| 1 | Representative Adams offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 15-27 and insert: |
| 5 | (1) At the time of sentencing an offender convicted of a |
| 6 | violation of s. 794.011 or s. 800.04 or any offense in s. |
| 7 | 775.084(1)(b)1.a.-o., the court shall order that the offender be |
| 8 | prohibited from having any contact with the victim, directly or |
| 9 | indirectly, including through a third person, for the duration |
| 10 | of the sentence imposed. The court may reconsider the order upon |
| 11 | the request of the victim if the request is made at any time |
| 12 | after the victim has attained 18 years of age. In cases in which |
| 13 | an offender was convicted of a violation of s. |
| 14 | 775.084(1)(b)1.a.-o., the court may reconsider the order upon |
| 15 | the request of a guardian ad litem on behalf of a child victim |
| 16 | if the guardian ad litem affirms that he or she believes that |
| 17 | the contact would not be harmful to the victim. In considering a |
| 18 | the request, the court shall conduct an evidentiary hearing to |
| 19 | determine whether a change of circumstances has occurred which |
| 20 | warrants a change in the court order prohibiting contact and |
| 21 | whether it is in the best interest of the victim that the court |
| 22 | order be modified or rescinded. |
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| 24 | ====== T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ===== |
| 25 | Remove line 5 and insert: |
| 26 | contact with the victim; permitting a court to |
| 27 | reconsider an order of no contact upon the request of |
| 28 | a guardian ad litem on behalf of a child victim in |
| 29 | certain circumstances; providing penalties; providing |