Bill Text: FL H1493 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Career Offenders [SPSC]

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2010-05-11 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2010-69 [H1493 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H1493-Comm_Sub.html

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CS/HB 1493

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to career offenders; amending s. 775.261,
3	F.S.; providing that it is a first-degree misdemeanor for
4	a person to perform specified acts with the intent to
5	assist a career offender in eluding a law enforcement
6	agency that is seeking to find the career offender to
7	question the career offender about, or to arrest the
8	career offender for, his or her noncompliance; providing
9	criminal penalties; providing an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1. Subsection (10) is added to section 775.261,
14	Florida Statutes, to read:
15	775.261 The Florida Career Offender Registration Act.-
16	(10) ASSISTING IN NONCOMPLIANCE.-It is a misdemeanor of
17	the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
18	775.083, for a person who has reason to believe that a career
19	offender is not complying, or has not complied, with the
20	requirements of this section and who, with the intent to assist
21	the career offender in eluding a law enforcement agency that is
22	seeking to find the career offender to question the career
23	offender about, or to arrest the career offender for, his or her
24	noncompliance with the requirements of this section, to:
25	(a) Withhold information from, or fail to notify, the law
26	enforcement agency about the career offender's noncompliance
27	with the requirements of this section and, if known, the
28	whereabouts of the career offender;
29	(b) Harbor or attempt to harbor, or assist another in
30	harboring or attempting to harbor, the career offender;
31	(c) Conceal or attempt to conceal, or assist another in
32	concealing or attempting to conceal, the career offender; or
33	(d) Provide information to the law enforcement agency
34	regarding the career offender which the person knows to be
35	false.
36	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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