Florida Senate - 2015                                    SB 1174
       
       
        
       By Senator Simmons
       
       
       
       
       
       10-00909A-15                                          20151174__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to trespass on airport property;
    3         amending s. 810.09, F.S.; providing a criminal penalty
    4         for trespass on the operational area of an airport
    5         with intent to commit specified acts; defining the
    6         term “operational area of an airport”; providing an
    7         effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) is republished
   12  and paragraph (j) is added to subsection (2) of section 810.09,
   13  Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         810.09 Trespass on property other than structure or
   15  conveyance.—
   16         (1)(a) A person who, without being authorized, licensed, or
   17  invited, willfully enters upon or remains in any property other
   18  than a structure or conveyance:
   19         1. As to which notice against entering or remaining is
   20  given, either by actual communication to the offender or by
   21  posting, fencing, or cultivation as described in s. 810.011; or
   22         2. If the property is the unenclosed curtilage of a
   23  dwelling and the offender enters or remains with the intent to
   24  commit an offense thereon, other than the offense of trespass,
   25  
   26  commits the offense of trespass on property other than a
   27  structure or conveyance.
   28         (2)
   29         (j)1. The offender commits a felony of the third degree,
   30  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084,
   31  if the offender trespasses on the operational area of an airport
   32  with the intent to injure another person, damage property, or
   33  impede the operation or use of an aircraft, runway, taxiway,
   34  ramp, cargo ramp, or apron area.
   35         2. As used in this paragraph, the term “operational area of
   36  an airport” means any portion of an airport where access by the
   37  public is prohibited by fences or appropriate signs, and
   38  includes runways, taxiways, all ramps and apron areas, aircraft
   39  parking and storage areas, fuel storage areas, maintenance
   40  areas, and any other area of an airport used or intended to be
   41  used for landing, takeoff, or surface maneuvering of aircraft.
   42         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2015.