Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 346 Ì527338>Î527338 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 11/12/2019 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Criminal Justice (Bradley) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 181 and 182 4 insert: 5 Section 4. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 6 961.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 7 961.03 Determination of status as a wrongfully incarcerated 8 person; determination of eligibility for compensation.— 9 (1) 10 (b) The person must file the petition with the court: 11 1. Within 2 years90 daysafter the order vacating a 12 conviction and sentence becomes final and the criminal charges 13 against the person are dismissed if the person’s conviction and 14 sentence is vacated, or the person is retried and found not 15 guilty, on or after July 1, 2008. If a person had a claim 16 dismissed or did not file a claim because of the former 90-day 17 petition filing period under this subparagraph, he or she may 18 file a petition with the court within 2 years after July 1, 19 2020. 20 2. By July 1, 2010, if the person’s conviction and sentence 21 was vacated by an order that became final beforeprior toJuly 22 1, 2008. 23 24 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 25 And the title is amended as follows: 26 Delete line 30 27 and insert: 28 officer; amending s. 961.03, F.S.; revising the 29 circumstances under which a wrongfully incarcerated 30 person must file a petition with the court to 31 determine eligibility for compensation; authorizing 32 certain persons to petition the court to determine 33 eligibility for compensation within a specified 34 timeframe; amending s. 961.04, F.S.; revising the