| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to criminal use of personal identification |
| 3 | information; amending s. 817.568, F.S.; reclassifying the |
| 4 | penalty for a felony or misdemeanor when the offender uses |
| 5 | the personal identification information of another person |
| 6 | in the commission of a crime; providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Subsections (11) through (17) of section |
| 11 | 817.568, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (12) |
| 12 | through (18), respectively, and a new subsection (11) is added |
| 13 | to that section to read: |
| 14 | 817.568 Criminal use of personal identification |
| 15 | information.-- |
| 16 | (11) The penalty for any felony or misdemeanor, other than |
| 17 | a felony or misdemeanor provided in this section, shall be |
| 18 | reclassified as provided in this subsection if, during the |
| 19 | course of the commission of such felony or misdemeanor, the |
| 20 | offender used the personal identification information of another |
| 21 | person without obtaining that person's consent: |
| 22 | (a) A misdemeanor of the second degree is reclassified to |
| 23 | a misdemeanor of the first degree. |
| 24 | (b) A misdemeanor of the first degree is reclassified to a |
| 25 | felony of the third degree. |
| 26 | (c) A felony of the third degree is reclassified to a |
| 27 | felony of the second degree. |
| 28 | (d) A felony of the second degree is reclassified to a |
| 29 | felony of the first degree. |
| 30 | (e) A felony of the first degree is reclassified to a life |
| 31 | felony. |
| 32 | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2008. |