Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2276
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  03/25/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Dean) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
    2  
    3         Delete lines 104 - 154
    4  and insert:
    5         (g) “Qualifying offender” means any person, including
    6  juveniles and adults, who is:
    7         1.a. Committed to a county jail;
    8         b. Committed to or under the supervision of the Department
    9  of Corrections, including persons incarcerated in a private
   10  correctional institution operated under contract pursuant to s.
   11  944.105;
   12         c. Committed to or under the supervision of the Department
   13  of Juvenile Justice;
   14         d. Transferred to this state under the Interstate Compact
   15  on Juveniles, part XIII of chapter 985; or
   16         e. Accepted under Article IV of the Interstate Corrections
   17  Compact, part III of chapter 941; and who is:
   18         2.a. Convicted of any felony offense or attempted felony
   19  offense in this state or of a similar offense in another
   20  jurisdiction;
   21         b. Convicted of a misdemeanor violation of s. 784.048, s.
   22  810.14, s. 847.011, s. 847.013, s. 847.0135, or s. 877.26, or an
   23  offense that was found, pursuant to s. 874.04, to have been
   24  committed for the purpose of benefiting, promoting, or
   25  furthering the interests of a criminal gang as defined in s.
   26  874.03; or
   27         c. Arrested for any felony offense or attempted felony
   28  offense in this state.
   29         (3)(a) Each qualified offender shall submit a DNA sample at
   30  the time he or she is booked into a jail, correctional facility,
   31  or juvenile facility.
   32         (b) DNA samples collected under paragraph (a) from persons
   33  arrested for any felony offense or attempted felony offense in
   34  this state are subject to sufficient funding appropriations
   35  passed by the Legislature and approved by the Governor according
   36  to the following schedule:
   37         1. Beginning January 1, 2011, all felonies defined by
   38  chapters 782, 784, 794, and 800.
   39         2. Beginning January 1, 2013, all felonies defined by
   40  chapters 810 and 812.
   41         3. Beginning January 1, 2015, all felonies defined by
   42  chapters 787 and 790.
   43         4. Beginning January 1, 2017, all felonies defined by
   44  chapter 893.
   45         5. Beginning January 1, 2019, all remaining felony
   46  offenses.
   47  
   48  The department may reject DNA samples submitted pursuant to this
   49  subsection if submitted before the funding of any phase or if
   50  received before the department issues an official notification
   51  to the submitting agency that the department is sufficiently
   52  prepared to receive the samples.
   53         (c) On or before February 1, 2010, and by February 1 of
   54  each even-numbered year thereafter through 2018, the department
   55  shall submit a report to the Legislature listing the funding,
   56  infrastructure, facility, and personnel requirements necessary
   57  to operate the DNA database and DNA evidentiary analysis for the
   58  expansion phase scheduled for the following year.