Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1324 Barcode 387182 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: FAV . 01/26/2012 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Montford) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 4 Delete everything after the enacting clause 5 and insert: 6 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 538.23, Florida 7 Statutes, is amended to read: 8 538.23 Violations and penalties.— 9 (1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), A secondary 10 metals recycler who knowingly and intentionally: 11 1. Violates s. 538.20 or s. 538.21; 12 2. Engages in a pattern of failing to keep records required 13 by s. 538.19; 14 3. Violates s. 538.26(4); or 15 4. Violates s. 538.235, 16 17 commits a felonymisdemeanorof the thirdfirstdegree, 18 punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 19 (b) A secondary metals recycler who commits a third or 20 subsequent violation of paragraph (a) commits a felony of the 21 firstthirddegree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 22 775.083, or s. 775.084. 23 Section 2. Present paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (1) 24 of section 812.145, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as 25 paragraphs (e) and (f), respectively, a new paragraph (d) is 26 added to that subsection, and subsection (3) is added to that 27 section, to read: 28 812.145 Theft of copper or other nonferrous metals.— 29 (1) As used in this section, the terms: 30 (d) “Electrical substation” means a facility that takes 31 electricity from the transmission grid and converts it to a 32 lower voltage so it can be distributed to customers in the local 33 area on the local distribution grid through one or more 34 distribution lines less than 69 kilovolts in size. 35 (3) A person who knowingly and intentionally removes, or 36 assists with the removal of, copper or other nonferrous metals 37 from an electrical substation without authorization of the 38 utility commits a felony of the first degree, punishable as 39 provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 40 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2012. 41 42 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 43 And the title is amended as follows: 44 Delete everything before the enacting clause 45 and insert: 46 A bill to be entitled 47 An act relating to metal theft; amending s. 538.23, 48 F.S.; increasing the criminal penalties for specified 49 violations relating to secondary metals recycling; 50 providing increased criminal penalties for third and 51 subsequent criminal violations; amending s. 812.145, 52 F.S.; defining the term “electrical substation”; 53 prohibiting removing or assisting with the removal of 54 copper or other nonferrous metals from an electrical 55 substation site without authorization of the utility; 56 providing criminal penalties; providing an effective 57 date.