Florida Senate - 2021                                    SB 1354
       
       
        
       By Senator Baxley
       
       
       
       
       
       12-01476A-21                                          20211354__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to traveling across county lines with
    3         intent to commit a felony; amending s. 843.22, F.S.;
    4         defining the term “felony offense”; providing for
    5         reclassification of certain felony offenses when the
    6         person who commits the offense crosses a county line
    7         with specified intent; providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 843.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   12  read:
   13         843.22 Traveling across county lines with intent to commit
   14  a felony burglary.—
   15         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   16         (a) “County of residence” means the county within this
   17  state in which a person resides. Evidence of a person’s county
   18  of residence includes, but is not limited to:
   19         1. The address on a person’s driver license or state
   20  identification card;
   21         2. Records of real property or mobile home ownership;
   22         3. Records of a lease agreement for residential property;
   23         4. The county in which a person’s motor vehicle is
   24  registered;
   25         5. The county in which a person is enrolled in an
   26  educational institution; and
   27         6. The county in which a person is employed.
   28         (b) “Felony offense” means a felony violation of any of the
   29  following:
   30         1. “Burglary,” means burglary as defined in s. 810.02.,
   31         2. Grand theft, as prohibited under s. 812.014.
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   33  For purposes of this paragraph, the term includes including an
   34  attempt, a solicitation, or a conspiracy to commit such offense.
   35         (2) If a person who commits a felony offense burglary
   36  travels any distance with the intent to commit the felony
   37  offense burglary in a county in this state other than the
   38  person’s county of residence, the degree of the felony offense
   39  burglary shall be reclassified to the next higher degree if the
   40  purpose of the person’s travel is to thwart law enforcement
   41  attempts to track the items stolen in the felony offense
   42  burglary. For purposes of sentencing under chapter 921 and
   43  determining incentive gain-time eligibility under chapter 944, a
   44  felony offense burglary that is reclassified under this section
   45  is ranked one level above the ranking specified in s. 921.0022
   46  or s. 921.0023 for the felony offense burglary committed.
   47         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2021.