Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 962
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/09/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Gardiner) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 901.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         901.02 Issuance of arrest warrants When warrant of arrest
    8  to be issued.—
    9         (1) A judge, upon examination of the complaint and proofs
   10  submitted, if satisfied that probable cause exists for the
   11  issuance of an arrest warrant for any crime committed within the
   12  judge’s jurisdiction, shall thereupon issue an arrest warrant
   13  signed by the judge with the judge’s name of office warrant may
   14  be issued for the arrest of the person complained against if the
   15  trial court judge, from the examination of the complainant and
   16  other witnesses, reasonably believes that the person complained
   17  against has committed an offense within the trial court judge’s
   18  jurisdiction. A warrant is issued at the time it is signed by
   19  the trial court judge.
   20         (2) The court may issue a warrant for the defendant’s
   21  arrest when all of the following circumstances apply:
   22         (a) A complaint has been filed charging the commission of a
   23  misdemeanor only.;
   24         (b) The summons issued to the defendant has been returned
   25  unserved.; and
   26         (c) The conditions of subsection (1) are met.
   27         (3) A judge may electronically sign an arrest warrant if
   28  the requirements of subsection (1) or subsection (2) are met and
   29  the judge, based on an examination of the complaint and proofs
   30  submitted, determines that the complaint:
   31         (a) Bears the affiant’s signature, or electronic signature
   32  if the complaint was submitted electronically.
   33         (b) Is supported by an oath or affirmation administered by
   34  the judge or other person authorized by law to administer oaths.
   35         (c) If submitted electronically, is submitted by reliable
   36  electronic means.
   37         (4) An arrest warrant shall be deemed to be issued by a
   38  judge at the time the judge affixes the judge’s signature or
   39  electronic signature to the warrant. As used in this section,
   40  the term “electronic signature” has the same meaning as provided
   41  in s. 933.40.
   42         Section 2. Subsection (3) is added to section 933.07,
   43  Florida Statutes, to read:
   44         933.07 Issuance of search warrants.—
   45         (3) A judge may electronically sign a search warrant if the
   46  requirements of subsection (1) or subsection (2) are met and the
   47  judge, based on an examination of the application and proofs
   48  submitted, determines that the application:
   49         (a) Bears the affiant’s signature, or electronic signature
   50  if the application was submitted electronically.
   51         (b) Is supported by an oath or affirmation administered by
   52  the judge or other person authorized by law to administer oaths.
   53         (c) If submitted electronically, is submitted by reliable
   54  electronic means.
   55         (4) A search warrant shall be deemed to be issued by a
   56  judge at the time the judge affixes the judge’s signature or
   57  electronic signature to the warrant. As used in this section,
   58  the term “electronic signature” has the same meaning as provided
   59  in s. 933.40.
   60         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.
   61  
   62  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   63         And the title is amended as follows:
   64         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   65  and insert:
   66                        A bill to be entitled                      
   67         An act relating to warrants; amending s. 901.02, F.S.;
   68         specifying when an arrest warrant may be issued;
   69         authorizing a judge to electronically sign an arrest
   70         warrant if certain conditions are met; providing that
   71         an arrest warrant is signed by a judge at the time the
   72         judge affixes his or her signature or electronic
   73         signature to the warrant; defining the term
   74         “electronic signature”; amending s. 933.07, F.S.;
   75         authorizing a judge to electronically sign a search
   76         warrant if certain conditions are met; providing that
   77         a search warrant is signed by a judge at the time the
   78         judge affixes his or her signature or electronic
   79         signature to the warrant; defining the term
   80         “electronic signature”; providing an effective date.