| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to sexual predators and sexual offenders; |
| 3 | amending ss. 775.21 and 943.0435, F.S.; requiring the |
| 4 | Department of Law Enforcement to set and charge a fee to |
| 5 | sexual predators and sexual offenders who are financially |
| 6 | able to pay for all or part of the costs of supervision; |
| 7 | authorizing a sheriff to charge a fee to a sexual predator |
| 8 | or sexual offender to help defray the expense of |
| 9 | registering the sexual predator or sexual offender at the |
| 10 | sheriff's office; requiring the department to adopt rules; |
| 11 | providing an effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Subsections (11) and (12) are added to section |
| 16 | 775.21, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 17 | 775.21 The Florida Sexual Predators Act.-- |
| 18 | (11) EXPENSES.-- |
| 19 | (a) The department shall set a fee to cover the |
| 20 | department's actual costs of supervision, and those sexual |
| 21 | predators who are financially able shall pay all or part of the |
| 22 | costs of supervision. |
| 23 | (b) The sheriff may charge a fee to a sexual predator to |
| 24 | help defray the actual expense incurred in registering the |
| 25 | sexual predator at the sheriff's office. |
| 26 | (12) RULES.--The department shall adopt rules pursuant to |
| 27 | ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer this section. |
| 28 | Section 2. Subsections (15) and (16) are added to section |
| 29 | 943.0435, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 30 | 943.0435 Sexual offenders required to register with the |
| 31 | department; penalty.-- |
| 32 | (15)(a) The department shall set a fee to cover the |
| 33 | department's actual costs of supervision, and those sexual |
| 34 | offenders who are financially able shall pay all or part of the |
| 35 | costs of supervision. |
| 36 | (b) The sheriff may charge a fee to a sexual offender to |
| 37 | help defray the actual expense incurred in registering the |
| 38 | sexual offender at the sheriff's office. |
| 39 | (16) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. |
| 40 | 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer this section. |
| 41 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |