1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to sexual offenders and predators; |
3 | creating s. 856.022, F.S.; prohibiting loitering or |
4 | prowling by certain offenders within a specified distance |
5 | of places where children were congregating; prohibiting |
6 | certain actions toward a child at a public park or |
7 | playground by certain offenders; prohibiting the presence |
8 | of certain offenders at or on real property comprising a |
9 | child care facility or prekindergarten through grade 12 |
10 | school without notice and supervision; providing |
11 | exceptions; providing penalties; amending s. 775.21, F.S.; |
12 | revising and providing definitions; conforming terminology |
13 | to changes made by the act; revising provisions relating |
14 | to residence reporting requirements for sexual predators; |
15 | transferring, renumbering, and amending s. 794.065, F.S.; |
16 | providing intent; providing definitions; substituting the |
17 | term "child care facility" for the term "day care center"; |
18 | providing that the section does not apply to a person |
19 | living in an approved residence before the establishment |
20 | of a school, child care facility, park, or playground |
21 | within 1,000 feet of the residence; including offenses in |
22 | other jurisdictions that are similar to the offenses |
23 | listed for purposes of providing residency restrictions |
24 | for persons convicted of certain sex offenses, applicable |
25 | to offenses committed on or after a specified date; |
26 | providing that the section does not apply to persons who |
27 | were removed from the requirement to register as a sexual |
28 | offender or sexual predator under a specified provision; |
29 | amending s. 943.0435, F.S.; revising provisions relating |
30 | to residence reporting requirements for sexual offenders; |
31 | amending s. 943.04352, F.S.; requiring that the probation |
32 | services provider search in an additional specified sex |
33 | offender registry for information regarding sexual |
34 | predators and sexual offenders when an offender is placed |
35 | on misdemeanor probation; amending s. 944.606, F.S.; |
36 | revising address reporting requirements for sexual |
37 | offenders; amending s. 944.607, F.S.; requiring additional |
38 | registration information from sex offenders who are under |
39 | the supervision of the Department of Corrections but who |
40 | are not incarcerated; amending s. 947.005, F.S.; providing |
41 | additional definitions; amending s. 947.1405, F.S.; |
42 | conforming terminology to changes made by the act; |
43 | providing that a releasee living in an approved residence |
44 | before the establishment of a school, child care facility, |
45 | park, or playground within 1,000 feet of the residence may |
46 | not be forced to relocate and does not violate his or her |
47 | conditional release supervision; revising provisions |
48 | relating to polygraph examinations of specified |
49 | conditional releasees who have committed specified sexual |
50 | offenses; providing additional restrictions for certain |
51 | conditional releasees who have committed specified sexual |
52 | offenses against minors or have similar convictions in |
53 | another jurisdiction; amending s. 948.001, F.S.; revising |
54 | and providing definitions; amending s. 948.30, F.S.; |
55 | conforming terminology to changes made by the act; |
56 | providing that a probationer or community controllee |
57 | living in an approved residence before the establishment |
58 | of a school, child care facility, park, or playground |
59 | within 1,000 feet of the residence may not be forced to |
60 | relocate and does not violate his or her probation or |
61 | community control; revising provisions relating to |
62 | polygraph examinations of specified probationers or |
63 | community controllees who have committed specified sexual |
64 | offenses; providing additional restrictions for certain |
65 | probationers or community controllees who committed |
66 | specified sexual offenses against minors or who have |
67 | similar convictions in another jurisdiction; amending s. |
68 | 948.31, F.S.; deleting a requirement for diagnosis of |
69 | certain sexual predators and sexual offenders on community |
70 | control; revising provisions relating to treatment for |
71 | such offenders and predators; amending s. 985.481, F.S.; |
72 | providing additional address reporting requirements for |
73 | sexual offenders adjudicated delinquent; amending s. |
74 | 985.4815, F.S.; revising provisions relating to address |
75 | and residence reporting requirements for sexual offenders |
76 | adjudicated delinquent; providing legislative intent; |
77 | providing severability; providing a directive to the |
78 | Division of Statutory Revision; providing an effective |
79 | date. |
80 |
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81 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
82 |
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83 | Section 1. Section 856.022, Florida Statutes, is created |
84 | to read: |
85 | 856.022 Loitering or prowling by certain offenders in |
86 | close proximity to children; penalty.- |
87 | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), this section |
88 | applies to a person convicted of committing, or attempting, |
89 | soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any of the criminal |
90 | offenses proscribed in the following statutes in this state or |
91 | similar offenses in another jurisdiction against a victim who |
92 | was under 18 years of age at the time of the offense: s. 787.01, |
93 | s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), where the victim is a minor and |
94 | the offender was not the victim's parent or guardian; s. |
95 | 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s. |
96 | 796.035; s. 800.04; s. 825.1025; s. 827.071; s. 847.0133; s. |
97 | 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(6); s. 847.0137; s. 847.0138; s. |
98 | 847.0145; s. 985.701(1); or any similar offense committed in |
99 | this state which has been redesignated from a former statute |
100 | number to one of those listed in this subsection, if the person |
101 | has not received a pardon for any felony or similar law of |
102 | another jurisdiction necessary for the operation of this |
103 | subsection and a conviction of a felony or similar law of |
104 | another jurisdiction necessary for the operation of this |
105 | subsection has not been set aside in any postconviction |
106 | proceeding. |
107 | (2) This section does not apply to a person who has been |
108 | removed from the requirement to register as a sexual offender or |
109 | sexual predator pursuant to s. 943.04354. |
110 | (3) A person described in subsection (1) commits loitering |
111 | and prowling by a person convicted of a sexual offense against a |
112 | minor if, in committing loitering and prowling, he or she was |
113 | within 300 feet of a place where children were congregating. |
114 | (4) It is unlawful for a person described in subsection |
115 | (1) to: |
116 | (a) Knowingly approach, contact, or communicate with a |
117 | child under 18 years of age in any public park building or on |
118 | real property comprising any public park or playground with the |
119 | intent to engage in conduct of a sexual nature or to make a |
120 | communication of any type with any content of a sexual nature. |
121 | This paragraph applies only to a person described in subsection |
122 | (1) whose offense was committed on or after the effective date |
123 | of this act. |
124 | (b)1. Knowingly be present in any child care facility or |
125 | school containing any students in prekindergarten through grade |
126 | 12 or on real property comprising any child care facility or |
127 | school containing any students in prekindergarten through grade |
128 | 12 when the child care facility or school is in operation unless |
129 | the person had previously provided written notification of his |
130 | or her intent to be present to the school board, superintendent, |
131 | principal, or child care facility owner; |
132 | 2. Fail to notify the child care facility owner or the |
133 | school principal's office when he or she arrives and departs the |
134 | child care facility or school; or |
135 | 3. Fail to remain under direct supervision of a school |
136 | official or designated chaperone when present in the vicinity of |
137 | children. As used in this paragraph, the term "school official" |
138 | means a principal, a school resource officer, a teacher or any |
139 | other employee of the school, the superintendent of schools, a |
140 | member of the school board, a child care facility owner, or a |
141 | child care provider. |
142 | (c) A person is not in violation of paragraph (b) if: |
143 | 1. The child care facility or school is a voting location |
144 | and the person is present for the purpose of voting during the |
145 | hours designated for voting; or |
146 | 2. The person is only dropping off or picking up his or |
147 | her own children or grandchildren at the child care facility or |
148 | school. |
149 | (5) Any person who violates this section commits a |
150 | misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. |
151 | 775.082 or s. 775.083. |
152 | Section 2. Subsection (2), paragraph (c) of subsection |
153 | (4), paragraph (a) of subsection (5), paragraphs (a), (f), (g), |
154 | (i), and (j) of subsection (6), paragraph (a) of subsection (7), |
155 | paragraph (a) of subsection (8), and paragraph (b) of subsection |
156 | (10) of section 775.21, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
157 | 775.21 The Florida Sexual Predators Act.- |
158 | (2) DEFINITIONS.-As used in this section, the term: |
159 | (a)(i) "Change in enrollment or employment status" means |
160 | the commencement or termination of enrollment or employment or a |
161 | change in location of enrollment or employment. |
162 | (b)(a) "Chief of police" means the chief law enforcement |
163 | officer of a municipality. |
164 | (c) "Child care facility" has the same meaning as provided |
165 | in s. 402.302. |
166 | (d)(b) "Community" means any county where the sexual |
167 | predator lives or otherwise establishes or maintains a temporary |
168 | or permanent residence. |
169 | (e)(c) "Conviction" means a determination of guilt which |
170 | is the result of a trial or the entry of a plea of guilty or |
171 | nolo contendere, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld. |
172 | A conviction for a similar offense includes, but is not limited |
173 | to, a conviction by a federal or military tribunal, including |
174 | courts-martial conducted by the Armed Forces of the United |
175 | States, and includes a conviction or entry of a plea of guilty |
176 | or nolo contendere resulting in a sanction in any state of the |
177 | United States or other jurisdiction. A sanction includes, but is |
178 | not limited to, a fine, probation, community control, parole, |
179 | conditional release, control release, or incarceration in a |
180 | state prison, federal prison, private correctional facility, or |
181 | local detention facility. |
182 | (f)(d) "Department" means the Department of Law |
183 | Enforcement. |
184 | (g)(j) "Electronic mail address" has the same meaning as |
185 | provided in s. 668.602. |
186 | (h)(e) "Entering the county" includes being discharged |
187 | from a correctional facility or jail or secure treatment |
188 | facility within the county or being under supervision within the |
189 | county for the commission of a violation enumerated in |
190 | subsection (4). |
191 | (i)(k) "Instant message name" means an identifier that |
192 | allows a person to communicate in real time with another person |
193 | using the Internet. |
194 | (j)(h) "Institution of higher education" means a career |
195 | center, community college, college, state university, or |
196 | independent postsecondary institution. |
197 | (k)(f) "Permanent residence" means a place where the |
198 | person abides, lodges, or resides for 5 or more consecutive |
199 | days. |
200 | (l)(g) "Temporary residence" means a place where the |
201 | person abides, lodges, or resides, including, but not limited |
202 | to, vacation, business, or personal travel destinations in or |
203 | out of this state, for a period of 5 or more days in the |
204 | aggregate during any calendar year and which is not the person's |
205 | permanent address or, for a person whose permanent residence is |
206 | not in this state, a place where the person is employed, |
207 | practices a vocation, or is enrolled as a student for any period |
208 | of time in this state. |
209 | (m) "Transient residence" means a place or county where a |
210 | person lives, remains, or is located for a period of 5 or more |
211 | days in the aggregate during a calendar year and which is not |
212 | the person's permanent or temporary address. The term includes, |
213 | but is not limited to, a place where the person sleeps or seeks |
214 | shelter and a location that has no specific street address. |
215 | (4) SEXUAL PREDATOR CRITERIA.- |
216 | (c) If an offender has been registered as a sexual |
217 | predator by the Department of Corrections, the department, or |
218 | any other law enforcement agency and if: |
219 | 1. The court did not, for whatever reason, make a written |
220 | finding at the time of sentencing that the offender was a sexual |
221 | predator; or |
222 | 2. The offender was administratively registered as a |
223 | sexual predator because the Department of Corrections, the |
224 | department, or any other law enforcement agency obtained |
225 | information that indicated that the offender met the criteria |
226 | for designation as a sexual predator based on a violation of a |
227 | similar law in another jurisdiction, |
228 |
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229 | the department shall remove that offender from the department's |
230 | list of sexual predators and, for an offender described under |
231 | subparagraph 1., shall notify the state attorney who prosecuted |
232 | the offense that met the criteria for administrative designation |
233 | as a sexual predator, and, for an offender described under this |
234 | paragraph, shall notify the state attorney of the county where |
235 | the offender establishes or maintains a permanent, or temporary, |
236 | or transient residence. The state attorney shall bring the |
237 | matter to the court's attention in order to establish that the |
238 | offender meets the criteria for designation as a sexual |
239 | predator. If the court makes a written finding that the offender |
240 | is a sexual predator, the offender must be designated as a |
241 | sexual predator, must register or be registered as a sexual |
242 | predator with the department as provided in subsection (6), and |
243 | is subject to the community and public notification as provided |
244 | in subsection (7). If the court does not make a written finding |
245 | that the offender is a sexual predator, the offender may not be |
246 | designated as a sexual predator with respect to that offense and |
247 | is not required to register or be registered as a sexual |
248 | predator with the department. |
249 | (5) SEXUAL PREDATOR DESIGNATION.-An offender is designated |
250 | as a sexual predator as follows: |
251 | (a)1. An offender who meets the sexual predator criteria |
252 | described in paragraph (4)(d) is a sexual predator, and the |
253 | court shall make a written finding at the time such offender is |
254 | determined to be a sexually violent predator under chapter 394 |
255 | that such person meets the criteria for designation as a sexual |
256 | predator for purposes of this section. The clerk shall transmit |
257 | a copy of the order containing the written finding to the |
258 | department within 48 hours after the entry of the order; |
259 | 2. An offender who meets the sexual predator criteria |
260 | described in paragraph (4)(a) who is before the court for |
261 | sentencing for a current offense committed on or after October |
262 | 1, 1993, is a sexual predator, and the sentencing court must |
263 | make a written finding at the time of sentencing that the |
264 | offender is a sexual predator, and the clerk of the court shall |
265 | transmit a copy of the order containing the written finding to |
266 | the department within 48 hours after the entry of the order; or |
267 | 3. If the Department of Corrections, the department, or |
268 | any other law enforcement agency obtains information which |
269 | indicates that an offender who establishes or maintains a |
270 | permanent, or temporary, or transient residence in this state |
271 | meets the sexual predator criteria described in paragraph (4)(a) |
272 | or paragraph (4)(d) because the offender was civilly committed |
273 | or committed a similar violation in another jurisdiction on or |
274 | after October 1, 1993, the Department of Corrections, the |
275 | department, or the law enforcement agency shall notify the state |
276 | attorney of the county where the offender establishes or |
277 | maintains a permanent, or temporary, or transient residence of |
278 | the offender's presence in the community. The state attorney |
279 | shall file a petition with the criminal division of the circuit |
280 | court for the purpose of holding a hearing to determine if the |
281 | offender's criminal record or record of civil commitment from |
282 | another jurisdiction meets the sexual predator criteria. If the |
283 | court finds that the offender meets the sexual predator criteria |
284 | because the offender has violated a similar law or similar laws |
285 | in another jurisdiction, the court shall make a written finding |
286 | that the offender is a sexual predator. |
287 |
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288 | When the court makes a written finding that an offender is a |
289 | sexual predator, the court shall inform the sexual predator of |
290 | the registration and community and public notification |
291 | requirements described in this section. Within 48 hours after |
292 | the court designating an offender as a sexual predator, the |
293 | clerk of the circuit court shall transmit a copy of the court's |
294 | written sexual predator finding to the department. If the |
295 | offender is sentenced to a term of imprisonment or supervision, |
296 | a copy of the court's written sexual predator finding must be |
297 | submitted to the Department of Corrections. |
298 | (6) REGISTRATION.- |
299 | (a) A sexual predator must register with the department |
300 | through the sheriff's office by providing the following |
301 | information to the department: |
302 | 1. Name;, social security number;, age;, race;, sex;, date |
303 | of birth;, height;, weight;, hair and eye color;, photograph;, |
304 | address of legal residence and address of any current temporary |
305 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
306 | route address and a post office box;, if no permanent or |
307 | temporary address, any transient residence within the state; |
308 | address, location or description, and dates of any current or |
309 | known future temporary residence within the state or out of |
310 | state; any electronic mail address and any instant message name |
311 | required to be provided pursuant to subparagraph (g)4.;, home |
312 | telephone number and any cellular telephone number;, date and |
313 | place of any employment;, date and place of each conviction;, |
314 | fingerprints;, and a brief description of the crime or crimes |
315 | committed by the offender. A post office box shall not be |
316 | provided in lieu of a physical residential address. |
317 | a. If the sexual predator's place of residence is a motor |
318 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
319 | in chapter 320, the sexual predator shall also provide to the |
320 | department written notice of the vehicle identification number; |
321 | the license tag number; the registration number; and a |
322 | description, including color scheme, of the motor vehicle, |
323 | trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home. If a sexual |
324 | predator's place of residence is a vessel, live-aboard vessel, |
325 | or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the sexual predator |
326 | shall also provide to the department written notice of the hull |
327 | identification number; the manufacturer's serial number; the |
328 | name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the |
329 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
330 | of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
331 | b. If the sexual predator is enrolled, employed, or |
332 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
333 | this state, the sexual predator shall also provide to the |
334 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
335 | including each campus attended, and the sexual predator's |
336 | enrollment or employment status. Each change in enrollment or |
337 | employment status shall be reported in person at the sheriff's |
338 | office, or the Department of Corrections if the sexual predator |
339 | is in the custody or control of or under the supervision of the |
340 | Department of Corrections, within 48 hours after any change in |
341 | status. The sheriff or the Department of Corrections shall |
342 | promptly notify each institution of the sexual predator's |
343 | presence and any change in the sexual predator's enrollment or |
344 | employment status. |
345 | 2. Any other information determined necessary by the |
346 | department, including criminal and corrections records; |
347 | nonprivileged personnel and treatment records; and evidentiary |
348 | genetic markers when available. |
349 | (f) Within 48 hours after the registration required under |
350 | paragraph (a) or paragraph (e), a sexual predator who is not |
351 | incarcerated and who resides in the community, including a |
352 | sexual predator under the supervision of the Department of |
353 | Corrections, shall register in person at a driver's license |
354 | office of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles |
355 | and shall present proof of registration. At the driver's license |
356 | office the sexual predator shall: |
357 | 1. If otherwise qualified, secure a Florida driver's |
358 | license, renew a Florida driver's license, or secure an |
359 | identification card. The sexual predator shall identify himself |
360 | or herself as a sexual predator who is required to comply with |
361 | this section, provide his or her place of permanent, or |
362 | temporary, or transient residence, including a rural route |
363 | address and a post office box, and submit to the taking of a |
364 | photograph for use in issuing a driver's license, renewed |
365 | license, or identification card, and for use by the department |
366 | in maintaining current records of sexual predators. A post |
367 | office box shall not be provided in lieu of a physical |
368 | residential address. If the sexual predator's place of residence |
369 | is a motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, |
370 | as defined in chapter 320, the sexual predator shall also |
371 | provide to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles |
372 | the vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
373 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
374 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
375 | home. If a sexual predator's place of residence is a vessel, |
376 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
377 | sexual predator shall also provide to the Department of Highway |
378 | Safety and Motor Vehicles the hull identification number; the |
379 | manufacturer's serial number; the name of the vessel, live- |
380 | aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration number; and a |
381 | description, including color scheme, of the vessel, live-aboard |
382 | vessel, or houseboat. |
383 | 2. Pay the costs assessed by the Department of Highway |
384 | Safety and Motor Vehicles for issuing or renewing a driver's |
385 | license or identification card as required by this section. The |
386 | driver's license or identification card issued to the sexual |
387 | predator must be in compliance with s. 322.141(3). |
388 | 3. Provide, upon request, any additional information |
389 | necessary to confirm the identity of the sexual predator, |
390 | including a set of fingerprints. |
391 | (g)1. Each time a sexual predator's driver's license or |
392 | identification card is subject to renewal, and, without regard |
393 | to the status of the predator's driver's license or |
394 | identification card, within 48 hours after any change of the |
395 | predator's residence or change in the predator's name by reason |
396 | of marriage or other legal process, the predator shall report in |
397 | person to a driver's license office and shall be subject to the |
398 | requirements specified in paragraph (f). The Department of |
399 | Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall forward to the |
400 | department and to the Department of Corrections all photographs |
401 | and information provided by sexual predators. Notwithstanding |
402 | the restrictions set forth in s. 322.142, the Department of |
403 | Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is authorized to release a |
404 | reproduction of a color-photograph or digital-image license to |
405 | the Department of Law Enforcement for purposes of public |
406 | notification of sexual predators as provided in this section. |
407 | 2. A sexual predator who vacates a permanent, temporary, |
408 | or transient residence and fails to establish or maintain |
409 | another permanent, or temporary, or transient residence shall, |
410 | within 48 hours after vacating the permanent, temporary, or |
411 | transient residence, report in person to the sheriff's office of |
412 | the county in which he or she is located. The sexual predator |
413 | shall specify the date upon which he or she intends to or did |
414 | vacate such residence. The sexual predator must provide or |
415 | update all of the registration information required under |
416 | paragraph (a). The sexual predator must provide an address for |
417 | the residence or other place location that he or she is or will |
418 | be located occupying during the time in which he or she fails to |
419 | establish or maintain a permanent or temporary residence. |
420 | 3. A sexual predator who remains at a permanent, |
421 | temporary, or transient residence after reporting his or her |
422 | intent to vacate such residence shall, within 48 hours after the |
423 | date upon which the predator indicated he or she would or did |
424 | vacate such residence, report in person to the sheriff's office |
425 | to which he or she reported pursuant to subparagraph 2. for the |
426 | purpose of reporting his or her address at such residence. When |
427 | the sheriff receives the report, the sheriff shall promptly |
428 | convey the information to the department. An offender who makes |
429 | a report as required under subparagraph 2. but fails to make a |
430 | report as required under this subparagraph commits a felony of |
431 | the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. |
432 | 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
433 | 4. A sexual predator must register any electronic mail |
434 | address or instant message name with the department prior to |
435 | using such electronic mail address or instant message name on or |
436 | after October 1, 2007. The department shall establish an online |
437 | system through which sexual predators may securely access and |
438 | update all electronic mail address and instant message name |
439 | information. |
440 | (i) A sexual predator who intends to establish a |
441 | permanent, temporary, or transient residence in another state or |
442 | jurisdiction other than the State of Florida shall report in |
443 | person to the sheriff of the county of current residence within |
444 | 48 hours before the date he or she intends to leave this state |
445 | to establish residence in another state or jurisdiction. The |
446 | sexual predator must provide to the sheriff the address, |
447 | municipality, county, and state of intended residence. The |
448 | sheriff shall promptly provide to the department the information |
449 | received from the sexual predator. The department shall notify |
450 | the statewide law enforcement agency, or a comparable agency, in |
451 | the intended state or jurisdiction of residence of the sexual |
452 | predator's intended residence. The failure of a sexual predator |
453 | to provide his or her intended place of residence is punishable |
454 | as provided in subsection (10). |
455 | (j) A sexual predator who indicates his or her intent to |
456 | establish a permanent, temporary, or transient residence reside |
457 | in another state or jurisdiction other than the State of Florida |
458 | and later decides to remain in this state shall, within 48 hours |
459 | after the date upon which the sexual predator indicated he or |
460 | she would leave this state, report in person to the sheriff to |
461 | which the sexual predator reported the intended change of |
462 | residence, and report his or her intent to remain in this state. |
463 | If the sheriff is notified by the sexual predator that he or she |
464 | intends to remain in this state, the sheriff shall promptly |
465 | report this information to the department. A sexual predator who |
466 | reports his or her intent to establish a permanent, temporary, |
467 | or transient residence reside in another state or jurisdiction, |
468 | but who remains in this state without reporting to the sheriff |
469 | in the manner required by this paragraph, commits a felony of |
470 | the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. |
471 | 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
472 | (7) COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.- |
473 | (a) Law enforcement agencies must inform members of the |
474 | community and the public of a sexual predator's presence. Upon |
475 | notification of the presence of a sexual predator, the sheriff |
476 | of the county or the chief of police of the municipality where |
477 | the sexual predator establishes or maintains a permanent or |
478 | temporary residence shall notify members of the community and |
479 | the public of the presence of the sexual predator in a manner |
480 | deemed appropriate by the sheriff or the chief of police. Within |
481 | 48 hours after receiving notification of the presence of a |
482 | sexual predator, the sheriff of the county or the chief of |
483 | police of the municipality where the sexual predator temporarily |
484 | or permanently resides shall notify each licensed child care |
485 | facility day care center, elementary school, middle school, and |
486 | high school within a 1-mile radius of the temporary or permanent |
487 | residence of the sexual predator of the presence of the sexual |
488 | predator. Information provided to members of the community and |
489 | the public regarding a sexual predator must include: |
490 | 1. The name of the sexual predator; |
491 | 2. A description of the sexual predator, including a |
492 | photograph; |
493 | 3. The sexual predator's current permanent, temporary, and |
494 | transient addresses, and descriptions of registered locations |
495 | that have no specific street address, including the name of the |
496 | county or municipality if known; |
497 | 4. The circumstances of the sexual predator's offense or |
498 | offenses; and |
499 | 5. Whether the victim of the sexual predator's offense or |
500 | offenses was, at the time of the offense, a minor or an adult. |
501 |
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502 | This paragraph does not authorize the release of the name of any |
503 | victim of the sexual predator. |
504 | (8) VERIFICATION.-The department and the Department of |
505 | Corrections shall implement a system for verifying the addresses |
506 | of sexual predators. The system must be consistent with the |
507 | provisions of the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety |
508 | Act of 2006 and any other federal standards applicable to such |
509 | verification or required to be met as a condition for the |
510 | receipt of federal funds by the state. The Department of |
511 | Corrections shall verify the addresses of sexual predators who |
512 | are not incarcerated but who reside in the community under the |
513 | supervision of the Department of Corrections and shall report to |
514 | the department any failure by a sexual predator to comply with |
515 | registration requirements. County and local law enforcement |
516 | agencies, in conjunction with the department, shall verify the |
517 | addresses of sexual predators who are not under the care, |
518 | custody, control, or supervision of the Department of |
519 | Corrections. Local law enforcement agencies shall report to the |
520 | department any failure by a sexual predator to comply with |
521 | registration requirements. |
522 | (a) A sexual predator must report in person each year |
523 | during the month of the sexual predator's birthday and during |
524 | every third month thereafter to the sheriff's office in the |
525 | county in which he or she resides or is otherwise located to |
526 | reregister. The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
527 | times and days for reporting by the sexual predator, which shall |
528 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this paragraph. |
529 | Reregistration shall include any changes to the following |
530 | information: |
531 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
532 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
533 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
534 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
535 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
536 | temporary address, any transient residence within the state; |
537 | address, location or description, and dates of any current or |
538 | known future temporary residence within the state or out of |
539 | state; any electronic mail address and any instant message name |
540 | required to be provided pursuant to subparagraph (6)(g)4.; home |
541 | telephone number and any cellular telephone number; date and |
542 | place of any employment; vehicle make, model, color, and license |
543 | tag number; fingerprints; and photograph. A post office box |
544 | shall not be provided in lieu of a physical residential address. |
545 | 2. If the sexual predator is enrolled, employed, or |
546 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
547 | this state, the sexual predator shall also provide to the |
548 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
549 | including each campus attended, and the sexual predator's |
550 | enrollment or employment status. |
551 | 3. If the sexual predator's place of residence is a motor |
552 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
553 | in chapter 320, the sexual predator shall also provide the |
554 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
555 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
556 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
557 | home. If the sexual predator's place of residence is a vessel, |
558 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
559 | sexual predator shall also provide the hull identification |
560 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
561 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
562 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
563 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
564 | (10) PENALTIES.- |
565 | (b) A sexual predator who has been convicted of or found |
566 | to have committed, or has pled nolo contendere or guilty to, |
567 | regardless of adjudication, any violation, or attempted |
568 | violation, of s. 787.01, s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), where |
569 | the victim is a minor and the defendant is not the victim's |
570 | parent or guardian; s. 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); s. |
571 | 794.05; s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s. 800.04; s. 827.071; s. |
572 | 847.0133; s. 847.0135(5); s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or a |
573 | violation of a similar law of another jurisdiction when the |
574 | victim of the offense was a minor, and who works, whether for |
575 | compensation or as a volunteer, at any business, school, child |
576 | care facility day care center, park, playground, or other place |
577 | where children regularly congregate, commits a felony of the |
578 | third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, |
579 | or s. 775.084. |
580 | Section 3. Section 794.065, Florida Statutes, is |
581 | transferred, renumbered as section 775.215, Florida Statutes, |
582 | and amended to read: |
583 | 775.215 794.065 Residency restriction Unlawful place of |
584 | residence for persons convicted of certain sex offenses.- |
585 | (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that there be one |
586 | state-established residency restriction distance applicable to |
587 | the residence of persons described in this section and that such |
588 | state-established residency restriction distance be uniformly |
589 | applied throughout the state. |
590 | (2) As used in this section, the term: |
591 | (a) "Child care facility" has the same meaning as provided |
592 | in s. 402.302. |
593 | (b) "Park" means all public and private property |
594 | specifically designated as being used for recreational purposes |
595 | and where children regularly congregate. |
596 | (c) "Playground" means a designated independent area in |
597 | the community or neighborhood that is designated solely for |
598 | children and has one or more play structures. |
599 | (d) "School" has the same meaning as provided in s. |
600 | 1003.01 and includes a private school as defined in s. 1002.01, |
601 | a voluntary prekindergarten education program as described in s. |
602 | 1002.53(3), a public school as described in s. 402.3025(1), the |
603 | Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, the Florida Virtual |
604 | School as established under s. 1002.37, and a K-8 Virtual School |
605 | as established under s. 1002.415, but does not include |
606 | facilities dedicated exclusively to the education of adults. |
607 | (3)(a)(1) A It is unlawful for any person who has been |
608 | convicted of a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, |
609 | s. 847.0135(5), or s. 847.0145, regardless of whether |
610 | adjudication has been withheld, in which the victim of the |
611 | offense was less than 16 years of age, may not to reside within |
612 | 1,000 feet of any school, child care facility day care center, |
613 | park, or playground. However, a person does not violate this |
614 | subsection and may not be forced to relocate if he or she is |
615 | living in a residence that meets the requirements of this |
616 | subsection and a school, child care facility, park, or |
617 | playground is subsequently established within 1,000 feet of his |
618 | or her residence. |
619 | (b) A person who violates this subsection section and |
620 | whose conviction under s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, s. |
621 | 847.0135(5), or s. 847.0145 was classified as a felony of the |
622 | first degree or higher commits a felony of the third degree, |
623 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who |
624 | violates this subsection section and whose conviction under s. |
625 | 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, s. 847.0135(5), or s. 847.0145 |
626 | was classified as a felony of the second or third degree commits |
627 | a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. |
628 | 775.082 or s. 775.083. |
629 | (c)(2) This subsection section applies to any person |
630 | convicted of a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, |
631 | s. 847.0135(5), or s. 847.0145 for offenses that occur on or |
632 | after October 1, 2004, excluding persons who have been removed |
633 | from the requirement to register as a sexual offender or sexual |
634 | predator pursuant to s. 943.04354. |
635 | (4)(a) A person who has been convicted of an offense in |
636 | another jurisdiction that is similar to a violation of s. |
637 | 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, s. 847.0135(5), or s. 847.0145, |
638 | regardless of whether adjudication has been withheld, in which |
639 | the victim of the offense was less than 16 years of age, may not |
640 | reside within 1,000 feet of any school, child care facility, |
641 | park, or playground. However, a person does not violate this |
642 | subsection and may not be forced to relocate if he or she is |
643 | living in a residence that meets the requirements of this |
644 | subsection and a school, child care facility, park, or |
645 | playground is subsequently established within 1,000 feet of his |
646 | or her residence. |
647 | (b) A person who violates this subsection and whose |
648 | conviction in another jurisdiction resulted in a penalty that is |
649 | substantially similar to a felony of the first degree or higher |
650 | commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in |
651 | s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who violates this subsection |
652 | and whose conviction in another jurisdiction resulted in a |
653 | penalty that is substantially similar to a felony of the second |
654 | or third degree commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, |
655 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. |
656 | (c) This subsection applies to any person convicted of an |
657 | offense in another jurisdiction that is similar to a violation |
658 | of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, s. 847.0135(5), or s. |
659 | 847.0145 if such offense occurred on or after the effective date |
660 | of this act, excluding persons who have been removed from the |
661 | requirement to register as a sexual offender or sexual predator |
662 | pursuant to s. 943.04354. |
663 | Section 4. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1), subsection |
664 | (2), paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subsection (4), subsections |
665 | (7), (8), and (10), and paragraph (c) of subsection (14) of |
666 | section 943.0435, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
667 | 943.0435 Sexual offenders required to register with the |
668 | department; penalty.- |
669 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
670 | (c) "Permanent residence," and "temporary residence," and |
671 | "transient residence" have the same meaning ascribed in s. |
672 | 775.21. |
673 | (2) A sexual offender shall: |
674 | (a) Report in person at the sheriff's office: |
675 | 1. In the county in which the offender establishes or |
676 | maintains a permanent, or temporary, or transient residence |
677 | within 48 hours after: |
678 | a. Establishing permanent, or temporary, or transient |
679 | residence in this state; or |
680 | b. Being released from the custody, control, or |
681 | supervision of the Department of Corrections or from the custody |
682 | of a private correctional facility; or |
683 | 2. In the county where he or she was convicted within 48 |
684 | hours after being convicted for a qualifying offense for |
685 | registration under this section if the offender is not in the |
686 | custody or control of, or under the supervision of, the |
687 | Department of Corrections, or is not in the custody of a private |
688 | correctional facility. |
689 |
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690 | Any change in the information required to be provided pursuant |
691 | to paragraph (b), including, but not limited to, any change in |
692 | the sexual offender's permanent, or temporary, or transient |
693 | residence, name, any electronic mail address and any instant |
694 | message name required to be provided pursuant to paragraph |
695 | (4)(d), after the sexual offender reports in person at the |
696 | sheriff's office, shall be accomplished in the manner provided |
697 | in subsections (4), (7), and (8). |
698 | (b) Provide his or her name;, date of birth;, social |
699 | security number;, race;, sex;, height;, weight;, hair and eye |
700 | color;, tattoos or other identifying |
701 | place of employment;, address of permanent or legal residence or |
702 | address of any current temporary residence, within the state or |
703 | and out of state, including a rural route address and a post |
704 | office box;, if no permanent or temporary address, any transient |
705 | residence within the state, address, location or description, |
706 | and dates of any current or known future temporary residence |
707 | within the state or out of state; home telephone number and any |
708 | cellular telephone number;, any electronic mail address and any |
709 | instant message name required to be provided pursuant to |
710 | paragraph (4)(d);, date and place of each conviction;, and a |
711 | brief description of the crime or crimes committed by the |
712 | offender. A post office box shall not be provided in lieu of a |
713 | physical residential address. |
714 | 1. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
715 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
716 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
717 | department through the sheriff's office written notice of the |
718 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
719 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
720 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
721 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
722 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
723 | sexual offender shall also provide to the department written |
724 | notice of the hull identification number; the manufacturer's |
725 | serial number; the name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or |
726 | houseboat; the registration number; and a description, including |
727 | color scheme, of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
728 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
729 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
730 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
731 | department through the sheriff's office the name, address, and |
732 | county of each institution, including each campus attended, and |
733 | the sexual offender's enrollment or employment status. Each |
734 | change in enrollment or employment status shall be reported in |
735 | person at the sheriff's office, within 48 hours after any change |
736 | in status. The sheriff shall promptly notify each institution of |
737 | the sexual offender's presence and any change in the sexual |
738 | offender's enrollment or employment status. |
739 |
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740 | When a sexual offender reports at the sheriff's office, the |
741 | sheriff shall take a photograph and a set of fingerprints of the |
742 | offender and forward the photographs and fingerprints to the |
743 | department, along with the information provided by the sexual |
744 | offender. The sheriff shall promptly provide to the department |
745 | the information received from the sexual offender. |
746 | (4)(a) Each time a sexual offender's driver's license or |
747 | identification card is subject to renewal, and, without regard |
748 | to the status of the offender's driver's license or |
749 | identification card, within 48 hours after any change in the |
750 | offender's permanent, or temporary, or transient residence or |
751 | change in the offender's name by reason of marriage or other |
752 | legal process, the offender shall report in person to a driver's |
753 | license office, and shall be subject to the requirements |
754 | specified in subsection (3). The Department of Highway Safety |
755 | and Motor Vehicles shall forward to the department all |
756 | photographs and information provided by sexual offenders. |
757 | Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in s. 322.142, the |
758 | Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is authorized to |
759 | release a reproduction of a color-photograph or digital-image |
760 | license to the Department of Law Enforcement for purposes of |
761 | public notification of sexual offenders as provided in this |
762 | section and ss. 943.043 and 944.606. |
763 | (b) A sexual offender who vacates a permanent, temporary, |
764 | or transient residence and fails to establish or maintain |
765 | another permanent, or temporary, or transient residence shall, |
766 | within 48 hours after vacating the permanent, temporary, or |
767 | transient residence, report in person to the sheriff's office of |
768 | the county in which he or she is located. The sexual offender |
769 | shall specify the date upon which he or she intends to or did |
770 | vacate such residence. The sexual offender must provide or |
771 | update all of the registration information required under |
772 | paragraph (2)(b). The sexual offender must provide an address |
773 | for the residence or other place location that he or she is or |
774 | will be located occupying during the time in which he or she |
775 | fails to establish or maintain a permanent or temporary |
776 | residence. |
777 | (c) A sexual offender who remains at a permanent, |
778 | temporary, or transient residence after reporting his or her |
779 | intent to vacate such residence shall, within 48 hours after the |
780 | date upon which the offender indicated he or she would or did |
781 | vacate such residence, report in person to the agency to which |
782 | he or she reported pursuant to paragraph (b) for the purpose of |
783 | reporting his or her address at such residence. When the sheriff |
784 | receives the report, the sheriff shall promptly convey the |
785 | information to the department. An offender who makes a report as |
786 | required under paragraph (b) but fails to make a report as |
787 | required under this paragraph commits a felony of the second |
788 | degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. |
789 | 775.084. |
790 | (7) A sexual offender who intends to establish a |
791 | permanent, temporary, or transient residence in another state or |
792 | jurisdiction other than the State of Florida shall report in |
793 | person to the sheriff of the county of current residence within |
794 | 48 hours before the date he or she intends to leave this state |
795 | to establish residence in another state or jurisdiction. The |
796 | notification must include the address, municipality, county, and |
797 | state of intended residence. The sheriff shall promptly provide |
798 | to the department the information received from the sexual |
799 | offender. The department shall notify the statewide law |
800 | enforcement agency, or a comparable agency, in the intended |
801 | state or jurisdiction of residence of the sexual offender's |
802 | intended residence. The failure of a sexual offender to provide |
803 | his or her intended place of residence is punishable as provided |
804 | in subsection (9). |
805 | (8) A sexual offender who indicates his or her intent to |
806 | establish a permanent, temporary, or transient residence reside |
807 | in another state or jurisdiction other than the State of Florida |
808 | and later decides to remain in this state shall, within 48 hours |
809 | after the date upon which the sexual offender indicated he or |
810 | she would leave this state, report in person to the sheriff to |
811 | which the sexual offender reported the intended change of |
812 | permanent, temporary, or transient residence, and report his or |
813 | her intent to remain in this state. The sheriff shall promptly |
814 | report this information to the department. A sexual offender who |
815 | reports his or her intent to establish a permanent, temporary, |
816 | or transient residence reside in another state or jurisdiction |
817 | but who remains in this state without reporting to the sheriff |
818 | in the manner required by this subsection commits a felony of |
819 | the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. |
820 | 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
821 | (10) The department, the Department of Highway Safety and |
822 | Motor Vehicles, the Department of Corrections, the Department of |
823 | Juvenile Justice, any law enforcement agency in this state, and |
824 | the personnel of those departments; an elected or appointed |
825 | official, public employee, or school administrator; or an |
826 | employee, agency, or any individual or entity acting at the |
827 | request or upon the direction of any law enforcement agency is |
828 | immune from civil liability for damages for good faith |
829 | compliance with the requirements of this section or for the |
830 | release of information under this section, and shall be presumed |
831 | to have acted in good faith in compiling, recording, reporting, |
832 | or releasing the information. The presumption of good faith is |
833 | not overcome if a technical or clerical error is made by the |
834 | department, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, |
835 | the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile |
836 | Justice, the personnel of those departments, or any individual |
837 | or entity acting at the request or upon the direction of any of |
838 | those departments in compiling or providing information, or if |
839 | information is incomplete or incorrect because a sexual offender |
840 | fails to report or falsely reports his or her current place of |
841 | permanent, or temporary, or transient residence. |
842 | (14) |
843 | (c) The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
844 | times and days for reporting by the sexual offender, which shall |
845 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this |
846 | subsection. Reregistration shall include any changes to the |
847 | following information: |
848 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
849 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
850 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
851 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
852 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
853 | temporary address, any transient residence within the state; |
854 | address, location or description, and dates of any current or |
855 | known future temporary residence within the state or out of |
856 | state; any electronic mail address and any instant message name |
857 | required to be provided pursuant to paragraph (4)(d); home |
858 | telephone number and any cellular telephone number; date and |
859 | place of any employment; vehicle make, model, color, and license |
860 | tag number; fingerprints; and photograph. A post office box |
861 | shall not be provided in lieu of a physical residential address. |
862 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
863 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
864 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
865 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
866 | including each campus attended, and the sexual offender's |
867 | enrollment or employment status. |
868 | 3. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
869 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
870 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide the |
871 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
872 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
873 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
874 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
875 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
876 | sexual offender shall also provide the hull identification |
877 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
878 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
879 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
880 | vessel, live-aboard vessel or houseboat. |
881 | 4. Any sexual offender who fails to report in person as |
882 | required at the sheriff's office, or who fails to respond to any |
883 | address verification correspondence from the department within 3 |
884 | weeks of the date of the correspondence or who fails to report |
885 | electronic mail addresses or instant message names, commits a |
886 | felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. |
887 | 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
888 | Section 5. Section 943.04352, Florida Statutes, is amended |
889 | to read: |
890 | 943.04352 Search of registration information regarding |
891 | sexual predators and sexual offenders required when placement on |
892 | misdemeanor probation.-When the court places a defendant on |
893 | misdemeanor probation pursuant to ss. 948.01 and 948.15, the |
894 | public or private entity providing probation services must |
895 | conduct a search of the probationer's name or other identifying |
896 | information against the registration information regarding |
897 | sexual predators and sexual offenders maintained by the |
898 | Department of Law Enforcement under s. 943.043. The probation |
899 | services provider may conduct the search using the Internet site |
900 | maintained by the Department of Law Enforcement. Also, a |
901 | national search must be conducted through the Dru Sjodin |
902 | National Sex Offender Public Website maintained by the United |
903 | States Department of Justice. |
904 | Section 6. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section |
905 | 944.606, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
906 | 944.606 Sexual offenders; notification upon release.- |
907 | (3)(a) The department must provide information regarding |
908 | any sexual offender who is being released after serving a period |
909 | of incarceration for any offense, as follows: |
910 | 1. The department must provide: the sexual offender's |
911 | name, any change in the offender's name by reason of marriage or |
912 | other legal process, and any alias, if known; the correctional |
913 | facility from which the sexual offender is released; the sexual |
914 | offender's social security number, race, sex, date of birth, |
915 | height, weight, and hair and eye color; address of any planned |
916 | permanent residence or temporary residence, within the state or |
917 | out of state, including a rural route address and a post office |
918 | box; if no permanent or temporary address, any transient |
919 | residence within the state; address, location or description, |
920 | and dates of any known future temporary residence within the |
921 | state or out of state; date and county of sentence and each |
922 | crime for which the offender was sentenced; a copy of the |
923 | offender's fingerprints and a digitized photograph taken within |
924 | 60 days before release; the date of release of the sexual |
925 | offender; any electronic mail address and any instant message |
926 | name required to be provided pursuant to s. 943.0435(4)(d); and |
927 | home telephone number and any cellular telephone number; and the |
928 | offender's intended residence address, if known. The department |
929 | shall notify the Department of Law Enforcement if the sexual |
930 | offender escapes, absconds, or dies. If the sexual offender is |
931 | in the custody of a private correctional facility, the facility |
932 | shall take the digitized photograph of the sexual offender |
933 | within 60 days before the sexual offender's release and provide |
934 | this photograph to the Department of Corrections and also place |
935 | it in the sexual offender's file. If the sexual offender is in |
936 | the custody of a local jail, the custodian of the local jail |
937 | shall register the offender within 3 business days after intake |
938 | of the offender for any reason and upon release, and shall |
939 | notify the Department of Law Enforcement of the sexual |
940 | offender's release and provide to the Department of Law |
941 | Enforcement the information specified in this paragraph and any |
942 | information specified in subparagraph 2. that the Department of |
943 | Law Enforcement requests. |
944 | 2. The department may provide any other information deemed |
945 | necessary, including criminal and corrections records, |
946 | nonprivileged personnel and treatment records, when available. |
947 | Section 7. Subsections (4) and (6) and paragraph (c) of |
948 | subsection (13) of section 944.607, Florida Statutes, are |
949 | amended to read: |
950 | 944.607 Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of |
951 | information on sexual offenders.- |
952 | (4) A sexual offender, as described in this section, who |
953 | is under the supervision of the Department of Corrections but is |
954 | not incarcerated must register with the Department of |
955 | Corrections within 3 business days after sentencing for a |
956 | registrable registerable offense and otherwise provide |
957 | information as required by this subsection. |
958 | (a) The sexual offender shall provide his or her name; |
959 | date of birth; social security number; race; sex; height; |
960 | weight; hair and eye color; tattoos or other identifying marks; |
961 | any electronic mail address and any instant message name |
962 | required to be provided pursuant to s. 943.0435(4)(d); and |
963 | permanent or legal residence and address of temporary residence |
964 | within the state or out of state while the sexual offender is |
965 | under supervision in this state, including any rural route |
966 | address or post office box; if no permanent or temporary |
967 | address, any transient residence within the state; and address, |
968 | location or description, and dates of any current or known |
969 | future temporary residence within the state or out of state. The |
970 | Department of Corrections shall verify the address of each |
971 | sexual offender in the manner described in ss. 775.21 and |
972 | 943.0435. The department shall report to the Department of Law |
973 | Enforcement any failure by a sexual predator or sexual offender |
974 | to comply with registration requirements. |
975 | (b) If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
976 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
977 | this state, the sexual offender shall provide the name, address, |
978 | and county of each institution, including each campus attended, |
979 | and the sexual offender's enrollment or employment status. Each |
980 | change in enrollment or employment status shall be reported to |
981 | the department within 48 hours after the change in status. The |
982 | Department of Corrections shall promptly notify each institution |
983 | of the sexual offender's presence and any change in the sexual |
984 | offender's enrollment or employment status. |
985 | (6) The information provided to the Department of Law |
986 | Enforcement must include: |
987 | (a) The information obtained from the sexual offender |
988 | under subsection (4); |
989 | (b) The sexual offender's most current address, and place |
990 | of permanent, and temporary, or transient residence within the |
991 | state or out of state, and address, location or description, and |
992 | dates of any current or known future temporary residence within |
993 | the state or out of state, while the sexual offender is under |
994 | supervision in this state, including the name of the county or |
995 | municipality in which the offender permanently or temporarily |
996 | resides, or has a transient residence, and address, location or |
997 | description, and dates of any current or known future temporary |
998 | residence within the state or out of state, and, if known, the |
999 | intended place of permanent, or temporary, or transient |
1000 | residence, and address, location or description, and dates of |
1001 | any current or known future temporary residence within the state |
1002 | or out of state upon satisfaction of all sanctions; |
1003 | (c) The legal status of the sexual offender and the |
1004 | scheduled termination date of that legal status; |
1005 | (d) The location of, and local telephone number for, any |
1006 | Department of Corrections' office that is responsible for |
1007 | supervising the sexual offender; |
1008 | (e) An indication of whether the victim of the offense |
1009 | that resulted in the offender's status as a sexual offender was |
1010 | a minor; |
1011 | (f) The offense or offenses at conviction which resulted |
1012 | in the determination of the offender's status as a sex offender; |
1013 | and |
1014 | (g) A digitized photograph of the sexual offender which |
1015 | must have been taken within 60 days before the offender is |
1016 | released from the custody of the department or a private |
1017 | correctional facility by expiration of sentence under s. 944.275 |
1018 | or must have been taken by January 1, 1998, or within 60 days |
1019 | after the onset of the department's supervision of any sexual |
1020 | offender who is on probation, community control, conditional |
1021 | release, parole, provisional release, or control release or who |
1022 | is supervised by the department under the Interstate Compact |
1023 | Agreement for Probationers and Parolees. If the sexual offender |
1024 | is in the custody of a private correctional facility, the |
1025 | facility shall take a digitized photograph of the sexual |
1026 | offender within the time period provided in this paragraph and |
1027 | shall provide the photograph to the department. |
1028 |
|
1029 | If any information provided by the department changes during the |
1030 | time the sexual offender is under the department's control, |
1031 | custody, or supervision, including any change in the offender's |
1032 | name by reason of marriage or other legal process, the |
1033 | department shall, in a timely manner, update the information and |
1034 | provide it to the Department of Law Enforcement in the manner |
1035 | prescribed in subsection (2). |
1036 | (13) |
1037 | (c) The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
1038 | times and days for reporting by the sexual offender, which shall |
1039 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this |
1040 | subsection. Reregistration shall include any changes to the |
1041 | following information: |
1042 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
1043 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
1044 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
1045 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
1046 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
1047 | temporary address, any transient residence; address, location or |
1048 | description, and dates of any current or known future temporary |
1049 | residence within the state or out of state; any electronic mail |
1050 | address and any instant message name required to be provided |
1051 | pursuant to s. 943.0435(4)(d); date and place of any employment; |
1052 | vehicle make, model, color, and license tag number; |
1053 | fingerprints; and photograph. A post office box shall not be |
1054 | provided in lieu of a physical residential address. |
1055 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
1056 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
1057 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
1058 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
1059 | including each campus attended, and the sexual offender's |
1060 | enrollment or employment status. |
1061 | 3. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
1062 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
1063 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide the |
1064 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
1065 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
1066 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
1067 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
1068 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
1069 | sexual offender shall also provide the hull identification |
1070 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
1071 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
1072 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
1073 | vessel, live-aboard vessel or houseboat. |
1074 | 4. Any sexual offender who fails to report in person as |
1075 | required at the sheriff's office, or who fails to respond to any |
1076 | address verification correspondence from the department within 3 |
1077 | weeks of the date of the correspondence, or who fails to report |
1078 | electronic mail addresses or instant message names, commits a |
1079 | felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. |
1080 | 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
1081 | Section 8. Section 947.005, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1082 | to read: |
1083 | 947.005 Definitions.-As used in this chapter, unless the |
1084 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
1085 | (1)(8) "Authority" means the Control Release Authority. |
1086 | (2) "Child care facility" has the same meaning as provided |
1087 | in s. 402.302. |
1088 | (3)(1) "Commission" means the Parole Commission. |
1089 | (4)(2) "Department" means the Department of Corrections. |
1090 | (5) "Effective parole release date" means the actual |
1091 | parole release date as determined by the presumptive parole |
1092 | release date, satisfactory institutional conduct, and an |
1093 | acceptable parole plan. |
1094 | (6) "Park" has the same meaning as provided in s. 775.215. |
1095 | (7) "Playground" has the same meaning as provided in s. |
1096 | 775.215. |
1097 | (8)(4) "Presumptive parole release date" means the |
1098 | tentative parole release date as determined by objective parole |
1099 | guidelines. |
1100 | (9)(7) "Provisional release date" means the date projected |
1101 | for the prisoner's release from custody as determined pursuant |
1102 | to s. 944.277. |
1103 | (10)(9) "Qualified practitioner" means a social worker, |
1104 | mental health counselor, or a marriage and family therapist |
1105 | licensed under chapter 491 who, as determined by rule of the |
1106 | respective board, has the coursework, training, qualifications, |
1107 | and experience to evaluate and treat sexual offenders; a |
1108 | psychiatrist licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459; or, a |
1109 | psychologist licensed under chapter 490, or a social worker, a |
1110 | mental health counselor, or a marriage and family therapist |
1111 | licensed under chapter 491 who practices in accordance with his |
1112 | or her respective practice act. |
1113 | (11)(10) "Risk assessment" means an assessment completed |
1114 | by an independent qualified practitioner to evaluate the level |
1115 | of risk associated when a sex offender has contact with a child. |
1116 | (12)(11) "Safety plan" means a written document prepared |
1117 | by the qualified practitioner, in collaboration with the sex |
1118 | offender, the child's parent or legal guardian, and, when |
1119 | appropriate, the child, which establishes clear roles and |
1120 | responsibilities for each individual involved in any contact |
1121 | between the child and the sex offender. |
1122 | (13) "School" has the same meaning as provided in s. |
1123 | 775.215. |
1124 | (14)(3) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Corrections. |
1125 | (15)(6) "Tentative release date" means the date projected |
1126 | for the prisoner's release from custody by virtue of gain-time |
1127 | granted or forfeited pursuant to s. 944.275(3)(a). |
1128 | Section 9. Subsection (7) of section 947.1405, Florida |
1129 | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (12) is added to that |
1130 | section, to read: |
1131 | 947.1405 Conditional release program.- |
1132 | (7)(a) Any inmate who is convicted of a crime committed on |
1133 | or after October 1, 1995, or who has been previously convicted |
1134 | of a crime committed on or after October 1, 1995, in violation |
1135 | of chapter 794, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, s. 847.0135(5), or s. |
1136 | 847.0145, and is subject to conditional release supervision, |
1137 | shall have, in addition to any other conditions imposed, the |
1138 | following special conditions imposed by the commission: |
1139 | 1. A mandatory curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The |
1140 | commission may designate another 8-hour period if the offender's |
1141 | employment precludes the above specified time, and such |
1142 | alternative is recommended by the Department of Corrections. If |
1143 | the commission determines that imposing a curfew would endanger |
1144 | the victim, the commission may consider alternative sanctions. |
1145 | 2. If the victim was under the age of 18, a prohibition on |
1146 | living within 1,000 feet of a school, child care facility day |
1147 | care center, park, playground, designated public school bus |
1148 | stop, or other place where children regularly congregate. A |
1149 | releasee who is subject to this subparagraph may not relocate to |
1150 | a residence that is within 1,000 feet of a public school bus |
1151 | stop. Beginning October 1, 2004, the commission or the |
1152 | department may not approve a residence that is located within |
1153 | 1,000 feet of a school, child care facility day care center, |
1154 | park, playground, designated school bus stop, or other place |
1155 | where children regularly congregate for any releasee who is |
1156 | subject to this subparagraph. On October 1, 2004, the department |
1157 | shall notify each affected school district of the location of |
1158 | the residence of a releasee 30 days prior to release and |
1159 | thereafter, if the releasee relocates to a new residence, shall |
1160 | notify any affected school district of the residence of the |
1161 | releasee within 30 days after relocation. If, on October 1, |
1162 | 2004, any public school bus stop is located within 1,000 feet of |
1163 | the existing residence of such releasee, the district school |
1164 | board shall relocate that school bus stop. Beginning October 1, |
1165 | 2004, a district school board may not establish or relocate a |
1166 | public school bus stop within 1,000 feet of the residence of a |
1167 | releasee who is subject to this subparagraph. The failure of the |
1168 | district school board to comply with this subparagraph shall not |
1169 | result in a violation of conditional release supervision. A |
1170 | releasee who is subject to this subparagraph may not be forced |
1171 | to relocate and does not violate his or her conditional release |
1172 | supervision if he or she is living in a residence that meets the |
1173 | requirements of this subparagraph and a school, child care |
1174 | facility, park, playground, designated public school bus stop, |
1175 | or other place where children regularly congregate is |
1176 | subsequently established within 1,000 feet of his or her |
1177 | residence. |
1178 | 3. Active participation in and successful completion of a |
1179 | sex offender treatment program with qualified practitioners |
1180 | specifically trained to treat sex offenders, at the releasee's |
1181 | own expense. If a qualified practitioner is not available within |
1182 | a 50-mile radius of the releasee's residence, the offender shall |
1183 | participate in other appropriate therapy. |
1184 | 4. A prohibition on any contact with the victim, directly |
1185 | or indirectly, including through a third person, unless approved |
1186 | by the victim, a qualified practitioner in the sexual offender |
1187 | treatment program the offender's therapist, and the sentencing |
1188 | court. |
1189 | 5. If the victim was under the age of 18, a prohibition |
1190 | against contact with children under the age of 18 without review |
1191 | and approval by the commission. The commission may approve |
1192 | supervised contact with a child under the age of 18 if the |
1193 | approval is based upon a recommendation for contact issued by a |
1194 | qualified practitioner who is basing the recommendation on a |
1195 | risk assessment. Further, the sex offender must be currently |
1196 | enrolled in or have successfully completed a sex offender |
1197 | therapy program. The commission may not grant supervised contact |
1198 | with a child if the contact is not recommended by a qualified |
1199 | practitioner and may deny supervised contact with a child at any |
1200 | time. When considering whether to approve supervised contact |
1201 | with a child, the commission must review and consider the |
1202 | following: |
1203 | a. A risk assessment completed by a qualified |
1204 | practitioner. The qualified practitioner must prepare a written |
1205 | report that must include the findings of the assessment and |
1206 | address each of the following components: |
1207 | (I) The sex offender's current legal status; |
1208 | (II) The sex offender's history of adult charges with |
1209 | apparent sexual motivation; |
1210 | (III) The sex offender's history of adult charges without |
1211 | apparent sexual motivation; |
1212 | (IV) The sex offender's history of juvenile charges, |
1213 | whenever available; |
1214 | (V) The sex offender's offender treatment history, |
1215 | including a consultation from the sex offender's treating, or |
1216 | most recent treating, therapist; |
1217 | (VI) The sex offender's current mental status; |
1218 | (VII) The sex offender's mental health and substance abuse |
1219 | history as provided by the Department of Corrections; |
1220 | (VIII) The sex offender's personal, social, educational, |
1221 | and work history; |
1222 | (IX) The results of current psychological testing of the |
1223 | sex offender if determined necessary by the qualified |
1224 | practitioner; |
1225 | (X) A description of the proposed contact, including the |
1226 | location, frequency, duration, and supervisory arrangement; |
1227 | (XI) The child's preference and relative comfort level |
1228 | with the proposed contact, when age-appropriate; |
1229 | (XII) The parent's or legal guardian's preference |
1230 | regarding the proposed contact; and |
1231 | (XIII) The qualified practitioner's opinion, along with |
1232 | the basis for that opinion, as to whether the proposed contact |
1233 | would likely pose significant risk of emotional or physical harm |
1234 | to the child. |
1235 |
|
1236 | The written report of the assessment must be given to the |
1237 | commission. |
1238 | b. A recommendation made as a part of the risk-assessment |
1239 | report as to whether supervised contact with the child should be |
1240 | approved; |
1241 | c. A written consent signed by the child's parent or legal |
1242 | guardian, if the parent or legal guardian is not the sex |
1243 | offender, agreeing to the sex offender having supervised contact |
1244 | with the child after receiving full disclosure of the sex |
1245 | offender's present legal status, past criminal history, and the |
1246 | results of the risk assessment. The commission may not approve |
1247 | contact with the child if the parent or legal guardian refuses |
1248 | to give written consent for supervised contact; |
1249 | d. A safety plan prepared by the qualified practitioner, |
1250 | who provides treatment to the offender, in collaboration with |
1251 | the sex offender, the child's parent or legal guardian, and the |
1252 | child, when age appropriate, which details the acceptable |
1253 | conditions of contact between the sex offender and the child. |
1254 | The safety plan must be reviewed and approved by the Department |
1255 | of Corrections before being submitted to the commission; and |
1256 | e. Evidence that the child's parent or legal guardian, if |
1257 | the parent or legal guardian is not the sex offender, |
1258 | understands the need for and agrees to the safety plan and has |
1259 | agreed to provide, or to designate another adult to provide, |
1260 | constant supervision any time the child is in contact with the |
1261 | offender. |
1262 |
|
1263 | The commission may not appoint a person to conduct a risk |
1264 | assessment and may not accept a risk assessment from a person |
1265 | who has not demonstrated to the commission that he or she has |
1266 | met the requirements of a qualified practitioner as defined in |
1267 | this section. |
1268 | 6. If the victim was under age 18, a prohibition on |
1269 | working for pay or as a volunteer at any school, child care |
1270 | facility day care center, park, playground, or other place where |
1271 | children regularly congregate, as prescribed by the commission. |
1272 | 7. Unless otherwise indicated in the treatment plan |
1273 | provided by a qualified practitioner in the sexual offender |
1274 | treatment program, a prohibition on viewing, owning, or |
1275 | possessing any obscene, pornographic, or sexually stimulating |
1276 | visual or auditory material, including telephone, electronic |
1277 | media, computer programs, or computer services that are relevant |
1278 | to the offender's deviant behavior pattern. |
1279 | 8. Effective for a releasee whose crime is committed on or |
1280 | after July 1, 2005, a prohibition on accessing the Internet or |
1281 | other computer services until a qualified practitioner in the |
1282 | offender's sex offender treatment program, after a risk |
1283 | assessment is completed, approves and implements a safety plan |
1284 | for the offender's accessing or using the Internet or other |
1285 | computer services. |
1286 | 9. A requirement that the releasee must submit two |
1287 | specimens of blood to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement |
1288 | to be registered with the DNA database. |
1289 | 10. A requirement that the releasee make restitution to |
1290 | the victim, as determined by the sentencing court or the |
1291 | commission, for all necessary medical and related professional |
1292 | services relating to physical, psychiatric, and psychological |
1293 | care. |
1294 | 11. Submission to a warrantless search by the community |
1295 | control or probation officer of the probationer's or community |
1296 | controllee's person, residence, or vehicle. |
1297 | (b) For a releasee whose crime was committed on or after |
1298 | October 1, 1997, in violation of chapter 794, s. 800.04, s. |
1299 | 827.071, s. 847.0135(5), or s. 847.0145, and who is subject to |
1300 | conditional release supervision, in addition to any other |
1301 | provision of this subsection, the commission shall impose the |
1302 | following additional conditions of conditional release |
1303 | supervision: |
1304 | 1. As part of a treatment program, participation in a |
1305 | minimum of one annual polygraph examination to obtain |
1306 | information necessary for risk management and treatment and to |
1307 | reduce the sex offender's denial mechanisms. The polygraph |
1308 | examination must be conducted by a polygrapher who is a member |
1309 | of a national or state polygraph association and who is |
1310 | certified as a postconviction sex offender polygrapher trained |
1311 | specifically in the use of the polygraph for the monitoring of |
1312 | sex offenders, where available, and at the expense of the |
1313 | releasee sex offender. The results of the examination shall be |
1314 | provided to the releasee's probation officer and qualified |
1315 | practitioner and may not be used as evidence in a hearing to |
1316 | prove that a violation of supervision has occurred. |
1317 | 2. Maintenance of a driving log and a prohibition against |
1318 | driving a motor vehicle alone without the prior approval of the |
1319 | supervising officer. |
1320 | 3. A prohibition against obtaining or using a post office |
1321 | box without the prior approval of the supervising officer. |
1322 | 4. If there was sexual contact, a submission to, at the |
1323 | releasee's probationer's or community controllee's expense, an |
1324 | HIV test with the results to be released to the victim or the |
1325 | victim's parent or guardian. |
1326 | 5. Electronic monitoring of any form when ordered by the |
1327 | commission. Any person who has been placed under supervision and |
1328 | is electronically monitored by the department must pay the |
1329 | department for the cost of the electronic monitoring service at |
1330 | a rate that may not exceed the full cost of the monitoring |
1331 | service. Funds collected under this subparagraph shall be |
1332 | deposited into the General Revenue Fund. The department may |
1333 | exempt a person from the payment of all or any part of the |
1334 | electronic monitoring service cost if the department finds that |
1335 | any of the factors listed in s. 948.09(3) exist. |
1336 | (12) In addition to all other conditions imposed, for a |
1337 | releasee who is subject to conditional release for a crime that |
1338 | was committed on or after the effective date of this act, and |
1339 | who has been convicted at any time of committing, or attempting, |
1340 | soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any of the criminal |
1341 | offenses listed in s. 943.0435(1)(a)1.a.(I), or a similar |
1342 | offense in another jurisdiction against a victim who was under |
1343 | 18 years of age at the time of the offense, if the releasee has |
1344 | not received a pardon for any felony or similar law of another |
1345 | jurisdiction necessary for the operation of this subsection, if |
1346 | a conviction of a felony or similar law of another jurisdiction |
1347 | necessary for the operation of this subsection has not been set |
1348 | aside in any postconviction proceeding, or if the releasee has |
1349 | not been removed from the requirement to register as a sexual |
1350 | offender or sexual predator pursuant to s. 943.04354, the |
1351 | commission must impose the following conditions: |
1352 | (a) A prohibition on visiting schools, child care |
1353 | facilities, parks, and playgrounds without prior approval from |
1354 | the releasee's supervising officer. The commission may also |
1355 | designate additional prohibited locations to protect a victim. |
1356 | The prohibition ordered under this paragraph does not prohibit |
1357 | the releasee from visiting a school, child care facility, park, |
1358 | or playground for the sole purpose of attending a religious |
1359 | service as defined in s. 775.0861 or picking up or dropping off |
1360 | the releasee's child or grandchild at a child care facility or |
1361 | school. |
1362 | (b) A prohibition on distributing candy or other items to |
1363 | children on Halloween; wearing a Santa Claus costume, or other |
1364 | costume to appeal to children, on or preceding Christmas; |
1365 | wearing an Easter Bunny costume, or other costume to appeal to |
1366 | children, on or preceding Easter; entertaining at children's |
1367 | parties; or wearing a clown costume without prior approval from |
1368 | the commission. |
1369 | Section 10. Section 948.001, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1370 | to read: |
1371 | 948.001 Definitions.-As used in this chapter, the term: |
1372 | (1) "Administrative probation" means a form of noncontact |
1373 | supervision in which an offender who presents a low risk of harm |
1374 | to the community may, upon satisfactory completion of half the |
1375 | term of probation, be transferred by the Department of |
1376 | Corrections to nonreporting status until expiration of the term |
1377 | of supervision. |
1378 | (2) "Child care facility" has the same meaning as provided |
1379 | in s. 402.302. |
1380 | (3)(2) "Community control" means a form of intensive, |
1381 | supervised custody in the community, including surveillance on |
1382 | weekends and holidays, administered by officers with restricted |
1383 | caseloads. Community control is an individualized program in |
1384 | which the freedom of an offender is restricted within the |
1385 | community, home, or noninstitutional residential placement and |
1386 | specific sanctions are imposed and enforced. |
1387 | (4)(9) "Community residential drug punishment center" |
1388 | means a residential drug punishment center designated by the |
1389 | Department of Corrections. The Department of Corrections shall |
1390 | adopt rules as necessary to define and operate such a center. |
1391 | (5)(3) "Criminal quarantine community control" means |
1392 | intensive supervision, by officers with restricted caseloads, |
1393 | with a condition of 24-hour-per-day electronic monitoring, and a |
1394 | condition of confinement to a designated residence during |
1395 | designated hours. |
1396 | (6)(4) "Drug offender probation" means a form of intensive |
1397 | supervision that which emphasizes treatment of drug offenders in |
1398 | accordance with individualized treatment plans administered by |
1399 | officers with restricted caseloads. Caseloads should be |
1400 | restricted to a maximum of 50 cases per officer in order to |
1401 | ensure an adequate level of staffing. |
1402 | (7) "Park" has the same meaning as provided in s. 775.215. |
1403 | (8) "Playground" has the same meaning as provided in s. |
1404 | 775.215. |
1405 | (9)(5) "Probation" means a form of community supervision |
1406 | requiring specified contacts with parole and probation officers |
1407 | and other terms and conditions as provided in s. 948.03. |
1408 | (10)(6) "Qualified practitioner" means a social worker, |
1409 | mental health counselor, or a marriage and family therapist |
1410 | licensed under chapter 491 who, as determined by rule of the |
1411 | respective board, has the coursework, training, qualifications, |
1412 | and experience to evaluate and treat sexual offenders; a |
1413 | psychiatrist licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459; or, a |
1414 | psychologist licensed under chapter 490, or a social worker, a |
1415 | mental health counselor, or a marriage and family therapist |
1416 | licensed under chapter 491 who practices in accordance with his |
1417 | or her respective practice act. |
1418 | (11)(7) "Risk assessment" means an assessment completed by |
1419 | a an independent qualified practitioner to evaluate the level of |
1420 | risk associated when a sex offender has contact with a child. |
1421 | (12)(8) "Safety plan" means a written document prepared by |
1422 | the qualified practitioner, in collaboration with the sex |
1423 | offender, the child's parent or legal guardian, and, when |
1424 | appropriate, the child which establishes clear roles and |
1425 | responsibilities for each individual involved in any contact |
1426 | between the child and the sex offender. |
1427 | (13) "School" has the same meaning as provided in s. |
1428 | 775.215. |
1429 | (14)(10) "Sex offender probation" or "sex offender |
1430 | community control" means a form of intensive supervision, with |
1431 | or without electronic monitoring, which emphasizes treatment and |
1432 | supervision of a sex offender in accordance with an |
1433 | individualized treatment plan administered by an officer who has |
1434 | a restricted caseload and specialized training. An officer who |
1435 | supervises an offender placed on sex offender probation or sex |
1436 | offender community control must meet as necessary with a |
1437 | treatment provider and polygraph examiner to develop and |
1438 | implement the supervision and treatment plan, if a treatment |
1439 | provider and polygraph examiner specially trained in the |
1440 | treatment and monitoring of sex offenders are reasonably |
1441 | available. |
1442 | Section 11. Subsection (1) and paragraph (a) of subsection |
1443 | (2) of section 948.30, Florida Statutes, are amended, and |
1444 | subsection (4) is added to that section, to read: |
1445 | 948.30 Additional terms and conditions of probation or |
1446 | community control for certain sex offenses.-Conditions imposed |
1447 | pursuant to this section do not require oral pronouncement at |
1448 | the time of sentencing and shall be considered standard |
1449 | conditions of probation or community control for offenders |
1450 | specified in this section. |
1451 | (1) Effective for probationers or community controllees |
1452 | whose crime was committed on or after October 1, 1995, and who |
1453 | are placed under supervision for violation of chapter 794, s. |
1454 | 800.04, s. 827.071, s. 847.0135(5), or s. 847.0145, the court |
1455 | must impose the following conditions in addition to all other |
1456 | standard and special conditions imposed: |
1457 | (a) A mandatory curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The court |
1458 | may designate another 8-hour period if the offender's employment |
1459 | precludes the above specified time, and the alternative is |
1460 | recommended by the Department of Corrections. If the court |
1461 | determines that imposing a curfew would endanger the victim, the |
1462 | court may consider alternative sanctions. |
1463 | (b) If the victim was under the age of 18, a prohibition |
1464 | on living within 1,000 feet of a school, child care facility day |
1465 | care center, park, playground, or other place where children |
1466 | regularly congregate, as prescribed by the court. The 1,000-foot |
1467 | distance shall be measured in a straight line from the |
1468 | offender's place of residence to the nearest boundary line of |
1469 | the school, child care facility day care center, park, |
1470 | playground, or other place where children congregate. The |
1471 | distance may not be measured by a pedestrian route or automobile |
1472 | route. A probationer or community controllee who is subject to |
1473 | this paragraph may not be forced to relocate and does not |
1474 | violate his or her probation or community control if he or she |
1475 | is living in a residence that meets the requirements of this |
1476 | paragraph and a school, child care facility, park, playground, |
1477 | or other place where children regularly congregate is |
1478 | subsequently established within 1,000 feet of his or her |
1479 | residence. |
1480 | (c) Active participation in and successful completion of a |
1481 | sex offender treatment program with qualified practitioners |
1482 | specifically trained to treat sex offenders, at the |
1483 | probationer's or community controllee's own expense. If a |
1484 | qualified practitioner is not available within a 50-mile radius |
1485 | of the probationer's or community controllee's residence, the |
1486 | offender shall participate in other appropriate therapy. |
1487 | (d) A prohibition on any contact with the victim, directly |
1488 | or indirectly, including through a third person, unless approved |
1489 | by the victim, a qualified practitioner in the sexual offender |
1490 | treatment program the offender's therapist, and the sentencing |
1491 | court. |
1492 | (e) If the victim was under the age of 18, a prohibition |
1493 | on contact with a child under the age of 18 except as provided |
1494 | in this paragraph. The court may approve supervised contact with |
1495 | a child under the age of 18 if the approval is based upon a |
1496 | recommendation for contact issued by a qualified practitioner |
1497 | who is basing the recommendation on a risk assessment. Further, |
1498 | the sex offender must be currently enrolled in or have |
1499 | successfully completed a sex offender therapy program. The court |
1500 | may not grant supervised contact with a child if the contact is |
1501 | not recommended by a qualified practitioner and may deny |
1502 | supervised contact with a child at any time. When considering |
1503 | whether to approve supervised contact with a child, the court |
1504 | must review and consider the following: |
1505 | 1. A risk assessment completed by a qualified |
1506 | practitioner. The qualified practitioner must prepare a written |
1507 | report that must include the findings of the assessment and |
1508 | address each of the following components: |
1509 | a. The sex offender's current legal status; |
1510 | b. The sex offender's history of adult charges with |
1511 | apparent sexual motivation; |
1512 | c. The sex offender's history of adult charges without |
1513 | apparent sexual motivation; |
1514 | d. The sex offender's history of juvenile charges, |
1515 | whenever available; |
1516 | e. The sex offender's offender treatment history, |
1517 | including consultations with the sex offender's treating, or |
1518 | most recent treating, therapist; |
1519 | f. The sex offender's current mental status; |
1520 | g. The sex offender's mental health and substance abuse |
1521 | treatment history as provided by the Department of Corrections; |
1522 | h. The sex offender's personal, social, educational, and |
1523 | work history; |
1524 | i. The results of current psychological testing of the sex |
1525 | offender if determined necessary by the qualified practitioner; |
1526 | j. A description of the proposed contact, including the |
1527 | location, frequency, duration, and supervisory arrangement; |
1528 | k. The child's preference and relative comfort level with |
1529 | the proposed contact, when age appropriate; |
1530 | l. The parent's or legal guardian's preference regarding |
1531 | the proposed contact; and |
1532 | m. The qualified practitioner's opinion, along with the |
1533 | basis for that opinion, as to whether the proposed contact would |
1534 | likely pose significant risk of emotional or physical harm to |
1535 | the child. |
1536 |
|
1537 | The written report of the assessment must be given to the court; |
1538 | 2. A recommendation made as a part of the risk assessment |
1539 | report as to whether supervised contact with the child should be |
1540 | approved; |
1541 | 3. A written consent signed by the child's parent or legal |
1542 | guardian, if the parent or legal guardian is not the sex |
1543 | offender, agreeing to the sex offender having supervised contact |
1544 | with the child after receiving full disclosure of the sex |
1545 | offender's present legal status, past criminal history, and the |
1546 | results of the risk assessment. The court may not approve |
1547 | contact with the child if the parent or legal guardian refuses |
1548 | to give written consent for supervised contact; |
1549 | 4. A safety plan prepared by the qualified practitioner, |
1550 | who provides treatment to the offender, in collaboration with |
1551 | the sex offender, the child's parent or legal guardian, if the |
1552 | parent or legal guardian is not the sex offender, and the child, |
1553 | when age appropriate, which details the acceptable conditions of |
1554 | contact between the sex offender and the child. The safety plan |
1555 | must be reviewed and approved by the court; and |
1556 | 5. Evidence that the child's parent or legal guardian |
1557 | understands the need for and agrees to the safety plan and has |
1558 | agreed to provide, or to designate another adult to provide, |
1559 | constant supervision any time the child is in contact with the |
1560 | offender. |
1561 |
|
1562 | The court may not appoint a person to conduct a risk assessment |
1563 | and may not accept a risk assessment from a person who has not |
1564 | demonstrated to the court that he or she has met the |
1565 | requirements of a qualified practitioner as defined in this |
1566 | section. |
1567 | (f) If the victim was under age 18, a prohibition on |
1568 | working for pay or as a volunteer at any place where children |
1569 | regularly congregate, including, but not limited to, schools, |
1570 | child care facilities day care centers, parks, playgrounds, pet |
1571 | stores, libraries, zoos, theme parks, and malls. |
1572 | (g) Unless otherwise indicated in the treatment plan |
1573 | provided by a qualified practitioner in the sexual offender |
1574 | treatment program, a prohibition on viewing, accessing, owning, |
1575 | or possessing any obscene, pornographic, or sexually stimulating |
1576 | visual or auditory material, including telephone, electronic |
1577 | media, computer programs, or computer services that are relevant |
1578 | to the offender's deviant behavior pattern. |
1579 | (h) Effective for probationers and community controllees |
1580 | whose crime is committed on or after July 1, 2005, a prohibition |
1581 | on accessing the Internet or other computer services until a |
1582 | qualified practitioner in the offender's sex offender treatment |
1583 | program, after a risk assessment is completed, approves and |
1584 | implements a safety plan for the offender's accessing or using |
1585 | the Internet or other computer services. |
1586 | (i) A requirement that the probationer or community |
1587 | controllee must submit a specimen of blood or other approved |
1588 | biological specimen to the Department of Law Enforcement to be |
1589 | registered with the DNA data bank. |
1590 | (j) A requirement that the probationer or community |
1591 | controllee make restitution to the victim, as ordered by the |
1592 | court under s. 775.089, for all necessary medical and related |
1593 | professional services relating to physical, psychiatric, and |
1594 | psychological care. |
1595 | (k) Submission to a warrantless search by the community |
1596 | control or probation officer of the probationer's or community |
1597 | controllee's person, residence, or vehicle. |
1598 | (2) Effective for a probationer or community controllee |
1599 | whose crime was committed on or after October 1, 1997, and who |
1600 | is placed on community control or sex offender probation for a |
1601 | violation of chapter 794, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, s. 847.0135(5), |
1602 | or s. 847.0145, in addition to any other provision of this |
1603 | section, the court must impose the following conditions of |
1604 | probation or community control: |
1605 | (a) As part of a treatment program, participation at least |
1606 | annually in polygraph examinations to obtain information |
1607 | necessary for risk management and treatment and to reduce the |
1608 | sex offender's denial mechanisms. A polygraph examination must |
1609 | be conducted by a polygrapher who is a member of a national or |
1610 | state polygraph association and who is certified as a |
1611 | postconviction sex offender polygrapher trained specifically in |
1612 | the use of the polygraph for the monitoring of sex offenders, |
1613 | where available, and shall be paid for by the probationer or |
1614 | community controllee sex offender. The results of the polygraph |
1615 | examination shall be provided to the probationer's or community |
1616 | controllee's probation officer and qualified practitioner and |
1617 | shall not be used as evidence in court to prove that a violation |
1618 | of community supervision has occurred. |
1619 | (4) In addition to all other conditions imposed, for a |
1620 | probationer or community controllee who is subject to |
1621 | supervision for a crime that was committed on or after the |
1622 | effective date of this act, and who has been convicted at any |
1623 | time of committing, or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to |
1624 | commit, any of the criminal offenses listed in s. |
1625 | 943.0435(1)(a)1.a.(I), or a similar offense in another |
1626 | jurisdiction, against a victim who was under the age of 18 at |
1627 | the time of the offense; if the offender has not received a |
1628 | pardon for any felony or similar law of another jurisdiction |
1629 | necessary for the operation of this subsection, if a conviction |
1630 | of a felony or similar law of another jurisdiction necessary for |
1631 | the operation of this subsection has not been set aside in any |
1632 | postconviction proceeding, or if the offender has not been |
1633 | removed from the requirement to register as a sexual offender or |
1634 | sexual predator pursuant to s. 943.04354, the court must impose |
1635 | the following conditions: |
1636 | (a) A prohibition on visiting schools, child care |
1637 | facilities, parks, and playgrounds, without prior approval from |
1638 | the offender's supervising officer. The court may also designate |
1639 | additional locations to protect a victim. The prohibition |
1640 | ordered under this paragraph does not prohibit the offender from |
1641 | visiting a school, child care facility, park, or playground for |
1642 | the sole purpose of attending a religious service as defined in |
1643 | s. 775.0861 or picking up or dropping off the offender's |
1644 | children or grandchildren at a child care facility or school. |
1645 | (b) A prohibition on distributing candy or other items to |
1646 | children on Halloween; wearing a Santa Claus costume, or other |
1647 | costume to appeal to children, on or preceding Christmas; |
1648 | wearing an Easter Bunny costume, or other costume to appeal to |
1649 | children, on or preceding Easter; entertaining at children's |
1650 | parties; or wearing a clown costume; without prior approval from |
1651 | the court. |
1652 | Section 12. Section 948.31, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1653 | to read: |
1654 | 948.31 Diagnosis, Evaluation, and treatment of sexual |
1655 | predators and offenders placed on probation or community control |
1656 | for certain sex offenses or child exploitation.-The court shall |
1657 | require an a diagnosis and evaluation by a qualified |
1658 | practitioner to determine the need of a probationer or community |
1659 | controlee offender in community control for treatment. If the |
1660 | court determines that a need therefor is established by the such |
1661 | diagnosis and evaluation process, the court shall require sexual |
1662 | offender treatment outpatient counseling as a term or condition |
1663 | of probation or community control for any person who is required |
1664 | to register as a sexual predator under s. 775.21 or sexual |
1665 | offender under s. 943.0435, s. 944.606, or s. 944.607. was found |
1666 | guilty of any of the following, or whose plea of guilty or nolo |
1667 | contendere to any of the following was accepted by the court: |
1668 | (1) Lewd or lascivious battery, lewd or lascivious |
1669 | molestation, lewd or lascivious conduct, or lewd or lascivious |
1670 | exhibition, as defined in s. 800.04 or s. 847.0135(5). |
1671 | (2) Sexual battery, as defined in chapter 794, against a |
1672 | child. |
1673 | (3) Exploitation of a child as provided in s. 450.151, or |
1674 | for prostitution. |
1675 |
|
1676 | Such treatment counseling shall be required to be obtained from |
1677 | a qualified practitioner as defined in s. 948.001. Treatment may |
1678 | not be administered by a qualified practitioner who has been |
1679 | convicted or adjudicated delinquent of committing, or |
1680 | attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any offense |
1681 | that is listed in s. 943.0435(1)(a)1.a.(I). The court shall |
1682 | impose a restriction against contact with minors if sexual |
1683 | offender treatment is recommended a community mental health |
1684 | center, a recognized social service agency providing mental |
1685 | health services, or a private mental health professional or |
1686 | through other professional counseling. The evaluation and |
1687 | recommendations plan for treatment of counseling for the |
1688 | probationer or community controlee individual shall be provided |
1689 | to the court for review. |
1690 | Section 13. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section |
1691 | 985.481, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
1692 | 985.481 Sexual offenders adjudicated delinquent; |
1693 | notification upon release.- |
1694 | (3)(a) The department must provide information regarding |
1695 | any sexual offender who is being released after serving a period |
1696 | of residential commitment under the department for any offense, |
1697 | as follows: |
1698 | 1. The department must provide the sexual offender's name, |
1699 | any change in the offender's name by reason of marriage or other |
1700 | legal process, and any alias, if known; the correctional |
1701 | facility from which the sexual offender is released; the sexual |
1702 | offender's social security number, race, sex, date of birth, |
1703 | height, weight, and hair and eye color; address of any planned |
1704 | permanent residence or temporary residence, within the state or |
1705 | out of state, including a rural route address and a post office |
1706 | box; if no permanent or temporary address, any transient |
1707 | residence within the state; address, location or description, |
1708 | and dates of any known future temporary residence within the |
1709 | state or out of state; date and county of disposition and each |
1710 | crime for which there was a disposition; a copy of the |
1711 | offender's fingerprints and a digitized photograph taken within |
1712 | 60 days before release; the date of release of the sexual |
1713 | offender; and home telephone number and any cellular telephone |
1714 | number; and the offender's intended residence address, if known. |
1715 | The department shall notify the Department of Law Enforcement if |
1716 | the sexual offender escapes, absconds, or dies. If the sexual |
1717 | offender is in the custody of a private correctional facility, |
1718 | the facility shall take the digitized photograph of the sexual |
1719 | offender within 60 days before the sexual offender's release and |
1720 | also place it in the sexual offender's file. If the sexual |
1721 | offender is in the custody of a local jail, the custodian of the |
1722 | local jail shall register the offender within 3 business days |
1723 | after intake of the offender for any reason and upon release, |
1724 | and shall notify the Department of Law Enforcement of the sexual |
1725 | offender's release and provide to the Department of Law |
1726 | Enforcement the information specified in this subparagraph and |
1727 | any information specified in subparagraph 2. which the |
1728 | Department of Law Enforcement requests. |
1729 | 2. The department may provide any other information |
1730 | considered necessary, including criminal and delinquency |
1731 | records, when available. |
1732 | Section 14. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4), paragraph (a) |
1733 | of subsection (6), and paragraph (b) of subsection (13) of |
1734 | section 985.4815, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
1735 | 985.4815 Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of |
1736 | information on juvenile sexual offenders.- |
1737 | (4) A sexual offender, as described in this section, who |
1738 | is under the supervision of the department but who is not |
1739 | committed must register with the department within 3 business |
1740 | days after adjudication and disposition for a registrable |
1741 | offense and otherwise provide information as required by this |
1742 | subsection. |
1743 | (a) The sexual offender shall provide his or her name; |
1744 | date of birth; social security number; race; sex; height; |
1745 | weight; hair and eye color; tattoos or other identifying marks; |
1746 | and permanent or legal residence and address of temporary |
1747 | residence within the state or out of state while the sexual |
1748 | offender is in the care or custody or under the jurisdiction or |
1749 | supervision of the department in this state, including any rural |
1750 | route address or post office box; if no permanent or temporary |
1751 | address, any transient residence; address, location or |
1752 | description, and dates of any current or known future temporary |
1753 | residence within the state or out of state;, and the name and |
1754 | address of each school attended. The department shall verify the |
1755 | address of each sexual offender and shall report to the |
1756 | Department of Law Enforcement any failure by a sexual offender |
1757 | to comply with registration requirements. |
1758 | (6)(a) The information provided to the Department of Law |
1759 | Enforcement must include the following: |
1760 | 1. The information obtained from the sexual offender under |
1761 | subsection (4). |
1762 | 2. The sexual offender's most current address and place of |
1763 | permanent, or temporary, or transient residence within the state |
1764 | or out of state, and address, location or description, and dates |
1765 | of any current or known future temporary residence within the |
1766 | state or out of state, while the sexual offender is in the care |
1767 | or custody or under the jurisdiction or supervision of the |
1768 | department in this state, including the name of the county or |
1769 | municipality in which the offender permanently or temporarily |
1770 | resides, or has a transient residence, and address, location or |
1771 | description, and dates of any current or known future temporary |
1772 | residence within the state or out of state; and, if known, the |
1773 | intended place of permanent, or temporary, or transient |
1774 | residence, and address, location or description, and dates of |
1775 | any current or known future temporary residence within the state |
1776 | or out of state upon satisfaction of all sanctions. |
1777 | 3. The legal status of the sexual offender and the |
1778 | scheduled termination date of that legal status. |
1779 | 4. The location of, and local telephone number for, any |
1780 | department office that is responsible for supervising the sexual |
1781 | offender. |
1782 | 5. An indication of whether the victim of the offense that |
1783 | resulted in the offender's status as a sexual offender was a |
1784 | minor. |
1785 | 6. The offense or offenses at adjudication and disposition |
1786 | that resulted in the determination of the offender's status as a |
1787 | sex offender. |
1788 | 7. A digitized photograph of the sexual offender, which |
1789 | must have been taken within 60 days before the offender was |
1790 | released from the custody of the department or a private |
1791 | correctional facility by expiration of sentence under s. |
1792 | 944.275, or within 60 days after the onset of the department's |
1793 | supervision of any sexual offender who is on probation, |
1794 | postcommitment probation, residential commitment, nonresidential |
1795 | commitment, licensed child-caring commitment, community control, |
1796 | conditional release, parole, provisional release, or control |
1797 | release or who is supervised by the department under the |
1798 | Interstate Compact Agreement for Probationers and Parolees. If |
1799 | the sexual offender is in the custody of a private correctional |
1800 | facility, the facility shall take a digitized photograph of the |
1801 | sexual offender within the time period provided in this |
1802 | subparagraph and shall provide the photograph to the department. |
1803 | (13) |
1804 | (b) The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
1805 | times and days for reporting by the sexual offender, which shall |
1806 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this |
1807 | subsection. Reregistration shall include any changes to the |
1808 | following information: |
1809 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
1810 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
1811 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
1812 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
1813 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
1814 | temporary address, any transient residence; address, location or |
1815 | description, and dates of any current or known future temporary |
1816 | residence within the state or out of state; name and address of |
1817 | each school attended; date and place of any employment; vehicle |
1818 | make, model, color, and license tag number; fingerprints; and |
1819 | photograph. A post office box shall not be provided in lieu of a |
1820 | physical residential address. |
1821 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
1822 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
1823 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
1824 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
1825 | including each campus attended, and the sexual offender's |
1826 | enrollment or employment status. |
1827 | 3. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
1828 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
1829 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide the |
1830 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
1831 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
1832 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
1833 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
1834 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
1835 | sexual offender shall also provide the hull identification |
1836 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
1837 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
1838 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
1839 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
1840 | 4. Any sexual offender who fails to report in person as |
1841 | required at the sheriff's office, or who fails to respond to any |
1842 | address verification correspondence from the department within 3 |
1843 | weeks after the date of the correspondence, commits a felony of |
1844 | the third degree, punishable as provided in ss. 775.082, |
1845 | 775.083, and 775.084. |
1846 | Section 15. The Legislature intends that nothing in this |
1847 | act reduce or diminish a court's jurisdiction. |
1848 | Section 16. If any provision of this act or its |
1849 | application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the |
1850 | invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of |
1851 | this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision |
1852 | or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are |
1853 | declared severable. |
1854 | Section 17. The Division of Statutory Revision is directed |
1855 | to replace the phrase "the effective date of this act" wherever |
1856 | it occurs in this act with the date this act becomes a law. |
1857 | Section 18. This act shall take effect upon becoming a |
1858 | law. |