1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to criminal offenders; amending s. |
3 | 775.21, F.S.; replacing the definition of the term |
4 | "instant message name" with the definition of the term |
5 | "Internet identifier"; providing that voluntary |
6 | disclosure of specified information waives a |
7 | disclosure exemption for such information; conforming |
8 | provisions; requiring disclosure of passport and |
9 | immigration status information; requiring that a |
10 | sexual predator who is unable to secure or update a |
11 | driver license or identification card within a |
12 | specified period must report specified information to |
13 | the local sheriff's office within a specified period |
14 | after such change with confirmation that he or she |
15 | also reported such information to the Department of |
16 | Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; requiring a sexual |
17 | predator released in a homeless or transient status to |
18 | report in person to the sheriff's office in the county |
19 | in which he or she is located within a specified |
20 | period; revising reporting requirements if a sexual |
21 | predator plans to leave the United States for more |
22 | than a specified period; amending s. 943.0435, F.S.; |
23 | replacing the definition of the term "instant message |
24 | name" with the definition of the term "Internet |
25 | identifier"; conforming provisions; requiring |
26 | disclosure of passport and immigration status |
27 | information; requiring that a sexual predator who is |
28 | unable to secure or update a driver license or |
29 | identification card within a specified period must |
30 | report specified information to the local sheriff's |
31 | office within a specified period of such change with |
32 | confirmation that he or she also reported such |
33 | information to the Department of Highway Safety and |
34 | Motor Vehicles; providing additional requirements for |
35 | sexual offenders intending to reside outside of the |
36 | United States; amending s. 943.04351, F.S.; requiring |
37 | a specified national search of registration |
38 | information regarding sexual predators and sexual |
39 | offenders prior to appointment or employment of |
40 | persons by state agencies and governmental |
41 | subdivisions; amending s. 943.04354, F.S.; revising |
42 | the age range applicable to provisions allowing |
43 | removal of the requirement to register as a sexual |
44 | offender or sexual predator in certain circumstances; |
45 | revising eligibility requirements for removal of the |
46 | requirement to register as a sexual offender or sexual |
47 | predator; amending s. 943.0437, F.S.; replacing the |
48 | definition of the term "instant message name" with the |
49 | definition of the term "Internet identifier"; |
50 | conforming provisions; amending ss. 944.606 and |
51 | 944.607, F.S.; replacing the definition of the term |
52 | "instant message name" with the definition of the term |
53 | "Internet identifier"; conforming provisions; |
54 | requiring disclosure of passport and immigration |
55 | status information; amending s. 947.005, F.S.; |
56 | revising the definition of the term "risk assessment"; |
57 | amending s. 947.1405, F.S.; requiring that certain |
58 | conditional releasees be subject to electronic |
59 | monitoring; amending s. 948.30, F.S.; providing |
60 | restrictions for certain persons who receive a |
61 | designation equivalent to sexual predator in another |
62 | jurisdiction or who are convicted of certain offenses |
63 | in another jurisdiction; providing for electronic |
64 | monitoring of certain persons; subjecting persons |
65 | convicted of specified offenses to additional |
66 | restrictions; amending s. 948.31, F.S.; providing that |
67 | conditions imposed under that section do not require |
68 | oral pronouncement at the time of sentencing and shall |
69 | be considered standard conditions of probation or |
70 | community control for certain offenders; revising |
71 | provisions relating to evaluation of persons subject |
72 | to registration as sexual offenders or sexual |
73 | predators; authorizing a court to require treatment |
74 | from a qualified practitioner in certain |
75 | circumstances; authorizing a court to restrict the |
76 | probationer or community controllee from having |
77 | unsupervised contact with a minor or prohibit him or |
78 | her from residing with a minor in certain |
79 | circumstances; amending ss. 985.481 and 985.4815, |
80 | F.S.; requiring disclosure of passport and immigration |
81 | status information by certain sexual offenders |
82 | adjudicated delinquent and certain juvenile sexual |
83 | offenders; amending s. 903.046, F.S.; requiring a |
84 | court considering whether to release a defendant on |
85 | bail to determine whether the defendant is subject to |
86 | registration as a sexual offender or sexual predator |
87 | and, if so, to hold the defendant without bail until |
88 | the first appearance on the case; providing an |
89 | exception; amending s. 948.012, F.S.; revising |
90 | language concerning commencement of the period of |
91 | probation or community control; amending s. 948.039, |
92 | F.S.; providing that a probation or community control |
93 | period commences immediately upon the release of the |
94 | offender from incarceration; providing severability; |
95 | providing effective dates. |
96 |
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97 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
98 |
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99 | Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subsection (2), paragraphs |
100 | (a), (e), (g), (i), and (j) of subsection (6), paragraph (a) of |
101 | subsection (8), and paragraph (a) of subsection (10) of section |
102 | 775.21, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
103 | 775.21 The Florida Sexual Predators Act.- |
104 | (2) DEFINITIONS.-As used in this section, the term: |
105 | (i) "Internet identifier Instant message name" means all |
106 | electronic mail, chat, instant messenger, social networking, or |
107 | similar name used for Internet communication, but does not |
108 | include a date of birth, social security number, or personal |
109 | identification number (PIN) an identifier that allows a person |
110 | to communicate in real time with another person using the |
111 | Internet. Voluntary disclosure by the sexual predator of his or |
112 | her date of birth, social security number, or personal |
113 | identification number (PIN) as an Internet identifier waives the |
114 | disclosure exemption in this paragraph for such personal |
115 | information. |
116 | (6) REGISTRATION.- |
117 | (a) A sexual predator must register with the department |
118 | through the sheriff's office by providing the following |
119 | information to the department: |
120 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
121 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; photograph; address |
122 | of legal residence and address of any current temporary |
123 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
124 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
125 | temporary address, any transient residence within the state; |
126 | address, location or description, and dates of any current or |
127 | known future temporary residence within the state or out of |
128 | state; all any electronic mail addresses address and all |
129 | Internet identifiers any instant message name required to be |
130 | provided pursuant to subparagraph (g)4.; all home telephone |
131 | numbers number and any cellular telephone numbers number; date |
132 | and place of any employment; date and place of each conviction; |
133 | fingerprints; and a brief description of the crime or crimes |
134 | committed by the offender. A post office box shall not be |
135 | provided in lieu of a physical residential address. The sexual |
136 | predator must also produce or provide information about his or |
137 | her passport, if he or she has a passport, and, if he or she is |
138 | an alien, must produce or provide information about documents |
139 | establishing his or her immigration status. |
140 | a. If the sexual predator's place of residence is a motor |
141 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
142 | in chapter 320, the sexual predator shall also provide to the |
143 | department written notice of the vehicle identification number; |
144 | the license tag number; the registration number; and a |
145 | description, including color scheme, of the motor vehicle, |
146 | trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home. If a sexual |
147 | predator's place of residence is a vessel, live-aboard vessel, |
148 | or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the sexual predator |
149 | shall also provide to the department written notice of the hull |
150 | identification number; the manufacturer's serial number; the |
151 | name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the |
152 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
153 | of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
154 | b. If the sexual predator is enrolled, employed, or |
155 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
156 | this state, the sexual predator shall also provide to the |
157 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
158 | including each campus attended, and the sexual predator's |
159 | enrollment or employment status. Each change in enrollment or |
160 | employment status shall be reported in person at the sheriff's |
161 | office, or the Department of Corrections if the sexual predator |
162 | is in the custody or control of or under the supervision of the |
163 | Department of Corrections, within 48 hours after any change in |
164 | status. The sheriff or the Department of Corrections shall |
165 | promptly notify each institution of the sexual predator's |
166 | presence and any change in the sexual predator's enrollment or |
167 | employment status. |
168 | 2. Any other information determined necessary by the |
169 | department, including criminal and corrections records; |
170 | nonprivileged personnel and treatment records; and evidentiary |
171 | genetic markers when available. |
172 | (e)1. If the sexual predator is not in the custody or |
173 | control of, or under the supervision of, the Department of |
174 | Corrections or is not in the custody of a private correctional |
175 | facility, the sexual predator shall register in person: |
176 | a. At the sheriff's office in the county where he or she |
177 | establishes or maintains a residence within 48 hours after |
178 | establishing or maintaining a residence in this state; and |
179 | b. At the sheriff's office in the county where he or she |
180 | was designated a sexual predator by the court within 48 hours |
181 | after such finding is made. |
182 | 2. Any change in the sexual predator's permanent or |
183 | temporary residence, name, or all any electronic mail addresses |
184 | address and all Internet identifiers any instant message name |
185 | required to be provided pursuant to subparagraph (g)4., after |
186 | the sexual predator registers in person at the sheriff's office |
187 | as provided in subparagraph 1., shall be accomplished in the |
188 | manner provided in paragraphs (g), (i), and (j). When a sexual |
189 | predator registers with the sheriff's office, the sheriff shall |
190 | take a photograph and a set of fingerprints of the predator and |
191 | forward the photographs and fingerprints to the department, |
192 | along with the information that the predator is required to |
193 | provide pursuant to this section. |
194 | (g)1. Each time a sexual predator's driver driver's |
195 | license or identification card is subject to renewal, and, |
196 | without regard to the status of the predator's driver driver's |
197 | license or identification card, within 48 hours after any change |
198 | of the predator's residence or change in the predator's name by |
199 | reason of marriage or other legal process, the predator shall |
200 | report in person to a driver driver's license office and shall |
201 | be subject to the requirements specified in paragraph (f). The |
202 | Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall forward to |
203 | the department and to the Department of Corrections all |
204 | photographs and information provided by sexual predators. |
205 | Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in s. 322.142, the |
206 | Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is authorized to |
207 | release a reproduction of a color-photograph or digital-image |
208 | license to the Department of Law Enforcement for purposes of |
209 | public notification of sexual predators as provided in this |
210 | section. A sexual predator who is unable to secure or update a |
211 | driver license or identification card with the Department of |
212 | Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles as provided in paragraph (f) |
213 | and this paragraph must also report any change of the predator's |
214 | residence or change in the predator's name by reason of marriage |
215 | or other legal process within 48 hours after the change to the |
216 | sheriff's office in the county where the predator resides or is |
217 | located and provide confirmation that he or she reported such |
218 | information to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor |
219 | Vehicles. |
220 | 2. A sexual predator who vacates a permanent, temporary, |
221 | or transient residence and fails to establish or maintain |
222 | another permanent, temporary, or transient residence shall, |
223 | within 48 hours after vacating the permanent, temporary, or |
224 | transient residence, report in person to the sheriff's office of |
225 | the county in which he or she is located. The sexual predator |
226 | shall specify the date upon which he or she intends to or did |
227 | vacate such residence. If the sexual predator is released from |
228 | custody in a homeless or transient status, he or she must report |
229 | in person to the sheriff's office in the county in which he or |
230 | she is located within 24 hours. The sexual predator must provide |
231 | or update all of the registration information required under |
232 | paragraph (a). The sexual predator must provide an address for |
233 | the residence or other place that he or she is or will be |
234 | located during the time in which he or she fails to establish or |
235 | maintain a permanent or temporary residence. |
236 | 3. A sexual predator who remains at a permanent, |
237 | temporary, or transient residence after reporting his or her |
238 | intent to vacate such residence shall, within 48 hours after the |
239 | date upon which the predator indicated he or she would or did |
240 | vacate such residence, report in person to the sheriff's office |
241 | to which he or she reported pursuant to subparagraph 2. for the |
242 | purpose of reporting his or her address at such residence. When |
243 | the sheriff receives the report, the sheriff shall promptly |
244 | convey the information to the department. An offender who makes |
245 | a report as required under subparagraph 2. but fails to make a |
246 | report as required under this subparagraph commits a felony of |
247 | the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. |
248 | 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
249 | 4. A sexual predator must register all any electronic mail |
250 | addresses and Internet identifiers address or instant message |
251 | name with the department prior to using such electronic mail |
252 | addresses and Internet identifiers address or instant message |
253 | name on or after October 1, 2007. The department shall establish |
254 | an online system through which sexual predators may securely |
255 | access and update all electronic mail address and Internet |
256 | identifier instant message name information. |
257 | (i) A sexual predator who intends to establish a |
258 | permanent, temporary, or transient residence in another state or |
259 | jurisdiction other than the State of Florida shall report in |
260 | person to the sheriff of the county of current residence within |
261 | 48 hours before the date he or she intends to leave this state |
262 | to establish residence in another state or jurisdiction or |
263 | within 21 days before his or her planned departure date if the |
264 | intended residence of 7 days or more is outside of the United |
265 | States. The sexual predator must provide to the sheriff the |
266 | address, municipality, county, and state, and country of |
267 | intended residence. The sheriff shall promptly provide to the |
268 | department the information received from the sexual predator. |
269 | The department shall notify the statewide law enforcement |
270 | agency, or a comparable agency, in the intended state, or |
271 | jurisdiction, or country of residence of the sexual predator's |
272 | intended residence. The failure of a sexual predator to provide |
273 | his or her intended place of residence is punishable as provided |
274 | in subsection (10). |
275 | (j) A sexual predator who indicates his or her intent to |
276 | establish a permanent, temporary, or transient residence in |
277 | another state, a or jurisdiction other than the State of |
278 | Florida, or another country and later decides to remain in this |
279 | state shall, within 48 hours after the date upon which the |
280 | sexual predator indicated he or she would leave this state, |
281 | report in person to the sheriff to which the sexual predator |
282 | reported the intended change of residence, and report his or her |
283 | intent to remain in this state. If the sheriff is notified by |
284 | the sexual predator that he or she intends to remain in this |
285 | state, the sheriff shall promptly report this information to the |
286 | department. A sexual predator who reports his or her intent to |
287 | establish a permanent, temporary, or transient residence in |
288 | another state, a or jurisdiction other than the State of |
289 | Florida, or another country, but who remains in this state |
290 | without reporting to the sheriff in the manner required by this |
291 | paragraph, commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as |
292 | provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
293 | (8) VERIFICATION.-The department and the Department of |
294 | Corrections shall implement a system for verifying the addresses |
295 | of sexual predators. The system must be consistent with the |
296 | provisions of the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety |
297 | Act of 2006 and any other federal standards applicable to such |
298 | verification or required to be met as a condition for the |
299 | receipt of federal funds by the state. The Department of |
300 | Corrections shall verify the addresses of sexual predators who |
301 | are not incarcerated but who reside in the community under the |
302 | supervision of the Department of Corrections and shall report to |
303 | the department any failure by a sexual predator to comply with |
304 | registration requirements. County and local law enforcement |
305 | agencies, in conjunction with the department, shall verify the |
306 | addresses of sexual predators who are not under the care, |
307 | custody, control, or supervision of the Department of |
308 | Corrections. Local law enforcement agencies shall report to the |
309 | department any failure by a sexual predator to comply with |
310 | registration requirements. |
311 | (a) A sexual predator must report in person each year |
312 | during the month of the sexual predator's birthday and during |
313 | every third month thereafter to the sheriff's office in the |
314 | county in which he or she resides or is otherwise located to |
315 | reregister. The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
316 | times and days for reporting by the sexual predator, which shall |
317 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this paragraph. |
318 | Reregistration shall include any changes to the following |
319 | information: |
320 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
321 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
322 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
323 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
324 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
325 | temporary address, any transient residence within the state; |
326 | address, location or description, and dates of any current or |
327 | known future temporary residence within the state or out of |
328 | state; all any electronic mail addresses address and all |
329 | Internet identifiers any instant message name required to be |
330 | provided pursuant to subparagraph (6)(g)4.; all home telephone |
331 | numbers number and any cellular telephone numbers number; date |
332 | and place of any employment; vehicle make, model, color, and |
333 | license tag number; fingerprints; and photograph. A post office |
334 | box shall not be provided in lieu of a physical residential |
335 | address. The sexual predator must also produce or provide |
336 | information about his or her passport, if he or she has a |
337 | passport, and, if he or she is an alien, must produce or provide |
338 | information about documents establishing his or her immigration |
339 | status. |
340 | 2. If the sexual predator is enrolled, employed, or |
341 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
342 | this state, the sexual predator shall also provide to the |
343 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
344 | including each campus attended, and the sexual predator's |
345 | enrollment or employment status. |
346 | 3. If the sexual predator's place of residence is a motor |
347 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
348 | in chapter 320, the sexual predator shall also provide the |
349 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
350 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
351 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
352 | home. If the sexual predator's place of residence is a vessel, |
353 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
354 | sexual predator shall also provide the hull identification |
355 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
356 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
357 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
358 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
359 | (10) PENALTIES.- |
360 | (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided, a sexual |
361 | predator who fails to register; who fails, after registration, |
362 | to maintain, acquire, or renew a driver driver's license or |
363 | identification card; who fails to provide required location |
364 | information, electronic mail address information, Internet |
365 | identifier instant message name information, all home telephone |
366 | numbers number and any cellular telephone numbers number, or |
367 | change-of-name information; who fails to make a required report |
368 | in connection with vacating a permanent residence; who fails to |
369 | reregister as required; who fails to respond to any address |
370 | verification correspondence from the department within 3 weeks |
371 | of the date of the correspondence; or who otherwise fails, by |
372 | act or omission, to comply with the requirements of this |
373 | section, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as |
374 | provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
375 | Section 2. Paragraphs (a) and (g) of subsection (1), |
376 | subsection (2), paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection (4), |
377 | subsections (7) and (8), and paragraph (c) of subsection (14) of |
378 | section 943.0435, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
379 | 943.0435 Sexual offenders required to register with the |
380 | department; penalty.- |
381 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
382 | (a)1. "Sexual offender" means a person who meets the |
383 | criteria in sub-subparagraph a., sub-subparagraph b., sub- |
384 | subparagraph c., or sub-subparagraph d., as follows: |
385 | a.(I) Has been convicted of committing, or attempting, |
386 | soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any of the criminal |
387 | offenses proscribed in the following statutes in this state or |
388 | similar offenses in another jurisdiction: s. 787.01, s. 787.02, |
389 | or s. 787.025(2)(c), where the victim is a minor and the |
390 | defendant is not the victim's parent or guardian; s. 794.011, |
391 | excluding s. 794.011(10); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s. |
392 | 800.04; s. 825.1025; s. 826.04 where the victim is a minor and |
393 | the defendant is 18 years of age or older; s. 827.071; s. |
394 | 847.0133; s. 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(6); s. 847.0137; s. |
395 | 847.0138; s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or any similar offense |
396 | committed in this state which has been redesignated from a |
397 | former statute number to one of those listed in this sub-sub- |
398 | subparagraph; and |
399 | (II) Has been released on or after October 1, 1997, from |
400 | the sanction imposed for any conviction of an offense described |
401 | in sub-sub-subparagraph (I). For purposes of sub-sub- |
402 | subparagraph (I), a sanction imposed in this state or in any |
403 | other jurisdiction includes, but is not limited to, a fine, |
404 | probation, community control, parole, conditional release, |
405 | control release, or incarceration in a state prison, federal |
406 | prison, private correctional facility, or local detention |
407 | facility; |
408 | b. Establishes or maintains a residence in this state and |
409 | who has not been designated as a sexual predator by a court of |
410 | this state but who has been designated as a sexual predator, as |
411 | a sexually violent predator, or by another sexual offender |
412 | designation in another state or jurisdiction and was, as a |
413 | result of such designation, subjected to registration or |
414 | community or public notification, or both, or would be if the |
415 | person were a resident of that state or jurisdiction, without |
416 | regard to whether the person otherwise meets the criteria for |
417 | registration as a sexual offender; |
418 | c. Establishes or maintains a residence in this state who |
419 | is in the custody or control of, or under the supervision of, |
420 | any other state or jurisdiction as a result of a conviction for |
421 | committing, or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit, |
422 | any of the criminal offenses proscribed in the following |
423 | statutes or similar offense in another jurisdiction: s. 787.01, |
424 | s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), where the victim is a minor and |
425 | the defendant is not the victim's parent or guardian; s. |
426 | 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s. |
427 | 796.035; s. 800.04; s. 825.1025; s. 826.04 where the victim is a |
428 | minor and the defendant is 18 years of age or older; s. 827.071; |
429 | s. 847.0133; s. 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(6); s. 847.0137; |
430 | s. 847.0138; s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or any similar |
431 | offense committed in this state which has been redesignated from |
432 | a former statute number to one of those listed in this sub- |
433 | subparagraph; or |
434 | d. On or after July 1, 2007, has been adjudicated |
435 | delinquent for committing, or attempting, soliciting, or |
436 | conspiring to commit, any of the criminal offenses proscribed in |
437 | the following statutes in this state or similar offenses in |
438 | another jurisdiction when the juvenile was 14 years of age or |
439 | older at the time of the offense: |
440 | (I) Section 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); |
441 | (II) Section 800.04(4)(b) where the victim is under 12 |
442 | years of age or where the court finds sexual activity by the use |
443 | of force or coercion; |
444 | (III) Section 800.04(5)(c)1. where the court finds |
445 | molestation involving unclothed genitals; or |
446 | (IV) Section 800.04(5)(d) where the court finds the use of |
447 | force or coercion and unclothed genitals. |
448 | 2. For all qualifying offenses listed in sub-subparagraph |
449 | (1)(a)1.d., the court shall make a written finding of the age of |
450 | the offender at the time of the offense. |
451 |
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452 | For each violation of a qualifying offense listed in this |
453 | subsection, the court shall make a written finding of the age of |
454 | the victim at the time of the offense. For a violation of s. |
455 | 800.04(4), the court shall additionally make a written finding |
456 | indicating that the offense did or did not involve sexual |
457 | activity and indicating that the offense did or did not involve |
458 | force or coercion. For a violation of s. 800.04(5), the court |
459 | shall additionally make a written finding that the offense did |
460 | or did not involve unclothed genitals or genital area and that |
461 | the offense did or did not involve the use of force or coercion. |
462 | (g) "Internet identifier Instant message name" has the |
463 | same meaning as provided in s. 775.21 means an identifier that |
464 | allows a person to communicate in real time with another person |
465 | using the Internet. |
466 | (2) A sexual offender shall: |
467 | (a) Report in person at the sheriff's office: |
468 | 1. In the county in which the offender establishes or |
469 | maintains a permanent, temporary, or transient residence within |
470 | 48 hours after: |
471 | a. Establishing permanent, temporary, or transient |
472 | residence in this state; or |
473 | b. Being released from the custody, control, or |
474 | supervision of the Department of Corrections or from the custody |
475 | of a private correctional facility; or |
476 | 2. In the county where he or she was convicted within 48 |
477 | hours after being convicted for a qualifying offense for |
478 | registration under this section if the offender is not in the |
479 | custody or control of, or under the supervision of, the |
480 | Department of Corrections, or is not in the custody of a private |
481 | correctional facility. |
482 |
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483 | Any change in the information required to be provided pursuant |
484 | to paragraph (b), including, but not limited to, any change in |
485 | the sexual offender's permanent, temporary, or transient |
486 | residence, name, all any electronic mail addresses address and |
487 | all Internet identifiers any instant message name required to be |
488 | provided pursuant to paragraph (4)(d), after the sexual offender |
489 | reports in person at the sheriff's office, shall be accomplished |
490 | in the manner provided in subsections (4), (7), and (8). |
491 | (b) Provide his or her name; date of birth; social |
492 | security number; race; sex; height; weight; hair and eye color; |
493 | tattoos or other identifying marks; occupation and place of |
494 | employment; address of permanent or legal residence or address |
495 | of any current temporary residence, within the state or out of |
496 | state, including a rural route address and a post office box; if |
497 | no permanent or temporary address, any transient residence |
498 | within the state, address, location or description, and dates of |
499 | any current or known future temporary residence within the state |
500 | or out of state; all home telephone numbers number and any |
501 | cellular telephone numbers number; all any electronic mail |
502 | addresses address and all Internet identifiers any instant |
503 | message name required to be provided pursuant to paragraph |
504 | (4)(d); date and place of each conviction; and a brief |
505 | description of the crime or crimes committed by the offender. A |
506 | post office box shall not be provided in lieu of a physical |
507 | residential address. The sexual offender must also produce or |
508 | provide information about his or her passport, if he or she has |
509 | a passport, and, if he or she is an alien, must produce or |
510 | provide information about documents establishing his or her |
511 | immigration status. |
512 | 1. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
513 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
514 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
515 | department through the sheriff's office written notice of the |
516 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
517 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
518 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
519 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
520 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
521 | sexual offender shall also provide to the department written |
522 | notice of the hull identification number; the manufacturer's |
523 | serial number; the name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or |
524 | houseboat; the registration number; and a description, including |
525 | color scheme, of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
526 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
527 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
528 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
529 | department through the sheriff's office the name, address, and |
530 | county of each institution, including each campus attended, and |
531 | the sexual offender's enrollment or employment status. Each |
532 | change in enrollment or employment status shall be reported in |
533 | person at the sheriff's office, within 48 hours after any change |
534 | in status. The sheriff shall promptly notify each institution of |
535 | the sexual offender's presence and any change in the sexual |
536 | offender's enrollment or employment status. |
537 |
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538 | When a sexual offender reports at the sheriff's office, the |
539 | sheriff shall take a photograph and a set of fingerprints of the |
540 | offender and forward the photographs and fingerprints to the |
541 | department, along with the information provided by the sexual |
542 | offender. The sheriff shall promptly provide to the department |
543 | the information received from the sexual offender. |
544 | (4)(a) Each time a sexual offender's driver driver's |
545 | license or identification card is subject to renewal, and, |
546 | without regard to the status of the offender's driver driver's |
547 | license or identification card, within 48 hours after any change |
548 | in the offender's permanent, temporary, or transient residence |
549 | or change in the offender's name by reason of marriage or other |
550 | legal process, the offender shall report in person to a driver |
551 | driver's license office, and shall be subject to the |
552 | requirements specified in subsection (3). The Department of |
553 | Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall forward to the |
554 | department all photographs and information provided by sexual |
555 | offenders. Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in s. |
556 | 322.142, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is |
557 | authorized to release a reproduction of a color-photograph or |
558 | digital-image license to the Department of Law Enforcement for |
559 | purposes of public notification of sexual offenders as provided |
560 | in this section and ss. 943.043 and 944.606. A sexual offender |
561 | who is unable to secure or update a driver license or |
562 | identification card with the Department of Highway Safety and |
563 | Motor Vehicles as provided in subsection (3) and this subsection |
564 | must also report any change in the sexual offender's permanent, |
565 | temporary, or transient residence or change in the offender's |
566 | name by reason of marriage or other legal process within 48 |
567 | hours after the change to the sheriff's office in the county |
568 | where the offender resides or is located and provide |
569 | confirmation that he or she reported such information to |
570 | Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. |
571 | (d) A sexual offender must register all any electronic |
572 | mail addresses and Internet identifiers address or instant |
573 | message name with the department prior to using such electronic |
574 | mail addresses and Internet identifiers address or instant |
575 | message name on or after October 1, 2007. The department shall |
576 | establish an online system through which sexual offenders may |
577 | securely access and update all electronic mail address and |
578 | Internet identifier instant message name information. |
579 | (7) A sexual offender who intends to establish a |
580 | permanent, temporary, or transient residence in another state or |
581 | jurisdiction other than the State of Florida shall report in |
582 | person to the sheriff of the county of current residence within |
583 | 48 hours before the date he or she intends to leave this state |
584 | to establish residence in another state or jurisdiction or |
585 | within 21 days before his or her planned departure date if the |
586 | intended residence of 7 days or more is outside of the United |
587 | States. The notification must include the address, municipality, |
588 | county, and state, and country of intended residence. The |
589 | sheriff shall promptly provide to the department the information |
590 | received from the sexual offender. The department shall notify |
591 | the statewide law enforcement agency, or a comparable agency, in |
592 | the intended state, or jurisdiction, or country of residence of |
593 | the sexual offender's intended residence. The failure of a |
594 | sexual offender to provide his or her intended place of |
595 | residence is punishable as provided in subsection (9). |
596 | (8) A sexual offender who indicates his or her intent to |
597 | establish a permanent, temporary, or transient residence in |
598 | another state, a or jurisdiction other than the State of |
599 | Florida, or another country and later decides to remain in this |
600 | state shall, within 48 hours after the date upon which the |
601 | sexual offender indicated he or she would leave this state, |
602 | report in person to the sheriff to which the sexual offender |
603 | reported the intended change of permanent, temporary, or |
604 | transient residence, and report his or her intent to remain in |
605 | this state. The sheriff shall promptly report this information |
606 | to the department. A sexual offender who reports his or her |
607 | intent to establish a permanent, temporary, or transient |
608 | residence in another state, a or jurisdiction other than the |
609 | State of Florida, or another country but who remains in this |
610 | state without reporting to the sheriff in the manner required by |
611 | this subsection commits a felony of the second degree, |
612 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
613 | (14) |
614 | (c) The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
615 | times and days for reporting by the sexual offender, which shall |
616 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this |
617 | subsection. Reregistration shall include any changes to the |
618 | following information: |
619 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
620 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
621 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
622 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
623 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
624 | temporary address, any transient residence within the state; |
625 | address, location or description, and dates of any current or |
626 | known future temporary residence within the state or out of |
627 | state; all any electronic mail addresses address and all |
628 | Internet identifiers any instant message name required to be |
629 | provided pursuant to paragraph (4)(d); all home telephone |
630 | numbers number and all any cellular telephone numbers number; |
631 | date and place of any employment; vehicle make, model, color, |
632 | and license tag number; fingerprints; and photograph. A post |
633 | office box shall not be provided in lieu of a physical |
634 | residential address. The sexual offender must also produce or |
635 | provide information about his or her passport, if he or she has |
636 | a passport, and, if he or she is an alien, must produce or |
637 | provide information about documents establishing his or her |
638 | immigration status. |
639 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
640 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
641 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
642 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
643 | including each campus attended, and the sexual offender's |
644 | enrollment or employment status. |
645 | 3. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
646 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
647 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide the |
648 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
649 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
650 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
651 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
652 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
653 | sexual offender shall also provide the hull identification |
654 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
655 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
656 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
657 | vessel, live-aboard vessel or houseboat. |
658 | 4. Any sexual offender who fails to report in person as |
659 | required at the sheriff's office, or who fails to respond to any |
660 | address verification correspondence from the department within 3 |
661 | weeks of the date of the correspondence or who fails to report |
662 | all electronic mail addresses and all Internet identifiers or |
663 | instant message names, commits a felony of the third degree, |
664 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
665 | Section 3. Section 943.04351, Florida Statutes, is amended |
666 | to read: |
667 | 943.04351 Search of registration information regarding |
668 | sexual predators and sexual offenders required prior to |
669 | appointment or employment.-A state agency or governmental |
670 | subdivision, prior to making any decision to appoint or employ a |
671 | person to work, whether for compensation or as a volunteer, at |
672 | any park, playground, day care center, or other place where |
673 | children regularly congregate, must conduct a search of that |
674 | person's name or other identifying information against the |
675 | registration information regarding sexual predators and sexual |
676 | offenders maintained by the Department of Law Enforcement under |
677 | s. 943.043. The agency or governmental subdivision may conduct |
678 | the search using the Internet site maintained by the Department |
679 | of Law Enforcement. Also, a national search must be conducted |
680 | through the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website |
681 | maintained by the United States Department of Justice. This |
682 | section does not apply to those positions or appointments within |
683 | a state agency or governmental subdivision for which a state and |
684 | national criminal history background check is conducted. |
685 | Section 4. Section 943.04354, Florida Statutes, is amended |
686 | to read: |
687 | 943.04354 Removal of the requirement to register as a |
688 | sexual offender or sexual predator in special circumstances.- |
689 | (1) For purposes of this section, a person shall be |
690 | considered for removal of the requirement to register as a |
691 | sexual offender or sexual predator only if the person: |
692 | (a) Was or will be convicted or adjudicated delinquent of |
693 | a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. |
694 | 847.0135(5) or the person committed a violation of s. 794.011, |
695 | s. 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0135(5) for which adjudication |
696 | of guilt was or will be withheld, and the person does not have |
697 | any other conviction, adjudication of delinquency, or withhold |
698 | of adjudication of guilt for a violation of s. 794.011, s. |
699 | 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0135(5); |
700 | (b) Is required to register as a sexual offender or sexual |
701 | predator solely on the basis of this violation; and |
702 | (c) Is not more than 4 years older than the victim of this |
703 | violation who was 13 14 years of age or older but not more than |
704 | 18 17 years of age at the time the person committed this |
705 | violation. |
706 | (2) If a person meets the criteria in subsection (1) and |
707 | the violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. |
708 | 847.0135(5) was committed on or after July 1, 2007, the person |
709 | may move the court that will sentence or dispose of this |
710 | violation to remove the requirement that the person register as |
711 | a sexual offender or sexual predator. The person must allege in |
712 | the motion that he or she meets the criteria in subsection (1) |
713 | and that removal of the registration requirement will not |
714 | conflict with federal law. The state attorney must be given |
715 | notice of the motion at least 21 days before the date of |
716 | sentencing or disposition of this violation and may present |
717 | evidence in opposition to the requested relief or may otherwise |
718 | demonstrate why the motion should be denied. At sentencing or |
719 | disposition of this violation, the court shall rule on this |
720 | motion and, if the court determines the person meets the |
721 | criteria in subsection (1) and the removal of the registration |
722 | requirement will not conflict with federal law, it may grant the |
723 | motion and order the removal of the registration requirement. If |
724 | the court denies the motion, the person is not authorized under |
725 | this section to petition for removal of the registration |
726 | requirement. |
727 | (3)(a) This subsection applies to a person who: |
728 | 1. Is not a person described in subsection (2) because the |
729 | violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, or s. 827.071 was not |
730 | committed on or after July 1, 2007; |
731 | 1.2. Is subject to registration as a sexual offender or |
732 | sexual predator for a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, or s. |
733 | 827.071; and |
734 | 2.3. Meets the criteria in subsection (1). |
735 | (b) A person may petition the court in which the sentence |
736 | or disposition for the violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, or s. |
737 | 827.071 occurred for removal of the requirement to register as a |
738 | sexual offender or sexual predator. The person must allege in |
739 | the petition that he or she meets the criteria in subsection (1) |
740 | and removal of the registration requirement will not conflict |
741 | with federal law. The state attorney must be given notice of the |
742 | petition at least 21 days before the hearing on the petition and |
743 | may present evidence in opposition to the requested relief or |
744 | may otherwise demonstrate why the petition should be denied. The |
745 | court shall rule on the petition and, if the court determines |
746 | the person meets the criteria in subsection (1) and removal of |
747 | the registration requirement will not conflict with federal law, |
748 | it may grant the petition and order the removal of the |
749 | registration requirement. If the court denies the petition, the |
750 | person is not authorized under this section to file any further |
751 | petition for removal of the registration requirement. |
752 | (4) If a person provides to the Department of Law |
753 | Enforcement a certified copy of the court's order removing the |
754 | requirement that the person register as a sexual offender or |
755 | sexual predator for the violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. |
756 | 827.071, or s. 847.0135(5), the registration requirement will |
757 | not apply to the person and the department shall remove all |
758 | information about the person from the public registry of sexual |
759 | offenders and sexual predators maintained by the department. |
760 | However, the removal of this information from the public |
761 | registry does not mean that the public is denied access to |
762 | information about the person's criminal history or record that |
763 | is otherwise available as a public record. |
764 | Section 5. Subsection (2) and paragraph (a) of subsection |
765 | (3) of section 943.0437, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
766 | 943.0437 Commercial social networking websites.- |
767 | (2) The department may provide information relating to |
768 | electronic mail addresses and Internet identifiers instant |
769 | message names maintained as part of the sexual offender registry |
770 | to commercial social networking websites or third parties |
771 | designated by commercial social networking websites. The |
772 | commercial social networking website may use this information |
773 | for the purpose of comparing registered users and screening |
774 | potential users of the commercial social networking website |
775 | against the list of electronic mail addresses and Internet |
776 | identifiers instant message names provided by the department. |
777 | (3) This section shall not be construed to impose any |
778 | civil liability on a commercial social networking website for: |
779 | (a) Any action voluntarily taken in good faith to remove |
780 | or disable any profile of a registered user associated with an |
781 | electronic mail address or Internet identifier instant message |
782 | name contained in the sexual offender registry. |
783 | Section 6. Paragraphs (b) and (d) of subsection (1) and |
784 | paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 944.606, Florida |
785 | Statutes, are amended to read: |
786 | 944.606 Sexual offenders; notification upon release.- |
787 | (1) As used in this section: |
788 | (b) "Sexual offender" means a person who has been |
789 | convicted of committing, or attempting, soliciting, or |
790 | conspiring to commit, any of the criminal offenses proscribed in |
791 | the following statutes in this state or similar offenses in |
792 | another jurisdiction: s. 787.01, s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), |
793 | where the victim is a minor and the defendant is not the |
794 | victim's parent or guardian; s. 794.011, excluding s. |
795 | 794.011(10); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s. 800.04; s. |
796 | 825.1025; s. 826.04 where the victim is a minor and the |
797 | defendant is 18 years of age or older; s. 827.071; s. 847.0133; |
798 | s. 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(6); s. 847.0137; s. 847.0138; |
799 | s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or any similar offense committed |
800 | in this state which has been redesignated from a former statute |
801 | number to one of those listed in this subsection, when the |
802 | department has received verified information regarding such |
803 | conviction; an offender's computerized criminal history record |
804 | is not, in and of itself, verified information. |
805 | (d) "Internet identifier Instant message name" has the |
806 | same meaning as provided in s. 775.21 means an identifier that |
807 | allows a person to communicate in real time with another person |
808 | using the Internet. |
809 | (3)(a) The department must provide information regarding |
810 | any sexual offender who is being released after serving a period |
811 | of incarceration for any offense, as follows: |
812 | 1. The department must provide: the sexual offender's |
813 | name, any change in the offender's name by reason of marriage or |
814 | other legal process, and any alias, if known; the correctional |
815 | facility from which the sexual offender is released; the sexual |
816 | offender's social security number, race, sex, date of birth, |
817 | height, weight, and hair and eye color; address of any planned |
818 | permanent residence or temporary residence, within the state or |
819 | out of state, including a rural route address and a post office |
820 | box; if no permanent or temporary address, any transient |
821 | residence within the state; address, location or description, |
822 | and dates of any known future temporary residence within the |
823 | state or out of state; date and county of sentence and each |
824 | crime for which the offender was sentenced; a copy of the |
825 | offender's fingerprints and a digitized photograph taken within |
826 | 60 days before release; the date of release of the sexual |
827 | offender; all any electronic mail addresses address and all |
828 | Internet identifiers any instant message name required to be |
829 | provided pursuant to s. 943.0435(4)(d); all and home telephone |
830 | numbers number and any cellular telephone numbers; and passport |
831 | information, if he or she has a passport, and, if he or she is |
832 | an alien, information about documents establishing his or her |
833 | immigration status number. The department shall notify the |
834 | Department of Law Enforcement if the sexual offender escapes, |
835 | absconds, or dies. If the sexual offender is in the custody of a |
836 | private correctional facility, the facility shall take the |
837 | digitized photograph of the sexual offender within 60 days |
838 | before the sexual offender's release and provide this photograph |
839 | to the Department of Corrections and also place it in the sexual |
840 | offender's file. If the sexual offender is in the custody of a |
841 | local jail, the custodian of the local jail shall register the |
842 | offender within 3 business days after intake of the offender for |
843 | any reason and upon release, and shall notify the Department of |
844 | Law Enforcement of the sexual offender's release and provide to |
845 | the Department of Law Enforcement the information specified in |
846 | this paragraph and any information specified in subparagraph 2. |
847 | that the Department of Law Enforcement requests. |
848 | 2. The department may provide any other information deemed |
849 | necessary, including criminal and corrections records, |
850 | nonprivileged personnel and treatment records, when available. |
851 | Section 7. Paragraphs (a) and (f) of subsection (1), |
852 | paragraph (a) of subsection (4), paragraph (b) of subsection |
853 | (6), and paragraph (c) of subsection (13) of section 944.607, |
854 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
855 | 944.607 Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of |
856 | information on sexual offenders.- |
857 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
858 | (a) "Sexual offender" means a person who is in the custody |
859 | or control of, or under the supervision of, the department or is |
860 | in the custody of a private correctional facility: |
861 | 1. On or after October 1, 1997, as a result of a |
862 | conviction for committing, or attempting, soliciting, or |
863 | conspiring to commit, any of the criminal offenses proscribed in |
864 | the following statutes in this state or similar offenses in |
865 | another jurisdiction: s. 787.01, s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), |
866 | where the victim is a minor and the defendant is not the |
867 | victim's parent or guardian; s. 794.011, excluding s. |
868 | 794.011(10); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s. 800.04; s. |
869 | 825.1025; s. 826.04 where the victim is a minor and the |
870 | defendant is 18 years of age or older; s. 827.071; s. 847.0133; |
871 | s. 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(6); s. 847.0137; s. 847.0138; |
872 | s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or any similar offense committed |
873 | in this state which has been redesignated from a former statute |
874 | number to one of those listed in this paragraph; or |
875 | 2. Who establishes or maintains a residence in this state |
876 | and who has not been designated as a sexual predator by a court |
877 | of this state but who has been designated as a sexual predator, |
878 | as a sexually violent predator, or by another sexual offender |
879 | designation in another state or jurisdiction and was, as a |
880 | result of such designation, subjected to registration or |
881 | community or public notification, or both, or would be if the |
882 | person were a resident of that state or jurisdiction, without |
883 | regard as to whether the person otherwise meets the criteria for |
884 | registration as a sexual offender. |
885 | (f) "Internet identifier Instant message name" has the |
886 | same meaning as provided in s. 775.21 means an identifier that |
887 | allows a person to communicate in real time with another person |
888 | using the Internet. |
889 | (4) A sexual offender, as described in this section, who |
890 | is under the supervision of the Department of Corrections but is |
891 | not incarcerated must register with the Department of |
892 | Corrections within 3 business days after sentencing for a |
893 | registrable offense and otherwise provide information as |
894 | required by this subsection. |
895 | (a) The sexual offender shall provide his or her name; |
896 | date of birth; social security number; race; sex; height; |
897 | weight; hair and eye color; tattoos or other identifying marks; |
898 | all any electronic mail addresses address and all Internet |
899 | identifiers any instant message name required to be provided |
900 | pursuant to s. 943.0435(4)(d); permanent or legal residence and |
901 | address of temporary residence within the state or out of state |
902 | while the sexual offender is under supervision in this state, |
903 | including any rural route address or post office box; if no |
904 | permanent or temporary address, any transient residence within |
905 | the state; and address, location or description, and dates of |
906 | any current or known future temporary residence within the state |
907 | or out of state. The sexual offender must also produce or |
908 | provide information about his or her passport, if he or she has |
909 | a passport, and, if he or she is an alien, must produce or |
910 | provide information about documents establishing his or her |
911 | immigration status. The Department of Corrections shall verify |
912 | the address of each sexual offender in the manner described in |
913 | ss. 775.21 and 943.0435. The department shall report to the |
914 | Department of Law Enforcement any failure by a sexual predator |
915 | or sexual offender to comply with registration requirements. |
916 | (6) The information provided to the Department of Law |
917 | Enforcement must include: |
918 | (b) The sexual offender's most current address, place of |
919 | permanent, temporary, or transient residence within the state or |
920 | out of state, and address, location or description, and dates of |
921 | any current or known future temporary residence within the state |
922 | or out of state, while the sexual offender is under supervision |
923 | in this state, including the name of the county or municipality |
924 | in which the offender permanently or temporarily resides, or has |
925 | a transient residence, and address, location or description, and |
926 | dates of any current or known future temporary residence within |
927 | the state or out of state, and, if known, the intended place of |
928 | permanent, temporary, or transient residence, and address, |
929 | location or description, and dates of any current or known |
930 | future temporary residence within the state or out of state upon |
931 | satisfaction of all sanctions. The sexual offender must also |
932 | produce or provide information about his or her passport, if he |
933 | or she has a passport, and, if he or she is an alien, must |
934 | produce or provide information about documents establishing his |
935 | or her immigration status; |
936 |
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937 | If any information provided by the department changes during the |
938 | time the sexual offender is under the department's control, |
939 | custody, or supervision, including any change in the offender's |
940 | name by reason of marriage or other legal process, the |
941 | department shall, in a timely manner, update the information and |
942 | provide it to the Department of Law Enforcement in the manner |
943 | prescribed in subsection (2). |
944 | (13) |
945 | (c) The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
946 | times and days for reporting by the sexual offender, which shall |
947 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this |
948 | subsection. Reregistration shall include any changes to the |
949 | following information: |
950 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
951 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
952 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
953 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
954 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
955 | temporary address, any transient residence; address, location or |
956 | description, and dates of any current or known future temporary |
957 | residence within the state or out of state; all any electronic |
958 | mail addresses address and all Internet identifiers any instant |
959 | message name required to be provided pursuant to s. |
960 | 943.0435(4)(d); date and place of any employment; vehicle make, |
961 | model, color, and license tag number; fingerprints; and |
962 | photograph. A post office box shall not be provided in lieu of a |
963 | physical residential address. The sexual offender must also |
964 | produce or provide information about his or her passport, if he |
965 | or she has a passport, and, if he or she is an alien, must |
966 | produce or provide information about documents establishing his |
967 | or her immigration status. |
968 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
969 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
970 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
971 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
972 | including each campus attended, and the sexual offender's |
973 | enrollment or employment status. |
974 | 3. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
975 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
976 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide the |
977 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
978 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
979 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
980 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
981 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
982 | sexual offender shall also provide the hull identification |
983 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
984 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
985 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
986 | vessel, live-aboard vessel or houseboat. |
987 | 4. Any sexual offender who fails to report in person as |
988 | required at the sheriff's office, or who fails to respond to any |
989 | address verification correspondence from the department within 3 |
990 | weeks of the date of the correspondence, or who fails to report |
991 | all electronic mail addresses and all Internet identifiers or |
992 | instant message names, commits a felony of the third degree, |
993 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
994 | Section 8. Subsection (11) of section 947.005, Florida |
995 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
996 | 947.005 Definitions.-As used in this chapter, unless the |
997 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
998 | (11) "Risk assessment" means an assessment completed by a |
999 | an independent qualified practitioner to evaluate the level of |
1000 | risk associated when a sex offender has contact with a child. |
1001 | Section 9. Subsection (13) is added to section 947.1405, |
1002 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
1003 | 947.1405 Conditional release program.- |
1004 | (13) In addition to all other conditions imposed, for a |
1005 | releasee who is subject to conditional release for a crime that |
1006 | was committed on or after July 1, 2012, and who has been |
1007 | convicted at any time of a violation of s. 800.04(7)(b) or s. |
1008 | 847.0135, or a similar offense in another jurisdiction, the |
1009 | commission must order electronic monitoring for the duration of |
1010 | the releasee's supervision. |
1011 | Section 10. Subsection (3) of section 948.30, Florida |
1012 | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (5) is added to that |
1013 | section, to read: |
1014 | 948.30 Additional terms and conditions of probation or |
1015 | community control for certain sex offenses.-Conditions imposed |
1016 | pursuant to this section do not require oral pronouncement at |
1017 | the time of sentencing and shall be considered standard |
1018 | conditions of probation or community control for offenders |
1019 | specified in this section. |
1020 | (3) Effective for a probationer or community controllee |
1021 | whose crime was committed on or after September 1, 2005, and |
1022 | who: |
1023 | (a) Is placed on probation or community control for a |
1024 | violation of chapter 794, s. 800.04(4), (5), or (6), s. 827.071, |
1025 | or s. 847.0145 and the unlawful sexual activity involved a |
1026 | victim 15 years of age or younger and the offender is 18 years |
1027 | of age or older; |
1028 | (b) Is designated a sexual predator pursuant to s. 775.21 |
1029 | or a similar designation in another jurisdiction; or |
1030 | (c) Has previously been convicted of a violation of |
1031 | chapter 794, s. 800.04(4), (5), or (6), s. 827.071, or s. |
1032 | 847.0145 or a similar offense in another jurisdiction and the |
1033 | unlawful sexual activity involved a victim 15 years of age or |
1034 | younger and the offender is 18 years of age or older, |
1035 |
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1036 | the court must order, in addition to any other provision of this |
1037 | section, mandatory electronic monitoring as a condition of the |
1038 | probation or community control supervision. |
1039 | (5) Effective for a probationer or community controllee |
1040 | whose crime was committed on or after July 1, 2012, and who: |
1041 | (a)1. Is placed on probation or community control for a |
1042 | violation of s. 800.04(7)(b) or s. 847.0135; or |
1043 | 2. Has previously been convicted of a violation of s. |
1044 | 800.04(7)(b) or s. 847.0135, or a similar offense in another |
1045 | jurisdiction, |
1046 |
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1047 | the court must order, in addition to any other requirements of |
1048 | this section, mandatory electronic monitoring as a condition of |
1049 | the probation or community control supervision. |
1050 | (b) Is placed on probation or community control for a |
1051 | violation of s. 847.0135(3) or (4), the court shall subject the |
1052 | probationer or community controllee to the requirements of |
1053 | subsections (1) and (2). |
1054 | Section 11. Section 948.31, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1055 | to read: |
1056 | 948.31 Evaluation and treatment of sexual predators and |
1057 | offenders on probation or community control.-Conditions imposed |
1058 | pursuant to this section do not require oral pronouncement at |
1059 | the time of sentencing and shall be considered standard |
1060 | conditions of probation or community control for offenders |
1061 | specified in this section. |
1062 | (1) The court shall require an evaluation by a qualified |
1063 | practitioner to determine the need of a probationer or community |
1064 | controllee for treatment. If the court determines that a need |
1065 | therefor is established by the evaluation process, the court |
1066 | shall require sexual offender treatment as a term or condition |
1067 | of probation or community control for any person who is required |
1068 | to register as a sexual predator under s. 775.21 or sexual |
1069 | offender under s. 943.0435, s. 944.606, or s. 944.607 to |
1070 | determine the need of the probationer or community controllee |
1071 | for sex offender treatment while on probation or community |
1072 | control. The evaluation and recommendations for any treatment of |
1073 | the probationer or community controllee shall be provided to the |
1074 | court for review. Such treatment shall be required to be |
1075 | obtained from a qualified practitioner as defined in s. 948.001. |
1076 | (2) If the court determines that a need for treatment is |
1077 | established by the evaluation process, the treatment must be |
1078 | obtained from a qualified practitioner. The community controllee |
1079 | or probationer must actively participate in and successfully |
1080 | complete any recommended treatment. The court shall also require |
1081 | the community controllee or probationer to comply with the |
1082 | treatment program rules, which can include, but are not limited |
1083 | to, a safety plan and polygraph examinations for treatment |
1084 | purposes. |
1085 | (3) The court may, when it is recommended by a qualified |
1086 | practitioner or the supervising probation officer, also restrict |
1087 | the probationer or community controllee from having unsupervised |
1088 | contact with a minor or prohibit him or her from residing with a |
1089 | minor. |
1090 | (4) Treatment may not be administered by a qualified |
1091 | practitioner who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent of |
1092 | committing, or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit, |
1093 | any offense that is listed in s. 943.0435(1)(a)1.a.(I). The |
1094 | court shall impose a restriction against contact with minors if |
1095 | sexual offender treatment is recommended. The evaluation and |
1096 | recommendations for treatment of the probationer or community |
1097 | controllee shall be provided to the court for review. |
1098 | Section 12. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section |
1099 | 985.481, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
1100 | 985.481 Sexual offenders adjudicated delinquent; |
1101 | notification upon release.- |
1102 | (3)(a) The department must provide information regarding |
1103 | any sexual offender who is being released after serving a period |
1104 | of residential commitment under the department for any offense, |
1105 | as follows: |
1106 | 1. The department must provide the sexual offender's name, |
1107 | any change in the offender's name by reason of marriage or other |
1108 | legal process, and any alias, if known; the correctional |
1109 | facility from which the sexual offender is released; the sexual |
1110 | offender's social security number, race, sex, date of birth, |
1111 | height, weight, and hair and eye color; address of any planned |
1112 | permanent residence or temporary residence, within the state or |
1113 | out of state, including a rural route address and a post office |
1114 | box; if no permanent or temporary address, any transient |
1115 | residence within the state; address, location or description, |
1116 | and dates of any known future temporary residence within the |
1117 | state or out of state; date and county of disposition and each |
1118 | crime for which there was a disposition; a copy of the |
1119 | offender's fingerprints and a digitized photograph taken within |
1120 | 60 days before release; the date of release of the sexual |
1121 | offender; all and home telephone numbers number and any cellular |
1122 | telephone numbers; and passport information, if he or she has a |
1123 | passport, and, if he or she is an alien, information about |
1124 | documents establishing his or her immigration status number. The |
1125 | department shall notify the Department of Law Enforcement if the |
1126 | sexual offender escapes, absconds, or dies. If the sexual |
1127 | offender is in the custody of a private correctional facility, |
1128 | the facility shall take the digitized photograph of the sexual |
1129 | offender within 60 days before the sexual offender's release and |
1130 | also place it in the sexual offender's file. If the sexual |
1131 | offender is in the custody of a local jail, the custodian of the |
1132 | local jail shall register the offender within 3 business days |
1133 | after intake of the offender for any reason and upon release, |
1134 | and shall notify the Department of Law Enforcement of the sexual |
1135 | offender's release and provide to the Department of Law |
1136 | Enforcement the information specified in this subparagraph and |
1137 | any information specified in subparagraph 2. which the |
1138 | Department of Law Enforcement requests. |
1139 | 2. The department may provide any other information |
1140 | considered necessary, including criminal and delinquency |
1141 | records, when available. |
1142 | Section 13. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4), paragraph (a) |
1143 | of subsection (6), and paragraph (b) of subsection (13) of |
1144 | section 985.4815, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
1145 | 985.4815 Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of |
1146 | information on juvenile sexual offenders.- |
1147 | (4) A sexual offender, as described in this section, who |
1148 | is under the supervision of the department but who is not |
1149 | committed must register with the department within 3 business |
1150 | days after adjudication and disposition for a registrable |
1151 | offense and otherwise provide information as required by this |
1152 | subsection. |
1153 | (a) The sexual offender shall provide his or her name; |
1154 | date of birth; social security number; race; sex; height; |
1155 | weight; hair and eye color; tattoos or other identifying marks; |
1156 | permanent or legal residence and address of temporary residence |
1157 | within the state or out of state while the sexual offender is in |
1158 | the care or custody or under the jurisdiction or supervision of |
1159 | the department in this state, including any rural route address |
1160 | or post office box; if no permanent or temporary address, any |
1161 | transient residence; address, location or description, and dates |
1162 | of any current or known future temporary residence within the |
1163 | state or out of state; passport information, if he or she has a |
1164 | passport, and, if he or she is an alien, information about |
1165 | documents establishing his or her immigration status; and the |
1166 | name and address of each school attended. The department shall |
1167 | verify the address of each sexual offender and shall report to |
1168 | the Department of Law Enforcement any failure by a sexual |
1169 | offender to comply with registration requirements. |
1170 | (6)(a) The information provided to the Department of Law |
1171 | Enforcement must include the following: |
1172 | 1. The information obtained from the sexual offender under |
1173 | subsection (4). |
1174 | 2. The sexual offender's most current address and place of |
1175 | permanent, temporary, or transient residence within the state or |
1176 | out of state, and address, location or description, and dates of |
1177 | any current or known future temporary residence within the state |
1178 | or out of state, while the sexual offender is in the care or |
1179 | custody or under the jurisdiction or supervision of the |
1180 | department in this state, including the name of the county or |
1181 | municipality in which the offender permanently or temporarily |
1182 | resides, or has a transient residence, and address, location or |
1183 | description, and dates of any current or known future temporary |
1184 | residence within the state or out of state; and, if known, the |
1185 | intended place of permanent, temporary, or transient residence, |
1186 | and address, location or description, and dates of any current |
1187 | or known future temporary residence within the state or out of |
1188 | state upon satisfaction of all sanctions. The sexual offender |
1189 | must also produce or provide information about his or her |
1190 | passport, if he or she has a passport, and, if he or she is an |
1191 | alien, must produce or provide information about documents |
1192 | establishing his or her immigration status. |
1193 | 3. The legal status of the sexual offender and the |
1194 | scheduled termination date of that legal status. |
1195 | 4. The location of, and local telephone number for, any |
1196 | department office that is responsible for supervising the sexual |
1197 | offender. |
1198 | 5. An indication of whether the victim of the offense that |
1199 | resulted in the offender's status as a sexual offender was a |
1200 | minor. |
1201 | 6. The offense or offenses at adjudication and disposition |
1202 | that resulted in the determination of the offender's status as a |
1203 | sex offender. |
1204 | 7. A digitized photograph of the sexual offender, which |
1205 | must have been taken within 60 days before the offender was |
1206 | released from the custody of the department or a private |
1207 | correctional facility by expiration of sentence under s. |
1208 | 944.275, or within 60 days after the onset of the department's |
1209 | supervision of any sexual offender who is on probation, |
1210 | postcommitment probation, residential commitment, nonresidential |
1211 | commitment, licensed child-caring commitment, community control, |
1212 | conditional release, parole, provisional release, or control |
1213 | release or who is supervised by the department under the |
1214 | Interstate Compact Agreement for Probationers and Parolees. If |
1215 | the sexual offender is in the custody of a private correctional |
1216 | facility, the facility shall take a digitized photograph of the |
1217 | sexual offender within the time period provided in this |
1218 | subparagraph and shall provide the photograph to the department. |
1219 | (13) |
1220 | (b) The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
1221 | times and days for reporting by the sexual offender, which shall |
1222 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this |
1223 | subsection. Reregistration shall include any changes to the |
1224 | following information: |
1225 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
1226 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
1227 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
1228 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
1229 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
1230 | temporary address, any transient residence; address, location or |
1231 | description, and dates of any current or known future temporary |
1232 | residence within the state or out of state; passport |
1233 | information, if he or she has a passport, and, if he or she is |
1234 | an alien, information about documents establishing his or her |
1235 | immigration status; name and address of each school attended; |
1236 | date and place of any employment; vehicle make, model, color, |
1237 | and license tag number; fingerprints; and photograph. A post |
1238 | office box shall not be provided in lieu of a physical |
1239 | residential address. |
1240 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
1241 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
1242 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
1243 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
1244 | including each campus attended, and the sexual offender's |
1245 | enrollment or employment status. |
1246 | 3. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
1247 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
1248 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide the |
1249 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
1250 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
1251 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
1252 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
1253 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
1254 | sexual offender shall also provide the hull identification |
1255 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
1256 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
1257 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
1258 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
1259 | 4. Any sexual offender who fails to report in person as |
1260 | required at the sheriff's office, or who fails to respond to any |
1261 | address verification correspondence from the department within 3 |
1262 | weeks after the date of the correspondence, commits a felony of |
1263 | the third degree, punishable as provided in ss. 775.082, |
1264 | 775.083, and 775.084. |
1265 | Section 14. Effective July 1, 2012, paragraphs (m) and (n) |
1266 | are added to subsection (2) of section 903.046, Florida |
1267 | Statutes, to read: |
1268 | 903.046 Purpose of and criteria for bail determination.- |
1269 | (2) When determining whether to release a defendant on |
1270 | bail or other conditions, and what that bail or those conditions |
1271 | may be, the court shall consider: |
1272 | (m) Whether the defendant, other than a defendant whose |
1273 | only criminal charge is a misdemeanor offense under chapter 316, |
1274 | is required to register as a sexual offender under s. 943.0435; |
1275 | and, if so, he or she is not eligible for release on bail or |
1276 | surety bond until the first appearance on the case in order to |
1277 | ensure the full participation of the prosecutor and the |
1278 | protection of the public. |
1279 | (n) Whether the defendant, other than a defendant whose |
1280 | only criminal charge is a misdemeanor offense under chapter 316, |
1281 | is required to register as a sexual predator under s. 775.21; |
1282 | and, if so, he or she is not eligible for release on bail or |
1283 | surety bond until the first appearance on the case in order to |
1284 | ensure the full participation of the prosecutor and the |
1285 | protection of the public. |
1286 | Section 15. Subsection (1) of section 948.012, Florida |
1287 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
1288 | 948.012 Split sentence of probation or community control |
1289 | and imprisonment.- |
1290 | (1) Whenever punishment by imprisonment for a misdemeanor |
1291 | or a felony, except for a capital felony, is prescribed, the |
1292 | court, in its discretion, may, at the time of sentencing, impose |
1293 | a split sentence whereby the defendant is to be placed on |
1294 | probation or, with respect to any such felony, into community |
1295 | control upon completion of any specified period of such sentence |
1296 | which may include a term of years or less. In such case, the |
1297 | court shall stay and withhold the imposition of the remainder of |
1298 | sentence imposed upon the defendant and direct that the |
1299 | defendant be placed upon probation or into community control |
1300 | after serving such period as may be imposed by the court. The |
1301 | period of probation or community control shall commence |
1302 | immediately upon the release of the defendant from |
1303 | incarceration, whether by parole or gain-time allowances. |
1304 | Section 16. Section 948.039, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1305 | to read: |
1306 | 948.039 Special terms and conditions of probation or |
1307 | community control imposed by court order.-The court may |
1308 | determine any special terms and conditions of probation or |
1309 | community control. The terms and conditions should be reasonably |
1310 | related to the circumstances of the offense committed and |
1311 | appropriate for the offender. The court shall impose the special |
1312 | terms and conditions by oral pronouncement at sentencing and |
1313 | include the terms and conditions in the written sentencing |
1314 | order. The probation or community control period shall commence |
1315 | immediately upon the release of the offender from incarceration. |
1316 | Special terms and conditions may include, but are not limited |
1317 | to, requirements that the offender: |
1318 | (1) Attend an HIV/AIDS awareness program consisting of a |
1319 | class of not less than 2 hours or more than 4 hours in length, |
1320 | if such a program is available in the county of the offender's |
1321 | residence. The offender shall pay the cost of attending the |
1322 | program. |
1323 | (2) Pay not more than $1 per month during the term of |
1324 | probation or community control to a nonprofit organization |
1325 | established for the sole purpose of supplementing the |
1326 | rehabilitative efforts of the Department of Corrections. |
1327 | Section 17. If any provision of this act or its |
1328 | application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the |
1329 | invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of |
1330 | this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision |
1331 | or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are |
1332 | declared severable. |
1333 | Section 18. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this |
1334 | act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon |
1335 | this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect April 30, |
1336 | 2013. |