| 1 | Representative Simmons offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 60-72 and insert: |
| 5 | 775.215 Residency distance limitations for persons |
| 6 | convicted of certain sexual offenses; certain local ordinances |
| 7 | preempted and repealed. The adoption of residency distance |
| 8 | limitations for persons convicted of sexual offenses, including, |
| 9 | but not limited to, violations of s. 787.01, s. 787.02, s. |
| 10 | 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0145, regardless of |
| 11 | whether adjudication has been withheld, is expressly preempted |
| 12 | to the state. The provisions of ss. 794.065, 947.1405, and |
| 13 | 948.30 establishing such distance limitations supersede the |
| 14 | distance limitations included in any such municipal or county |
| 15 | ordinances. Any such residency distance limitations adopted by a |
| 16 | county or municipality prior to October 1, 2008, are hereby |
| 17 | repealed and abolished as of October 1, 2008. However, the |
| 18 | governing body of a county operating under a home rule charter |
| 19 | adopted pursuant to s. 11, Art. VIII of the Constitution of |
| 20 | 1885, as preserved by s. 6(e), Art. VIII of the State |
| 21 | Constitution, may, upon the recommendation of the chief law |
| 22 | enforcement officer of the county and a finding of public |
| 23 | necessity, adopt an ordinance after October 1, 2008, which |
| 24 | increases the distance limitations contained in s. 794.065 up to |
| 25 | a maximum distance of 1,750 feet. |
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| 28 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 29 | Remove line 9 and insert: |
| 30 | ordinances; providing an exception for charter counties; |
| 31 | amending s. 775.24, F.S.; revising provisions |