Florida Senate - 2017 CS for SB 766
By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Rodriguez
591-03355-17 2017766c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to payment card offenses; amending s.
3 817.625, F.S.; revising definitions; revising
4 terminology; revising the offenses of using a scanning
5 device or reencoder with the intent to defraud;
6 prohibiting the use of a skimming device with intent
7 to defraud; prohibiting the possession, sale, or
8 delivery of a skimming device; providing criminal
9 penalties; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; ranking the
10 offense of possessing, selling, or delivering a
11 skimming device on level 4 of the offense severity
12 ranking chart; conforming provisions to changes made
13 by the act; providing an effective date.
14
15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
16
17 Section 1. Section 817.625, Florida Statutes, is amended to
18 read:
19 817.625 Use of scanning device, skimming device, or
20 reencoder to defraud; possession of skimming device; penalties.—
21 (1) As used in this section, the term:
22 (d)(a) “Scanning device” means a scanner, reader, or any
23 other electronic device that may be is used to access, read,
24 scan, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently,
25 information encoded on the computer chip, magnetic strip or
26 stripe, or other storage mechanism of a payment card or from
27 another device that directly reads the information from a
28 payment card. The term does not include a skimming device.
29 (c)(b) “Reencoder” means an electronic device that places
30 encoded information from the computer chip, magnetic strip or
31 stripe, or other storage mechanism of a payment card onto the
32 computer chip, magnetic strip or stripe, or other storage
33 mechanism of a different payment card. The term does not include
34 a skimming device.
35 (b)(c) “Payment card” means a credit card, charge card,
36 debit card, or any other card that is issued to an authorized
37 card user and that allows the user to obtain, purchase, or
38 receive goods, services, money, or anything else of value from a
39 merchant.
40 (a)(d) “Merchant” means a person who receives from an
41 authorized user of a payment card, or someone the person
42 believes to be an authorized user, a payment card or information
43 from a payment card, or what the person believes to be a payment
44 card or information from a payment card, as the instrument for
45 obtaining, purchasing, or receiving goods, services, money, or
46 anything else of value from the person.
47 (e) “Skimming device” means a self-contained device that:
48 1. Is designed to read and store in the device’s internal
49 memory information encoded on the computer chip, magnetic strip
50 or stripe, or other storage mechanism of a payment card or from
51 another device that directly reads the information from a
52 payment card; and
53 2. Is incapable of processing the payment card information
54 stored under subparagraph 1. for the purpose of obtaining,
55 purchasing, or receiving goods, services, money, or anything
56 else of value from a merchant.
57 (2)(a) It is a felony of the third degree, punishable as
58 provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, for a person
59 to use:
60 1. A scanning device or skimming device to access, read,
61 obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently,
62 information encoded on the computer chip, magnetic strip or
63 stripe, or other storage mechanism of a payment card without the
64 permission of the authorized user of the payment card and with
65 the intent to defraud the authorized user, the issuer of the
66 authorized user’s payment card, or a merchant.
67 2. A reencoder to place information encoded on the computer
68 chip, magnetic strip or stripe, or other storage mechanism of a
69 payment card onto the computer chip, magnetic strip or stripe,
70 or other storage mechanism of a different card without the
71 permission of the authorized user of the card from which the
72 information is being reencoded and with the intent to defraud
73 the authorized user, the issuer of the authorized user’s payment
74 card, or a merchant.
75 (b) A Any person who violates subparagraph (a)1. or
76 subparagraph (a)2. a second or subsequent time commits a felony
77 of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
78 775.083, or s. 775.084.
79 (c) It is a felony of the third degree, punishable as
80 provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, for a person
81 to knowingly possess, sell, or deliver a skimming device. This
82 paragraph does not apply to the following individuals while
83 acting within the scope of their official duties:
84 1. An employee, officer, or agent of:
85 a. A law enforcement agency or criminal prosecuting
86 authority for the state or the federal government;
87 b. The state courts system as defined in s. 25.382 or the
88 federal court system; or
89 c. An executive branch agency in this state.
90 2. A financial or retail security investigator employed by
91 a merchant.
92 (d)(c) A Any person who commits a violation of this
93 subsection is violates subparagraph (a)1. or subparagraph (a)2.
94 shall also be subject to the provisions of ss. 932.701-932.7062.
95 Section 2. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (3) of
96 section 921.0022, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
97 921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking
98 chart.—
99 (3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART
100 (d) LEVEL 4
101
102 FloridaStatute FelonyDegree Description
103 316.1935(3)(a) 2nd Driving at high speed or with wanton disregard for safety while fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement officer who is in a patrol vehicle with siren and lights activated.
104 499.0051(1) 3rd Failure to maintain or deliver transaction history, transaction information, or transaction statements.
105 499.0051(5) 2nd Knowing sale or delivery, or possession with intent to sell, contraband prescription drugs.
106 517.07(1) 3rd Failure to register securities.
107 517.12(1) 3rd Failure of dealer, associated person, or issuer of securities to register.
108 784.07(2)(b) 3rd Battery of law enforcement officer, firefighter, etc.
109 784.074(1)(c) 3rd Battery of sexually violent predators facility staff.
110 784.075 3rd Battery on detention or commitment facility staff.
111 784.078 3rd Battery of facility employee by throwing, tossing, or expelling certain fluids or materials.
112 784.08(2)(c) 3rd Battery on a person 65 years of age or older.
113 784.081(3) 3rd Battery on specified official or employee.
114 784.082(3) 3rd Battery by detained person on visitor or other detainee.
115 784.083(3) 3rd Battery on code inspector.
116 784.085 3rd Battery of child by throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling certain fluids or materials.
117 787.03(1) 3rd Interference with custody; wrongly takes minor from appointed guardian.
118 787.04(2) 3rd Take, entice, or remove child beyond state limits with criminal intent pending custody proceedings.
119 787.04(3) 3rd Carrying child beyond state lines with criminal intent to avoid producing child at custody hearing or delivering to designated person.
120 787.07 3rd Human smuggling.
121 790.115(1) 3rd Exhibiting firearm or weapon within 1,000 feet of a school.
122 790.115(2)(b) 3rd Possessing electric weapon or device, destructive device, or other weapon on school property.
123 790.115(2)(c) 3rd Possessing firearm on school property.
124 800.04(7)(c) 3rd Lewd or lascivious exhibition; offender less than 18 years.
125 810.02(4)(a) 3rd Burglary, or attempted burglary, of an unoccupied structure; unarmed; no assault or battery.
126 810.02(4)(b) 3rd Burglary, or attempted burglary, of an unoccupied conveyance; unarmed; no assault or battery.
127 810.06 3rd Burglary; possession of tools.
128 810.08(2)(c) 3rd Trespass on property, armed with firearm or dangerous weapon.
129 812.014(2)(c)3. 3rd Grand theft, 3rd degree $10,000 or more but less than $20,000.
130 812.014 (2)(c)4.-10. 3rd Grand theft, 3rd degree, a will, firearm, motor vehicle, livestock, etc.
131 812.0195(2) 3rd Dealing in stolen property by use of the Internet; property stolen $300 or more.
132 817.563(1) 3rd Sell or deliver substance other than controlled substance agreed upon, excluding s. 893.03(5) drugs.
133 817.568(2)(a) 3rd Fraudulent use of personal identification information.
134 817.625(2)(a) 3rd Fraudulent use of scanning device, skimming device, or reencoder.
135 817.625(2)(c) 3rd Possession, sale, or delivery of skimming device.
136 828.125(1) 2nd Kill, maim, or cause great bodily harm or permanent breeding disability to any registered horse or cattle.
137 837.02(1) 3rd Perjury in official proceedings.
138 837.021(1) 3rd Make contradictory statements in official proceedings.
139 838.022 3rd Official misconduct.
140 839.13(2)(a) 3rd Falsifying records of an individual in the care and custody of a state agency.
141 839.13(2)(c) 3rd Falsifying records of the Department of Children and Families.
142 843.021 3rd Possession of a concealed handcuff key by a person in custody.
143 843.025 3rd Deprive law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation officer of means of protection or communication.
144 843.15(1)(a) 3rd Failure to appear while on bail for felony (bond estreature or bond jumping).
145 847.0135(5)(c) 3rd Lewd or lascivious exhibition using computer; offender less than 18 years.
146 874.05(1)(a) 3rd Encouraging or recruiting another to join a criminal gang.
147 893.13(2)(a)1. 2nd Purchase of cocaine (or other s. 893.03(1)(a), (b), or (d), (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)4. drugs).
148 914.14(2) 3rd Witnesses accepting bribes.
149 914.22(1) 3rd Force, threaten, etc., witness, victim, or informant.
150 914.23(2) 3rd Retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant, no bodily injury.
151 918.12 3rd Tampering with jurors.
152 934.215 3rd Use of two-way communications device to facilitate commission of a crime.
153 (e) LEVEL 5
154
155 FloridaStatute FelonyDegree Description
156 316.027(2)(a) 3rd Accidents involving personal injuries other than serious bodily injury, failure to stop; leaving scene.
157 316.1935(4)(a) 2nd Aggravated fleeing or eluding.
158 316.80(2) 2nd Unlawful conveyance of fuel; obtaining fuel fraudulently.
159 322.34(6) 3rd Careless operation of motor vehicle with suspended license, resulting in death or serious bodily injury.
160 327.30(5) 3rd Vessel accidents involving personal injury; leaving scene.
161 379.365(2)(c)1. 3rd Violation of rules relating to: willful molestation of stone crab traps, lines, or buoys; illegal bartering, trading, or sale, conspiring or aiding in such barter, trade, or sale, or supplying, agreeing to supply, aiding in supplying, or giving away stone crab trap tags or certificates; making, altering, forging, counterfeiting, or reproducing stone crab trap tags; possession of forged, counterfeit, or imitation stone crab trap tags; and engaging in the commercial harvest of stone crabs while license is suspended or revoked.
162 379.367(4) 3rd Willful molestation of a commercial harvester’s spiny lobster trap, line, or buoy.
163 379.407(5)(b)3. 3rd Possession of 100 or more undersized spiny lobsters.
164 381.0041(11)(b) 3rd Donate blood, plasma, or organs knowing HIV positive.
165 440.10(1)(g) 2nd Failure to obtain workers’ compensation coverage.
166 440.105(5) 2nd Unlawful solicitation for the purpose of making workers’ compensation claims.
167 440.381(2) 2nd Submission of false, misleading, or incomplete information with the purpose of avoiding or reducing workers’ compensation premiums.
168 624.401(4)(b)2. 2nd Transacting insurance without a certificate or authority; premium collected $20,000 or more but less than $100,000.
169 626.902(1)(c) 2nd Representing an unauthorized insurer; repeat offender.
170 790.01(2) 3rd Carrying a concealed firearm.
171 790.162 2nd Threat to throw or discharge destructive device.
172 790.163(1) 2nd False report of bomb, explosive, weapon of mass destruction, or use of firearms in violent manner.
173 790.221(1) 2nd Possession of short-barreled shotgun or machine gun.
174 790.23 2nd Felons in possession of firearms, ammunition, or electronic weapons or devices.
175 796.05(1) 2nd Live on earnings of a prostitute; 1st offense.
176 800.04(6)(c) 3rd Lewd or lascivious conduct; offender less than 18 years of age.
177 800.04(7)(b) 2nd Lewd or lascivious exhibition; offender 18 years of age or older.
178 806.111(1) 3rd Possess, manufacture, or dispense fire bomb with intent to damage any structure or property.
179 812.0145(2)(b) 2nd Theft from person 65 years of age or older; $10,000 or more but less than $50,000.
180 812.015(8) 3rd Retail theft; property stolen is valued at $300 or more and one or more specified acts.
181 812.019(1) 2nd Stolen property; dealing in or trafficking in.
182 812.131(2)(b) 3rd Robbery by sudden snatching.
183 812.16(2) 3rd Owning, operating, or conducting a chop shop.
184 817.034(4)(a)2. 2nd Communications fraud, value $20,000 to $50,000.
185 817.234(11)(b) 2nd Insurance fraud; property value $20,000 or more but less than $100,000.
186 817.2341(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.
187 817.568(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.
188 817.611(2)(a) 2nd Traffic in or possess 5 to 14 counterfeit credit cards or related documents.
189 817.625(2)(b) 2nd Second or subsequent fraudulent use of scanning device, skimming device, or reencoder.
190 825.1025(4) 3rd Lewd or lascivious exhibition in the presence of an elderly person or disabled adult.
191 827.071(4) 2nd Possess with intent to promote any photographic material, motion picture, etc., which includes sexual conduct by a child.
192 827.071(5) 3rd Possess, control, or intentionally view any photographic material, motion picture, etc., which includes sexual conduct by a child.
193 839.13(2)(b) 2nd Falsifying records of an individual in the care and custody of a state agency involving great bodily harm or death.
194 843.01 3rd Resist officer with violence to person; resist arrest with violence.
195 847.0135(5)(b) 2nd Lewd or lascivious exhibition using computer; offender 18 years or older.
196 847.0137 (2) & (3) 3rd Transmission of pornography by electronic device or equipment.
197 847.0138 (2) & (3) 3rd Transmission of material harmful to minors to a minor by electronic device or equipment.
198 874.05(1)(b) 2nd Encouraging or recruiting another to join a criminal gang; second or subsequent offense.
199 874.05(2)(a) 2nd Encouraging or recruiting person under 13 years of age to join a criminal gang.
200 893.13(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).
201 893.13(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.
202 893.13(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.
203 893.13(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.
204 893.13(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.
205 893.13(4)(b) 2nd Use or hire of minor; deliver to minor other controlled substance.
206 893.1351(1) 3rd Ownership, lease, or rental for trafficking in or manufacturing of controlled substance.
207 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2017.