexual conduct or the use of violence by the offender or |
524 | probationer; the offender's or probationer's family ties, length |
525 | of residence in the community, employment history, and mental |
526 | condition; his or her history and conduct during the probation |
527 | or community control supervision from which the violation arises |
528 | and any other previous supervisions, including disciplinary |
529 | records of previous incarcerations; the likelihood that the |
530 | offender or probationer will engage again in a criminal course |
531 | of conduct; the weight of the evidence against the offender or |
532 | probationer; whether or not the probationer is currently subject |
533 | to electronic monitoring; and any other facts the court |
534 | considers relevant. The court, as soon as is practicable, shall |
535 | give the probationer or offender an opportunity to be fully |
536 | heard on his or her behalf in person or by counsel. After such |
537 | hearing, the court shall make findings of fact and forward the |
538 | findings to the court which granted the probation or community |
539 | control and to the probationer or offender or his or her |
540 | attorney. The findings of fact by the hearing court are binding |
541 | on the court which granted the probation or community control. |
542 | Upon the probationer or offender being brought before it, the |
543 | court which granted the probation or community control may |
544 | revoke, modify, or continue the probation or community control |
545 | or may place the probationer into community control as provided |
546 | in this section. |
547 | Section 8. Subsection (3) is added to section 948.063, |
548 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
549 | 948.063 Violations of probation or community control by |
550 | designated sexual offenders and sexual predators.-- |
551 | (3) Because of the compelling state interest in protecting |
552 | the public from sexual predators or sexual offenders on |
553 | probation, in any hearing alleging a violation of probation by a |
554 | releasee for failure to comply with the residency exclusion in |
555 | s. 948.30, the inability of the probationer to locate a |
556 | residence in compliance with s. 948.30 shall not be a defense to |
557 | the finding of a violation under this section. |
558 | Section 9. Paragraphs (b) and (k) of subsection (1) and |
559 | subsection (3) of section 948.30, Florida Statutes, are amended, |
560 | and subsection (4) is added to that section, to read: |
561 | 948.30 Additional terms and conditions of probation or |
562 | community control for certain sex offenses.--Conditions imposed |
563 | pursuant to this section do not require oral pronouncement at |
564 | the time of sentencing and shall be considered standard |
565 | conditions of probation or community control for offenders |
566 | specified in this section. |
567 | (1) Effective for probationers or community controllees |
568 | whose crime was committed on or after October 1, 1995, and who |
569 | are placed under supervision for violation of chapter 794, s. |
570 | 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0145, the court must impose the |
571 | following conditions in addition to all other standard and |
572 | special conditions imposed: |
573 | (b)1. Except as provided in subparagraph 2., if the victim |
574 | was under the age of 18, a prohibition on living within 1,000 |
575 | feet of a school, day care center, park, playground, or other |
576 | place where children regularly congregate, as prescribed by the |
577 | court. The 1,000-foot distance shall be measured in a straight |
578 | line from the offender's place of residence to the nearest |
579 | boundary line of the school, day care center, park, playground, |
580 | or other place where children regularly congregate. The distance |
581 | may not be measured by a pedestrian route or automobile route. |
582 | 2. For probationers or community controllees whose crime |
583 | was committed on or after October 1, 2007, if the victim was |
584 | under the age of 18, a prohibition on living within 1,500 feet |
585 | of a school, day care center, park, playground, library, or |
586 | other business or place where children regularly congregate, as |
587 | prescribed by the court. This distance shall be measured in a |
588 | straight line from the offender's place of residence to the |
589 | nearest boundary line of the school, day care center, park, |
590 | playground, library, or other business or place where children |
591 | regularly congregate. The distance may not be measured by a |
592 | pedestrian route or automobile route. |
593 | (k) Submission to a warrantless search by the community |
594 | control or probation officer of the probationer's or community |
595 | controllee's person, residence, or vehicle. Such a warrantless |
596 | search includes the use of electronic monitoring or other means |
597 | in the case of a person convicted of an offense under s. |
598 | 775.21(4)(a)1. |
599 | (3) Effective for a probationer or community controllee |
600 | whose crime was committed on or after September 1, 2005, and |
601 | who: |
602 | (a) Is placed on probation or community control for a |
603 | violation of chapter 794, s. 800.04(4), (5), or (6), s. 827.071, |
604 | or s. 847.0145 and the unlawful sexual activity involved a |
605 | victim under 16 15 years of age or younger and the offender is |
606 | 18 years of age or older; |
607 | (b) Is designated a sexual predator pursuant to s. 775.21; |
608 | or |
609 | (c) Has previously been convicted of a violation of |
610 | chapter 794, s. 800.04(4), (5), or (6), s. 827.071, or s. |
611 | 847.0145 and the unlawful sexual activity involved a victim |
612 | under 16 15 years of age or younger and the offender is 18 years |
613 | of age or older, |
614 |
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615 | the court must order, in addition to any other provision of this |
616 | section, mandatory electronic monitoring as a condition of the |
617 | probation or community control supervision. |
618 | (4) Effective for a probationer or community controllee |
619 | whose crime was committed on or after October 1, 2007, who has |
620 | previously been convicted of a violation of s. 787.01(1)(b) or |
621 | s. 787.02(1)(b), and the unlawful sexual activity involved a |
622 | victim under 16 years of age and the offender is 18 years of age |
623 | or older, the court must order, in addition to any other |
624 | provision of this section, mandatory electronic monitoring as a |
625 | condition of the probation or community control supervision. |
626 | Section 10. This act shall take effect October 1, 2007. |