Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 538
       
       
        
       By Senator Harrell
       
       
       
       
       
       31-00752A-24                                           2024538__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to traveling across county lines to
    3         commit criminal offenses; amending s. 843.22, F.S.;
    4         deleting the definition of the term “burglary”;
    5         providing for reclassification of grand theft or
    6         forcible felony offenses if the person who commits the
    7         offense travels with the intent to commit the offense
    8         in a county other than the person’s county of
    9         residence; providing an effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 843.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   14  read:
   15         843.22 Traveling across county lines with intent to commit
   16  certain offenses a burglary.—
   17         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   18         (a) “county of residence” means the county within this
   19  state in which a person resides. Evidence of a person’s county
   20  of residence includes, but is not limited to:
   21         (a)1. The address on a person’s driver license or state
   22  identification card.;
   23         (b)2. Records of real property or mobile home ownership.;
   24         (c)3. Records of a lease agreement for residential
   25  property.;
   26         (d)4. The county in which a person’s motor vehicle is
   27  registered.;
   28         (e)5. The county in which a person is enrolled in an
   29  educational institution.; and
   30         (f)6. The county in which a person is employed.
   31         (b) “Burglary” means burglary as defined in s. 810.02,
   32  including an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit such
   33  offense.
   34         (2) If a person who commits a grand theft or a forcible
   35  felony, as defined in s. 776.08, burglary travels any distance
   36  with the intent to commit the offense burglary in a county in
   37  this state other than the person’s county of residence, the
   38  degree of the offense burglary shall be reclassified to the next
   39  higher degree. For purposes of sentencing under chapter 921 and
   40  determining incentive gain-time eligibility under chapter 944,
   41  an offense a burglary that is reclassified under this section is
   42  ranked one level above the ranking specified in s. 921.0022 or
   43  s. 921.0023 for the offense burglary committed.
   44         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.