Florida Senate - 2009                                    SB 1428
       
       
       
       By Senator Altman
       
       
       
       
       24-01707-09                                           20091428__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to warrantless arrests; amending s.
    3         901.15, F.S.; authorizing an arrest without a warrant
    4         when a law enforcement officer has probable cause to
    5         believe that an individual has committed an act of
    6         driving under the influence in violation of a
    7         specified provision or unlawfully exhibited his or her
    8         sexual organs in public in violation of a specified
    9         provision; providing an effective date.
   10         
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (9) of
   14  section 901.15, Florida Statutes, and subsection (16) is added
   15  to that section, to read:
   16         901.15 When arrest by officer without warrant is lawful.—A
   17  law enforcement officer may arrest a person without a warrant
   18  when:
   19         (9) There is probable cause to believe that the person has
   20  committed:
   21         (d) An act of driving under the influence as described in
   22  s. 316.193(1).
   23         (16) There is probable cause to believe that the person has
   24  unlawfully exhibited his or her sexual organs in public in
   25  violation of s. 800.03.
   26         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.