CS/HB 555

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to violations of injunctions for
3protection; amending s. 784.047, F.S.; adding
4circumstances that violate an injunction for protection
5against repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating
6violence; providing an effective date.
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8Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10     Section 1.  Section 784.047, Florida Statutes, is amended
11to read:
12     784.047  Penalties for violating protective injunction
13against violators.--A person who willfully violates an
14injunction for protection against repeat violence, sexual
15violence, or dating violence, issued pursuant to s. 784.046, or
16a foreign protection order accorded full faith and credit
17pursuant to s. 741.315 by:
18     (1)  Refusing to vacate the dwelling that the parties
19share;
20     (2)  Going to, or being within 500 feet of, the
21petitioner's residence, school, place of employment, or a
22specified place frequented regularly by the petitioner and any
23named family or household member;
24     (3)  Committing an act of repeat violence, sexual violence,
25or dating violence against the petitioner;
26     (4)  Committing any other violation of the injunction
27through an intentional unlawful threat, word, or act to do
28violence to the petitioner; or
29     (5)  Telephoning, contacting, or otherwise communicating
30with the petitioner directly or indirectly, unless the
31injunction specifically allows indirect contact through a third
32party;
33     (6)  Knowingly and intentionally coming within 100 feet of
34the petitioner's motor vehicle, whether or not that vehicle is
35occupied;
36     (7)  Defacing or destroying the petitioner's personal
37property, including the petitioner's motor vehicle; or
38     (8)  Refusing to surrender firearms or ammunition if
39ordered to do so by the court,
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41commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as
42provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
43     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.


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