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The Committee on Criminal Justice (Wise) recommended the

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following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete everything after the enacting clause

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and insert:

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     Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 817.52, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     817.52  Obtaining vehicles with intent to defraud, failing

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to return hired vehicle, or tampering with mileage device of

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hired vehicle.--

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     (3)  FAILURE TO REDELIVER HIRED VEHICLE.--Whoever, after

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hiring a motor vehicle under an agreement to redeliver the same

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to the person letting such motor vehicle or his or her agent, at

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the termination of the period for which it was let, shall,

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without the consent of such person or persons and with intent to

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defraud, abandon, or willfully refuse to redeliver such vehicle

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as agreed commits shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony

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of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.

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775.083, or s. 775.084. A law enforcement agency may not require

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information not required by this subsection to be supplied in

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order to accept a report of a hired vehicle as a stolen vehicle.

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A report under this subsection shall be accepted by a law

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enforcement agency and shall be entered into the National Crime

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Information Center and the Florida Crime Information Center

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listing the hired vehicle as a stolen vehicle.

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     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete everything before the enacting clause

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and insert:

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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to a failure to redeliver hired vehicles;

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amending s. 817.52, F.S.; providing that information not

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otherwise required by law is not required in order to

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report a hired vehicle as stolen; requiring a law

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enforcement agency to report a hired vehicle as stolen to

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certain specified reporting systems; providing an

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effective date.

3/24/2008  9:42:00 AM     5-05529-08