| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to career offenders; amending s. 775.261, |
| 3 | F.S.; prohibiting specified acts done with intent to |
| 4 | assist a career offender in eluding a law enforcement |
| 5 | agency that is seeking to find the career offender to |
| 6 | question the career offender about, or to arrest the |
| 7 | career offender for, his or her noncompliance; providing |
| 8 | penalties; providing that such provisions are inapplicable |
| 9 | to career offenders incarcerated in or in the custody of |
| 10 | specified facilities; providing an effective date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. Subsection (10) is added to section 775.261, |
| 15 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 16 | 775.261 The Florida Career Offender Registration Act.-- |
| 17 | (10) ASSISTING IN NONCOMPLIANCE.--Any person who has |
| 18 | reason to believe that a career offender is not complying, or |
| 19 | has not complied, with the requirements of this section and who, |
| 20 | with the intent to assist the career offender in eluding a law |
| 21 | enforcement agency that is seeking to find the career offender |
| 22 | to question the career offender about, or to arrest the career |
| 23 | offender for, his or her noncompliance with the requirements of |
| 24 | this section: |
| 25 | (a) Withholds information from, or does not notify, the |
| 26 | law enforcement agency about the career offender's noncompliance |
| 27 | with the requirements of this section, and, if known, the |
| 28 | whereabouts of the career offender; |
| 29 | (b) Harbors or attempts to harbor, or assists another |
| 30 | person in harboring or attempting to harbor, the career |
| 31 | offender; |
| 32 | (c) Conceals or attempts to conceal, or assists another |
| 33 | person in concealing or attempting to conceal, the career |
| 34 | offender; or |
| 35 | (d) Provides information to the law enforcement agency |
| 36 | regarding the career offender that the person knows to be false |
| 37 | information, |
| 38 | |
| 39 | commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in |
| 40 | s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. This subsection does not |
| 41 | apply if the career offender is incarcerated in or is in the |
| 42 | custody of a state correctional facility, a private correctional |
| 43 | facility, a local jail, or a federal correctional facility. |
| 44 | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2009. |