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The Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations

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(Joyner) recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete lines 188 through 218

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and insert:

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     Section 3.  Section 775.0846, Florida Statutes, is amended

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to read:

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     775.0846 Possession of Wearing bulletproof vest while

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committing certain offenses.--

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     (1) As used in For the purposes of this section, the term

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"bulletproof vest" means a bullet-resistant soft body armor

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providing, as a minimum standard, the level of protection known

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as "threat level I," which shall mean at least seven layers of

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bullet-resistant material providing protection from three shots

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of 158-grain lead ammunition fired from a .38 caliber handgun at

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a velocity of 850 feet per second.

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     (2) A person commits is guilty of the unlawful possession

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wearing of a bulletproof vest when, acting alone or with one or

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more other persons and while possessing a firearm, he or she

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commits or attempts to commit any murder, sexual battery,

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robbery, burglary, arson, aggravated assault, aggravated battery,

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kidnapping, escape, breaking and entering with intent to commit a

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felony, criminal gang-related offense under chapter 874,

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narcotics offense under chapter 893, or aircraft piracy and, in

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the course of and in furtherance of any such crime, he or she

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possesses wears a bulletproof vest.

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     (3)  Any person who is convicted of a violation of this

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section commits is guilty of a felony of the third degree,

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punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete lines 6 through 8

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and insert:

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possessing a firearm; amending s. 775.0846, F.S.;

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providing that a person commits a felony of the third

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degree if he or she is in possession of a bulletproof vest

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when committing or attempting to commit certain specified

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crimes; amending s. 823.05,

4/7/2008  5:58:00 PM     604-06851-08