Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 436
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/15/2016           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
       (Hutson) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 790.163, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         790.163 False report concerning about planting a bomb, an
    8  explosive, or a weapon of mass destruction, or concerning use of
    9  firearms in a violent manner; penalty.—
   10         (1) It is unlawful for any person to make a false report,
   11  with intent to deceive, mislead, or otherwise misinform any
   12  person, concerning the placing or planting of any bomb,
   13  dynamite, other deadly explosive, or weapon of mass destruction
   14  as defined in s. 790.166, or concerning the use of firearms in a
   15  violent manner against a person or persons. A person who
   16  violates this subsection; and any person convicted thereof
   17  commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in
   18  s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
   19         (2) Notwithstanding any other law, adjudication of guilt or
   20  imposition of sentence for a violation of this section may not
   21  be suspended, deferred, or withheld. However, the state attorney
   22  may move the sentencing court to reduce or suspend the sentence
   23  of any person who is convicted of a violation of this section
   24  and who provides substantial assistance in the identification,
   25  arrest, or conviction of any of his or her accomplices,
   26  accessories, coconspirators, or principals.
   27         (3) Proof that a person accused of violating this section
   28  knowingly made a false report is prima facie evidence of the
   29  accused person’s intent to deceive, mislead, or otherwise
   30  misinform any person.
   31         (4) In addition to any other penalty provided by law with
   32  respect to any person who is convicted of a violation of this
   33  section that resulted in the mobilization or action of any law
   34  enforcement officer or any state or local agency, a person
   35  convicted of a violation of this section may be required by the
   36  court to pay restitution for all of the costs and damages
   37  arising from the criminal conduct.
   38         Section 2. Section 790.164, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   39  read:
   40         790.164 False reports concerning planting a bomb,
   41  explosive, or weapon of mass destruction in, or committing arson
   42  against, state-owned property, or concerning use of firearms in
   43  a violent manner; penalty; reward.—
   44         (1) It is unlawful for any person to make a false report,
   45  with intent to deceive, mislead, or otherwise misinform any
   46  person, concerning the placing or planting of any bomb,
   47  dynamite, other deadly explosive, or weapon of mass destruction
   48  as defined in s. 790.166, or concerning any act of arson or
   49  other violence to property owned by the state or any political
   50  subdivision, or concerning the use of firearms in a violent
   51  manner against a person or persons. A Any person who violates
   52  violating this subsection commits a felony of the second degree,
   53  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
   54         (2) Notwithstanding any other law, adjudication of guilt or
   55  imposition of sentence for a violation of this section may not
   56  be suspended, deferred, or withheld. However, the state attorney
   57  may move the sentencing court to reduce or suspend the sentence
   58  of any person who is convicted of a violation of this section
   59  and who provides substantial assistance in the identification,
   60  arrest, or conviction of any of his or her accomplices,
   61  accessories, coconspirators, or principals.
   62         (3) Proof that a person accused of violating this section
   63  knowingly made a false report is prima facie evidence of the
   64  accused person’s intent to deceive, mislead, or otherwise
   65  misinform any person.
   66         (4)(a) There shall be a $5,000 reward for the giving of
   67  information to any law enforcement agency in the state, which
   68  information leads to the arrest and conviction of any person
   69  violating the provisions of this section. Any person claiming
   70  such reward shall apply to the law enforcement agency developing
   71  the case and be paid by the Department of Law Enforcement from
   72  the deficiency fund.
   73         (b) There shall be only one reward given for each case,
   74  regardless of how many persons are arrested and convicted in
   75  connection with the case and regardless of how many persons
   76  submit claims for the reward.
   77         (c) The Department of Law Enforcement shall establish
   78  procedures to be used by all reward applicants, and the circuit
   79  judge in whose jurisdiction the action occurs shall review all
   80  such applications and make final determination as to those
   81  applicants entitled to receive an award.
   82         (d) In addition to any other penalty provided by law with
   83  respect to any person who is convicted of a violation of this
   84  section that resulted in the mobilization or action of any law
   85  enforcement officer or any state or local agency, a person
   86  convicted of a violation of this section may be required by the
   87  court to pay restitution for all of the costs and damages
   88  arising from the criminal conduct.
   89         Section 3. Section 836.12, Florida Statutes, is created to
   90  read:
   91         836.12Terroristic threats.—
   92         (1)As used in this section, the term:
   93         (a)“Family member of a person” means:
   94         1.An individual related to the person by blood or
   95  marriage; or
   96         2.An individual to whom the person stands in loco
   97  parentis.
   98         (b)“Law enforcement officer” means:
   99         1. Law enforcement officer as defined in s. 943.10; or
  100         2.Federal law enforcement officer as defined in s.
  101  901.1505.
  102         (2)It is unlawful for a person to threaten to commit a
  103  crime of violence with the intent to cause, or with reckless
  104  disregard for the risk of causing:
  105         (a)Terror; or
  106         (b)The evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or
  107  facility of public transportation.
  108         (3)A person who violates s. 790.163 or s. 790.164 commits
  109  a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
  110  775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, if the violation:
  111         (a)Causes the occupants of a building, place of assembly,
  112  or facility of public transportation to be diverted from their
  113  normal or customary operations;
  114         (b)Involves a threat against a law enforcement officer, a
  115  state attorney or assistant state attorney, a firefighter, a
  116  judge, or an elected official; or
  117         (c)Involves a threat against a family member of a person
  118  identified in paragraph (b).
  119         (4)A person convicted of violating subsection (3) shall,
  120  in addition to any other restitution or penalty provided by law,
  121  pay restitution for all costs and damages caused by an
  122  evacuation resulting from the criminal violation.
  123         Section 4. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subsection (3) of
  124  section 921.0022, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  125         921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking
  126  chart.—
  127         (3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART
  128         (e) LEVEL 5
  129  
  130  FloridaStatute              FelonyDegree        Description        
  131  316.027(2)(a)                    3rd     Accidents involving personal injuries other than serious bodily injury, failure to stop; leaving scene.
  132  316.1935(4)(a)                   2nd     Aggravated fleeing or eluding.
  133  322.34(6)                        3rd     Careless operation of motor vehicle with suspended license, resulting in death or serious bodily injury.
  134  327.30(5)                        3rd     Vessel accidents involving personal injury; leaving scene.
  135  379.367(4)                       3rd     Willful molestation of a commercial harvester’s spiny lobster trap, line, or buoy.
  136  379.3671 (2)(c)3.                3rd     Willful molestation, possession, or removal of a commercial harvester’s trap contents or trap gear by another harvester.
  137  381.0041(11)(b)                  3rd     Donate blood, plasma, or organs knowing HIV positive.
  138  440.10(1)(g)                     2nd     Failure to obtain workers’ compensation coverage.
  139  440.105(5)                       2nd     Unlawful solicitation for the purpose of making workers’ compensation claims.
  140  440.381(2)                       2nd     Submission of false, misleading, or incomplete information with the purpose of avoiding or reducing workers’ compensation premiums.
  141  624.401(4)(b)2.                  2nd     Transacting insurance without a certificate or authority; premium collected $20,000 or more but less than $100,000.
  142  626.902(1)(c)                    2nd     Representing an unauthorized insurer; repeat offender.
  143  790.01(2)                        3rd     Carrying a concealed firearm.
  144  790.162                          2nd     Threat to throw or discharge destructive device.
  145  790.163(1)                       2nd     False report of bomb, deadly explosive, or weapon of mass destruction, or use of firearms in violent manner.
  146  790.221(1)                       2nd     Possession of short-barreled shotgun or machine gun.
  147  790.23                           2nd     Felons in possession of firearms, ammunition, or electronic weapons or devices.
  148  796.05(1)                        2nd     Live on earnings of a prostitute; 1st offense.
  149  800.04(6)(c)                     3rd     Lewd or lascivious conduct; offender less than 18 years of age.
  150  800.04(7)(b)                     2nd     Lewd or lascivious exhibition; offender 18 years of age or older.
  151  806.111(1)                       3rd     Possess, manufacture, or dispense fire bomb with intent to damage any structure or property.
  152  812.0145(2)(b)                   2nd     Theft from person 65 years of age or older; $10,000 or more but less than $50,000.
  153  812.015(8)                       3rd     Retail theft; property stolen is valued at $300 or more and one or more specified acts.
  154  812.019(1)                       2nd     Stolen property; dealing in or trafficking in.
  155  812.131(2)(b)                    3rd     Robbery by sudden snatching.
  156  812.16(2)                        3rd     Owning, operating, or conducting a chop shop.
  157  817.034(4)(a)2.                  2nd     Communications fraud, value $20,000 to $50,000.
  158  817.234(11)(b)                   2nd     Insurance fraud; property value $20,000 or more but less than $100,000.
  159  817.2341(1), (2)(a) & (3)(a)     3rd     Filing false financial statements, making false entries of material fact or false statements regarding property values relating to the solvency of an insuring entity.
  160  817.568(2)(b)                    2nd     Fraudulent use of personal identification information; value of benefit, services received, payment avoided, or amount of injury or fraud, $5,000 or more or use of personal identification information of 10 or more persons.
  161  817.625(2)(b)                    2nd     Second or subsequent fraudulent use of scanning device or reencoder.
  162  825.1025(4)                      3rd     Lewd or lascivious exhibition in the presence of an elderly person or disabled adult.
  163  827.071(4)                       2nd     Possess with intent to promote any photographic material, motion picture, etc., which includes sexual conduct by a child.
  164  827.071(5)                       3rd     Possess, control, or intentionally view any photographic material, motion picture, etc., which includes sexual conduct by a child.
  165  839.13(2)(b)                     2nd     Falsifying records of an individual in the care and custody of a state agency involving great bodily harm or death.
  166  843.01                           3rd     Resist officer with violence to person; resist arrest with violence.
  167  847.0135(5)(b)                   2nd     Lewd or lascivious exhibition using computer; offender 18 years or older.
  168  847.0137 (2) & (3)               3rd     Transmission of pornography by electronic device or equipment.
  169  847.0138 (2) & (3)               3rd     Transmission of material harmful to minors to a minor by electronic device or equipment.
  170  874.05(1)(b)                     2nd     Encouraging or recruiting another to join a criminal gang; second or subsequent offense.
  171  874.05(2)(a)                     2nd     Encouraging or recruiting person under 13 years of age to join a criminal gang.
  172  893.13(1)(a)1.                   2nd     Sell, manufacture, or deliver cocaine (or other s. 893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)4. drugs).
  173  893.13(1)(c)2.                   2nd     Sell, manufacture, or deliver cannabis (or other s. 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1., (2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)5., (2)(c)6., (2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9., (3), or (4) drugs) within 1,000 feet of a child care facility, school, or state, county, or municipal park or publicly owned recreational facility or community center.
  174  893.13(1)(d)1.                   1st     Sell, manufacture, or deliver cocaine (or other s. 893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)4. drugs) within 1,000 feet of university.
  175  893.13(1)(e)2.                   2nd     Sell, manufacture, or deliver cannabis or other drug prohibited under s. 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1., (2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)5., (2)(c)6., (2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9., (3), or (4) within 1,000 feet of property used for religious services or a specified business site.
  176  893.13(1)(f)1.                   1st     Sell, manufacture, or deliver cocaine (or other s. 893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), or (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)4. drugs) within 1,000 feet of public housing facility.
  177  893.13(4)(b)                     2nd     Deliver to minor cannabis (or other s. 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1., (2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)5., (2)(c)6., (2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9., (3), or (4) drugs).
  178  893.1351(1)                      3rd     Ownership, lease, or rental for trafficking in or manufacturing of controlled substance.
  179  
  180         (f) LEVEL 6
  181  
  182  FloridaStatute      FelonyDegree             Description             
  183  316.027(2)(b)          2nd    Leaving the scene of a crash involving serious bodily injury.
  184  316.193(2)(b)          3rd    Felony DUI, 4th or subsequent conviction.
  185  400.9935(4)(c)         2nd    Operating a clinic, or offering services requiring licensure, without a license.
  186  499.0051(3)            2nd    Knowing forgery of pedigree papers.  
  187  499.0051(4)            2nd    Knowing purchase or receipt of prescription drug from unauthorized person.
  188  499.0051(5)            2nd    Knowing sale or transfer of prescription drug to unauthorized person.
  189  775.0875(1)            3rd    Taking firearm from law enforcement officer.
  190  784.021(1)(a)          3rd    Aggravated assault; deadly weapon without intent to kill.
  191  784.021(1)(b)          3rd    Aggravated assault; intent to commit felony.
  192  784.041                3rd    Felony battery; domestic battery by strangulation.
  193  784.048(3)             3rd    Aggravated stalking; credible threat.
  194  784.048(5)             3rd    Aggravated stalking of person under 16.
  195  784.07(2)(c)           2nd    Aggravated assault on law enforcement officer.
  196  784.074(1)(b)          2nd    Aggravated assault on sexually violent predators facility staff.
  197  784.08(2)(b)           2nd    Aggravated assault on a person 65 years of age or older.
  198  784.081(2)             2nd    Aggravated assault on specified official or employee.
  199  784.082(2)             2nd    Aggravated assault by detained person on visitor or other detainee.
  200  784.083(2)             2nd    Aggravated assault on code inspector.
  201  787.02(2)              3rd    False imprisonment; restraining with purpose other than those in s. 787.01.
  202  790.115(2)(d)          2nd    Discharging firearm or weapon on school property.
  203  790.161(2)             2nd    Make, possess, or throw destructive device with intent to do bodily harm or damage property.
  204  790.164(1)             2nd    False report concerning bomb, of deadly explosive, weapon of mass destruction, or act of arson or violence to state property, or use of firearms in violent manner.
  205  790.19                 2nd    Shooting or throwing deadly missiles into dwellings, vessels, or vehicles.
  206  794.011(8)(a)          3rd    Solicitation of minor to participate in sexual activity by custodial adult.
  207  794.05(1)              2nd    Unlawful sexual activity with specified minor.
  208  800.04(5)(d)           3rd    Lewd or lascivious molestation; victim 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years of age; offender less than 18 years.
  209  800.04(6)(b)           2nd    Lewd or lascivious conduct; offender 18 years of age or older.
  210  806.031(2)             2nd    Arson resulting in great bodily harm to firefighter or any other person.
  211  810.02(3)(c)           2nd    Burglary of occupied structure; unarmed; no assault or battery.
  212  810.145(8)(b)          2nd    Video voyeurism; certain minor victims; 2nd or subsequent offense.
  213  812.014(2)(b)1.        2nd    Property stolen $20,000 or more, but less than $100,000, grand theft in 2nd degree.
  214  812.014(6)             2nd    Theft; property stolen $3,000 or more; coordination of others.
  215  812.015(9)(a)          2nd    Retail theft; property stolen $300 or more; second or subsequent conviction.
  216  812.015(9)(b)          2nd    Retail theft; property stolen $3,000 or more; coordination of others.
  217  812.13(2)(c)           2nd    Robbery, no firearm or other weapon (strong-arm robbery).
  218  817.4821(5)            2nd    Possess cloning paraphernalia with intent to create cloned cellular telephones.
  219  825.102(1)             3rd    Abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult.
  220  825.102(3)(c)          3rd    Neglect of an elderly person or disabled adult.
  221  825.1025(3)            3rd    Lewd or lascivious molestation of an elderly person or disabled adult.
  222  825.103(3)(c)          3rd    Exploiting an elderly person or disabled adult and property is valued at less than $10,000.
  223  827.03(2)(c)           3rd    Abuse of a child.                    
  224  827.03(2)(d)           3rd    Neglect of a child.                  
  225  827.071(2) & (3)       2nd    Use or induce a child in a sexual performance, or promote or direct such performance.
  226  836.05                 2nd    Threats; extortion.                  
  227  836.10                 2nd    Written threats to kill or do bodily injury.
  228  843.12                 3rd    Aids or assists person to escape.    
  229  847.011                3rd    Distributing, offering to distribute, or possessing with intent to distribute obscene materials depicting minors.
  230  847.012                3rd    Knowingly using a minor in the production of materials harmful to minors.
  231  847.0135(2)            3rd    Facilitates sexual conduct of or with a minor or the visual depiction of such conduct.
  232  914.23                 2nd    Retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant, with bodily injury.
  233  944.35(3)(a)2.         3rd    Committing malicious battery upon or inflicting cruel or inhuman treatment on an inmate or offender on community supervision, resulting in great bodily harm.
  234  944.40                 2nd    Escapes.                             
  235  944.46                 3rd    Harboring, concealing, aiding escaped prisoners.
  236  944.47(1)(a)5.         2nd    Introduction of contraband (firearm, weapon, or explosive) into correctional facility.
  237  951.22(1)              3rd    Intoxicating drug, firearm, or weapon introduced into county facility.
  238  
  239         Section 5. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  240  made by this act to section 790.163, Florida Statutes, in a
  241  reference thereto, paragraph (m) of subsection (2) of section
  242  1006.07, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  243         1006.07 District school board duties relating to student
  244  discipline and school safety.—The district school board shall
  245  provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the
  246  attendance and control of students at school, and for proper
  247  attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the
  248  welfare of students, including:
  249         (2) CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT.—Adopt a code of student
  250  conduct for elementary schools and a code of student conduct for
  251  middle and high schools and distribute the appropriate code to
  252  all teachers, school personnel, students, and parents, at the
  253  beginning of every school year. Each code shall be organized and
  254  written in language that is understandable to students and
  255  parents and shall be discussed at the beginning of every school
  256  year in student classes, school advisory council meetings, and
  257  parent and teacher association or organization meetings. Each
  258  code shall be based on the rules governing student conduct and
  259  discipline adopted by the district school board and shall be
  260  made available in the student handbook or similar publication.
  261  Each code shall include, but is not limited to:
  262         (m) Notice that any student who is determined to have made
  263  a threat or false report, as defined by ss. 790.162 and 790.163,
  264  respectively, involving school or school personnel’s property,
  265  school transportation, or a school-sponsored activity will be
  266  expelled, with or without continuing educational services, from
  267  the student’s regular school for a period of not less than 1
  268  full year and referred for criminal prosecution. District school
  269  boards may assign the student to a disciplinary program or
  270  second chance school for the purpose of continuing educational
  271  services during the period of expulsion. District school
  272  superintendents may consider the 1-year expulsion requirement on
  273  a case-by-case basis and request the district school board to
  274  modify the requirement by assigning the student to a
  275  disciplinary program or second chance school if it is determined
  276  to be in the best interest of the student and the school system.
  277         Section 6. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  278  made by this act to section 790.163, Florida Statutes, in a
  279  reference thereto, paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
  280  1006.13, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  281         1006.13 Policy of zero tolerance for crime and
  282  victimization.—
  283         (3) Zero-tolerance policies must require students found to
  284  have committed one of the following offenses to be expelled,
  285  with or without continuing educational services, from the
  286  student’s regular school for a period of not less than 1 full
  287  year, and to be referred to the criminal justice or juvenile
  288  justice system.
  289         (b) Making a threat or false report, as defined by ss.
  290  790.162 and 790.163, respectively, involving school or school
  291  personnel’s property, school transportation, or a school
  292  sponsored activity.
  293  
  294  District school boards may assign the student to a disciplinary
  295  program for the purpose of continuing educational services
  296  during the period of expulsion. District school superintendents
  297  may consider the 1-year expulsion requirement on a case-by-case
  298  basis and request the district school board to modify the
  299  requirement by assigning the student to a disciplinary program
  300  or second chance school if the request for modification is in
  301  writing and it is determined to be in the best interest of the
  302  student and the school system. If a student committing any of
  303  the offenses in this subsection is a student who has a
  304  disability, the district school board shall comply with
  305  applicable State Board of Education rules.
  306         Section 7. This act shall take effect October 1, 2016.
  307  
  308  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  309  And the title is amended as follows:
  310         Delete everything before the enacting clause
  311  and insert:
  312                        A bill to be entitled                      
  313         An act relating to relating to the crime of making
  314         threats of terror or violence ; amending ss. 790.163
  315         and 790.164, F.S.; creating the crime of falsely
  316         reporting the use of firearms in a violent manner
  317         against a person or persons; creating s. 836.12, F.S.;
  318         defining the terms “family member of a person” and
  319         “law enforcement officer”; providing a criminal
  320         penalty for a violation of specified provisions under
  321         certain circumstances; requiring payment of
  322         restitution; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; conforming
  323         provisions to changes made by the act; reenacting ss.
  324         1006.07(2)(m) and 1006.13(3)(b), F.S., relating to
  325         district school board duties relating to student
  326         discipline and school safety and a policy of zero
  327         tolerance for crime and victimization, respectively,
  328         to incorporate the amendment made to s. 790.163, F.S.,
  329         in references thereto; providing an effective date.