Florida Senate - 2010                              CS for SB 860
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Oelrich
       
       
       
       
       591-04397-10                                           2010860c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to threats; amending s. 836.10, F.S.;
    3         revising provisions relating to the sending of or
    4         procuring the sending of letters or inscribed
    5         communications containing certain threats of death or
    6         bodily injury; including electronic communications in
    7         such provisions; providing an effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 836.10, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   12  read:
   13         836.10 Written threats to kill or do bodily injury;
   14  punishment.—If Any person who writes or composes and also sends
   15  or procures the sending of any letter, or inscribed
   16  communication, or electronic communication, so written or
   17  composed, whether such letter or communication is be signed or
   18  anonymous, to any person, containing a threat to kill or to do
   19  bodily injury to the person to whom such letter or communication
   20  is sent, or a threat to kill or do bodily injury to any member
   21  of the family of the person to whom such letter or communication
   22  is sent commits, the person so writing or composing and so
   23  sending or procuring the sending of such letter or
   24  communication, shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree,
   25  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
   26         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010.