Florida Senate - 2017                                    SB 1344
       
       
        
       By Senator Torres
       
       
       
       
       
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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to emergency scenes; creating s.
    3         877.28, F.S.; providing a definition; prohibiting
    4         removal of tangible personal property from an
    5         emergency scene in certain circumstances; providing
    6         criminal penalties; providing enhanced penalties in
    7         certain circumstances; providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Section 877.28, Florida Statutes, is created to
   12  read:
   13         877.28 Removal of property from an emergency scene.—
   14         (1) As used in this section, the term “emergency scene”
   15  means the area in which there is an imminent danger of death or
   16  bodily injury due to a temporary occurrence or condition or
   17  threat thereof.
   18         (2) A person may not remove or attempt to remove tangible
   19  personal property from an emergency scene if the person knows or
   20  should know that such removal or attempt to remove will obstruct
   21  or impede another person in leaving the emergency scene in a
   22  life-threatening circumstance.
   23         (3) A person who violates subsection (2) commits a
   24  misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
   25  775.082 or s. 775.083, unless such violation:
   26         (a) Causes bodily injury to another person, in which case
   27  the person commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable
   28  as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083;
   29         (b) Causes serious bodily injury, as defined in s. 316.027,
   30  to another person, in which case the person commits a felony of
   31  the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
   32  775.083, or s. 775.084; or
   33         (c) Causes the death of another person, in which case the
   34  person commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as
   35  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
   36         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2017.