Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 400
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/11/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Dean) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 14 - 23
    4  and insert:
    5         (1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or subsection
    6  (2), a person who whoever knowingly gives false information to a
    7  any law enforcement officer concerning the alleged commission of
    8  any crime, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable
    9  as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
   10         (b) A person who commits a violation of paragraph (a)
   11  commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in
   12  s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, if the person has
   13  previously been convicted of a violation of paragraph (a) and
   14  subparagraph 1. or 2. applies:
   15         1. The information the person gave to the law enforcement
   16  officer was communicated orally and the officer's account of
   17  that information is corroborated by:
   18         (a) An audio recording or audio recording in a video of
   19  that information;
   20         (b) A written or recorded statement made by the person who
   21  gave that information; or
   22         (c) Another person who was present when the person gave
   23  that information to the officer and heard that information.
   24         2. The information the person gave to the law enforcement
   25  officer was communicated in writing.
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   29         And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete lines 3 - 7
   31  and insert:
   32         officers; amending s. 837.05, F.S.; providing that it
   33         is a third degree felony to knowingly give false
   34         information to a law enforcement officer concerning
   35         the alleged commission of a crime if the defendant has
   36         previously been convicted of this offense and the
   37         information, if communicated orally, is corroborated
   38         in a specified manner, or was communicated in writing;
   39         providing an effective date.