1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to DNA testing; amending s. 943.325, F.S.; |
3 | revising offenses for which a conviction requires the |
4 | person convicted to provide biological specimens in |
5 | specified circumstances; correcting a reference; providing |
6 | an effective date. |
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8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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10 | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 943.325, Florida |
11 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
12 | 943.325 Blood or other biological specimen testing for DNA |
13 | analysis.-- |
14 | (1)(a) Any person who is convicted or was previously |
15 | convicted in this state for any offense or attempted offense |
16 | enumerated in paragraph (b), and any person who is transferred |
17 | to this state under Article VII of the Interstate Compact on |
18 | Juveniles, part XIII V of chapter 985, who has committed or |
19 | attempted to commit an offense similarly defined by the |
20 | transferring state, who is either: |
21 | 1. Still incarcerated, or |
22 | 2. No longer incarcerated, or has never been incarcerated, |
23 | yet is within the confines of the legal state boundaries and is |
24 | on probation, community control, parole, conditional release, |
25 | control release, or any other type of court-ordered supervision, |
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27 | shall be required to submit two specimens of blood or other |
28 | biological specimens approved by the Department of Law |
29 | Enforcement to a Department of Law Enforcement designated |
30 | testing facility as directed by the department. |
31 | (b)1. Chapter 794, chapter 800, s. 782.04, s. 784.045, s. |
32 | 810.02, s. 812.133, or s. 812.135. |
33 | 2. Effective July 1, 2002, and contingent upon specific |
34 | appropriation, s. 812.13 or s. 812.131. |
35 | 3. Effective July 1, 2003, and contingent upon specific |
36 | appropriation, chapter 787 or s. 782.07. |
37 | 4. Effective July 1, 2004, and contingent upon specific |
38 | appropriation, any forcible felony, as described in s. 776.08, |
39 | aggravated child abuse, as described in s. 827.03(2), aggravated |
40 | abuse of an elderly person or a disabled adult, as described in |
41 | s. 825.102(2), or any felony violation of chapter 790 involving |
42 | the use or possession of a firearm. |
43 | 1.5. Effective July 1, 2005, and contingent upon specific |
44 | appropriation, Any felony offense. |
45 | 2. Any misdemeanor violation of s. 784.048, s. 810.14, s. |
46 | 847.011, s. 847.013, s. 847.0135, or s. 877.26. |
47 | 3. An offense that the court found at sentencing was |
48 | committed for the purpose of benefiting, promoting, or |
49 | furthering the interests of a criminal street gang as defined in |
50 | s. 874.03. |
51 | (c) As used in this section, the term "any person" |
52 | includes both juveniles and adults committed to a county jail or |
53 | committed to or under the supervision of the Department of |
54 | Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, including |
55 | persons incarcerated in a private correctional institution |
56 | operated under contract pursuant to s. 944.105. |
57 | (d) Any person who was previously convicted in this state |
58 | for any offense or attempted offense enumerated in paragraph (b) |
59 | subparagraph (b)1., subparagraph (b)2., or subparagraph (b)3. |
60 | and who is still incarcerated or in the custody of the |
61 | Department of Juvenile Justice must submit, not less than 45 |
62 | days before his or her presumptive date of release from such |
63 | incarceration or commitment, two specimens of blood or other |
64 | approved biological specimens as directed by the Department of |
65 | Law Enforcement to a testing facility designated by the |
66 | department. |
67 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |