Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 128
       
       
       
       By Senator Altman
       
       
       
       
       24-00112-12                                            2012128__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to minors; requiring a parent, legal
    3         guardian, or caretaker of a minor to make reasonable
    4         efforts to notify a law enforcement agency of the
    5         disappearance of the minor within a specified period
    6         of time after the discovery that the minor has
    7         disappeared; providing criminal penalties for failing
    8         to make reasonable efforts to notify a law enforcement
    9         agency of the disappearance of the minor; 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. Disappearance of a minor; notification
   15  requirement.—A parent, legal guardian, or caretaker of a minor
   16  must make reasonable efforts to notify a law enforcement agency
   17  of the disappearance of the minor within 12 hours after the
   18  discovery that the minor has disappeared. A person who violates
   19  this section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as
   20  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, Florida
   21  Statutes.
   22         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2012.