Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1278
       
       
       
       By Senator Oelrich
       
       
       
       
       14-01016A-12                                          20121278__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to sentencing alternatives; amending
    3         s. 921.187, F.S.; authorizing the court to order an
    4         offender convicted of an offense of child abuse to pay
    5         an assessment of a specified amount if the offender
    6         does not receive a state prison sentence; requiring
    7         that the assessment be allocated to the child
    8         protection team in the judicial circuit in which the
    9         alternative sentenced is imposed; providing an
   10         effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Paragraph (r) is added to subsection (1) of
   15  section 921.187, Florida Statutes, to read:
   16         921.187 Disposition and sentencing; alternatives;
   17  restitution.—
   18         (1) The alternatives provided in this section for the
   19  disposition of criminal cases shall be used in a manner that
   20  will best serve the needs of society, punish criminal offenders,
   21  and provide the opportunity for rehabilitation. If the offender
   22  does not receive a state prison sentence, the court may:
   23         (r) Require the offender who violates any criminal
   24  provision of chapter 827 to pay an additional assessment in the
   25  amount of $100 to the child protection team in the judicial
   26  circuit in which the alternative sentenced is imposed.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.