Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 494
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/18/2014           .                                
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 16 - 19
    4  and insert:
    5  (18)(a) If the offense is a violation of s. 800.04(4) or (5) and
    6  the victim was younger than 16 years of age at the time the
    7  offense was committed, a prosecution of the offense may be
    8  commenced at any time. This paragraph does not apply if, at the
    9  time of the offense, the offender is less than 18 years of age
   10  and the offender is no more than 4 years older than the victim.
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   12  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   13  And the title is amended as follows:
   14         Delete lines 5 - 7
   15  and insert:
   16         lewd or lascivious battery or molestation if the
   17         victim was younger than 16 years of age at the time of
   18         the offense; specifying an exception;