Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 874
       
       
        
       By Senator Martin
       
       
       
       
       
       33-01460-25                                            2025874__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to gift certificate forgery; amending
    3         s. 831.01, F.S.; providing criminal penalties for
    4         persons who falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit
    5         gift certificates with the intent to injure or defraud
    6         a person; providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Section 831.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   11  read:
   12         831.01 Forgery.—Whoever falsely makes, alters, forges or
   13  counterfeits a public record, or a certificate, return or
   14  attestation of any clerk or register of a court, public
   15  register, notary public, town clerk or any public officer, in
   16  relation to a matter wherein such certificate, return or
   17  attestation may be received as a legal proof; or a charter,
   18  deed, will, testament, bond, or writing obligatory, letter of
   19  attorney, policy of insurance, bill of lading, bill of exchange
   20  or promissory note, or an order, acquittance, or discharge for
   21  money or other property, or an acceptance of a bill of exchange
   22  or promissory note for the payment of money, or any receipt for
   23  money, goods, or other property, or any passage ticket, pass, or
   24  other evidence of transportation issued by a common carrier, or
   25  a gift certificate as defined in s. 501.95 with intent to injure
   26  or defraud any person, commits shall be guilty of a felony of
   27  the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
   28  775.083, or s. 775.084.
   29         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025.