| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to career offenders; amending s. 775.261, |
| 3 | F.S.; providing that it is a first-degree misdemeanor for |
| 4 | a person to perform specified acts with the intent to |
| 5 | assist a career offender in eluding a law enforcement |
| 6 | agency that is seeking to find the career offender to |
| 7 | question the career offender about, or to arrest the |
| 8 | career offender for, his or her noncompliance; providing |
| 9 | criminal penalties; providing an effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Subsection (10) is added to section 775.261, |
| 14 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 15 | 775.261 The Florida Career Offender Registration Act.- |
| 16 | (10) ASSISTING IN NONCOMPLIANCE.-It is a misdemeanor of |
| 17 | the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. |
| 18 | 775.083, for a person who has reason to believe that a career |
| 19 | offender is not complying, or has not complied, with the |
| 20 | requirements of this section and who, with the intent to assist |
| 21 | the career offender in eluding a law enforcement agency that is |
| 22 | seeking to find the career offender to question the career |
| 23 | offender about, or to arrest the career offender for, his or her |
| 24 | noncompliance with the requirements of this section, to: |
| 25 | (a) Withhold information from, or fail to notify, the law |
| 26 | enforcement agency about the career offender's noncompliance |
| 27 | with the requirements of this section and, if known, the |
| 28 | whereabouts of the career offender; |
| 29 | (b) Harbor or attempt to harbor, or assist another in |
| 30 | harboring or attempting to harbor, the career offender; |
| 31 | (c) Conceal or attempt to conceal, or assist another in |
| 32 | concealing or attempting to conceal, the career offender; or |
| 33 | (d) Provide information to the law enforcement agency |
| 34 | regarding the career offender which the person knows to be |
| 35 | false. |
| 36 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |