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The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Hill)

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recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)

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     Between lines 466 and 467

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insert:

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     (13)  "Victim" means:

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     (a)  A person who suffers personal physical injury or death

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as a direct result of a crime;

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     (b) Except as otherwise set forth in paragraph (3)(a)

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concerning injuries to minors, a person less than 16 years of

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age who was present at the scene of a crime, saw or heard the

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crime, and suffered a psychiatric or psychological injury

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because of the crime, but who was not physically injured; or

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     (c)  A person against whom a forcible felony was committed

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and who suffers a psychiatric or psychological injury as a

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direct result of that crime but who does not otherwise sustain a

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personal physical injury or death.

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And the directory clause is amended as follows:

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     Delete lines 454 and 455

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and insert:

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     Section 8. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and subsection

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(13) of section 960.03, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line 10, after the semicolon,

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insert:

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redefining the term "victim" to conform with the modified

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definition of the term "crime";

3/11/2008  1:50:00 PM     586-04721-08