Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 698
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/31/2014           .                                
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       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 18 - 41
    4  and insert:
    5         775.0862 Sexual offenses against students by authority
    6  figures; reclassification.—
    7         (1) For purposes of this section, the term:
    8         (a) “Authority figure” means a person over the age of 18
    9  employed by, volunteering at, or under contract with a school.
   10         (b) “School” has the same meaning as provided in s. 1003.01
   11  and includes a private school as defined in s. 1002.01, a
   12  voluntary prekindergarten education program as described in s.
   13  1002.53(3), early learning programs, a public school as
   14  described in s. 402.3025(1), the Florida School for the Deaf and
   15  the Blind, the Florida Virtual School as established under s.
   16  1002.37, and a K-8 Virtual School as established under s.
   17  1002.415, but does not include facilities dedicated exclusively
   18  to the education of adults.
   19         (c) “Student” means a person under the age of 18 who is
   20  enrolled at a school.
   21         (2) The felony degree of a violation of an offense listed
   22  in s. 943.0435(1)(a)1.a. shall be, unless the offense is a
   23  violation of s. 794.011(4)(g) or s. 810.145(8)(a)2.,
   24  reclassified as provided in this section if the offense is
   25  committed by an authority figure of a school against a student
   26  of the school.