Florida Senate - 2022 SB 360 By Senator Harrell 25-00578-22 2022360__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to traveling across county lines to 3 commit a burglary; amending s. 843.22, F.S.; deleting 4 a requirement that travel across county lines be for a 5 specified purpose in order to reclassify a burglary 6 offense; providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1.Subsection (2) of section 843.22, Florida 11 Statutes, is amended to read: 12 843.22Traveling across county lines with intent to commit 13 a burglary. 14 (2)If a person who commits a burglary travels any distance 15 with the intent to commit the burglary in a county in this state 16 other than the persons county of residence, the degree of the 17 burglary shall be reclassified to the next higher degree if the 18 purpose of the persons travel is to thwart law enforcement 19 attempts to track the items stolen in the burglary. For purposes 20 of sentencing under chapter 921 and determining incentive gain 21 time eligibility under chapter 944, a burglary that is 22 reclassified under this section is ranked one level above the 23 ranking specified in s. 921.0022 or s. 921.0023 for the burglary 24 committed. 25 Section 2.This act shall take effect October 1, 2022.