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Florida House Bill H0269

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1010 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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1515 An act relating to public nuisances; amending s. 2
1616 403.413, F.S.; prohibiting a person from distributing 3
1717 onto private property any material for the purpose of 4
1818 intimidating or threatening the owner, resident, or 5
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2121 private property any material which contains a 8
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2323 such property; providing criminal penalties; providing 10
2424 a definition; creating s. 784.0493, F.S.; provi ding 11
2525 definitions; prohibiting a person from willfully and 12
2626 maliciously harassing, threatening, or intimidating 13
2727 another person based on the person's wearing or 14
2828 displaying of any indicia relating to any religious or 15
2929 ethnic heritage; providing criminal penalti es; 16
3030 requiring that violations be reported as hate crimes; 17
3131 amending s. 806.13, F.S.; prohibiting the display or 18
3232 projection of images onto a building, structure, or 19
3333 property without permission; providing a definition; 20
3434 providing criminal penalties; providing construction; 21
3535 creating s. 810.098, F.S.; prohibiting a person who 22
3636 willfully enters the campus of a state university or 23
3737 Florida College System institution for the purpose of 24
3838 threatening or intimidating another person from 25
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5151 remaining on such campus after bein g warned to depart; 26
5252 providing criminal penalties; providing construction; 27
5353 providing definitions; amending s. 871.01, F.S.; 28
5454 prohibiting interference with certain assemblies; 29
5555 providing a criminal penalty; providing construction; 30
5656 providing an effective date. 31
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5858 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 33
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6060 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of section 35
6161 403.413, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 36
6262 403.413 Florida Litter Law. — 37
6363 (6) PENALTIES; ENFORCEMENT. — 38
6464 (a)1. Except as provide d in subparagraph 2., any person 39
6565 who dumps litter in violation of subsection (4) in an amount not 40
6666 exceeding 15 pounds in weight or 27 cubic feet in volume and not 41
6767 for commercial purposes commits a noncriminal infraction, 42
6868 punishable by a civil penalty of $1 50, from which $50 shall be 43
6969 deposited into the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund to be used 44
7070 for the solid waste management grant program pursuant to s. 45
7171 403.7095. 46
7272 2.a. If a person violates subparagraph 1. by intentionally 47
7373 dumping litter onto private prope rty for the purpose of 48
7474 intimidating or threatening the owner, resident, or invitee of 49
7575 such property, the person commits a misdemeanor of the first 50
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8888 degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 51
8989 b. If a person violates subparagraph 1. by int entionally 52
9090 dumping litter onto private property for the purpose of 53
9191 intimidating the owner, resident, or invitee of such property 54
9292 and such litter contains a credible threat, the person commits a 55
9393 felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 56
9494 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. For purposes of this 57
9595 subparagraph, the term "credible threat" has the same meaning as 58
9696 in s. 784.048(1). 59
9797 c. If the penalty for a violation of this subparagraph is 60
9898 reclassified under s. 775.085, such a violation is considered a 61
9999 hate crime for purposes of the reporting requirements of s. 62
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102102 In addition, the court may require a person who violates this 65
103103 subsection the violator to pick up litter or perform other labor 66
104104 commensurate with the offense committed. 67
105105 Section 2. Section 784.0493, Florida Statutes, is created 68
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107107 784.0493 Harassment or intimidation based on religious or 70
108108 ethnic heritage.— 71
109109 (1) As used in this section, the terms "credible threat" 72
110110 and "harass" have the same meaning as in s. 784.048(1). 73
111111 (2) A person may not willfully and maliciously harass or 74
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126126 heritage. 77
127127 (3) A person who violates subsection (2) commits a 78
128128 misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 79
129129 775.082 or s. 775.083. 80
130130 (4) A person who violates subsection (2), and in the 81
131131 course of committing the violation makes a credible threat to 82
132132 the person who is the subject of the harassment or intimidation, 83
133133 commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in 84
134134 s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 85
135135 (5) A violation of this section is considered a hate crime 86
136136 for purposes of the reporting requirements of s. 877.19. 87
137137 Section 3. Subsections (6) through (10 ) of section 806.13, 88
138138 Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (7) through 89
139139 (11), respectively, present subsection (9) of that section is 90
140140 amended, and a new subsection (6) is added to that section, to 91
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142142 806.13 Criminal mischief; penalties; penal ty for minor.— 93
143143 (6) A person may not knowingly and intentionally display 94
144144 or project, using any medium, an image onto a building, 95
145145 structure, or other property without the written consent of the 96
146146 owner of the building, structure, or property. For purposes of 97
147147 this subsection, the term "image" means a visual representation 98
148148 or likeness of a person or object, including text, graphics, 99
149149 logos, other artwork, or any combination thereof. 100
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162162 (a) A person who violates this subsection commits a 101
163163 misdemeanor of the first d egree, punishable as provided in s. 102
164164 775.082 or s. 775.083. 103
165165 (b) A person who violates this subsection by displaying or 104
166166 projecting an image that contains a credible threat, as that 105
167167 term is defined in s. 784.048(1), commits a felony of the third 106
168168 degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 107
169169 775.084. 108
170170 (c) If the penalty for a violation of this subsection is 109
171171 reclassified under s. 775.085, such a violation is considered a 110
172172 hate crime for purposes of the reporting requirements of s. 111
173173 877.19. 112
174174 (10)(9) A minor whose driver license or driving privilege 113
175175 is revoked, suspended, or withheld under subsection (9)(8) may 114
176176 elect to reduce the period of revocation, suspension, or 115
177177 withholding by performing community service at the rate of 1 day 116
178178 for each hour of community service performed. In addition, if 117
179179 the court determines that due to a family hardship, the minor's 118
180180 driver license or driving privilege is necessary for employment 119
181181 or medical purposes of the minor or a member of the minor's 120
182182 family, the court sh all order the minor to perform community 121
183183 service and reduce the period of revocation, suspension, or 122
184184 withholding at the rate of 1 day for each hour of community 123
185185 service performed. As used in this subsection, the term 124
186186 "community service" means cleaning graf fiti from public 125
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199199 property. 126
200200 Section 4. Section 810.098, Florida Statutes, is created 127
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202202 810.098 Trespass for the purpose of threatening or 129
203203 intimidating another person. — 130
204204 (1)(a) Whoever, without being authorized, licensed, or 131
205205 invited, willfully enters the campus of a state university or 132
206206 Florida College System institution for the purpose of 133
207207 threatening or intimidating another person, and is warned by the 134
208208 state university or Florida College System institution to depart 135
209209 and refuses to do so, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, 136
210210 punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 137
211211 (b) If the penalty for a violation of this subsection is 138
212212 reclassified under s. 775.085, such a violation is considered a 139
213213 hate crime for purposes of the reporting requ irements of s. 140
214214 877.19. 141
215215 (2) As used in this section, the terms "Florida College 142
216216 System institution" and "state university" have the same meaning 143
217217 as in s. 1000.21(3) and (6), respectively. 144
218218 Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 871.01, Florida 145
219219 Statutes, is amended to read: 146
220220 871.01 Disturbing schools and religious and other 147
221221 assemblies.— 148
222222 (1)(a) Whoever willfully and maliciously interrupts or 149
223223 disturbs any school or any assembly of people met for the 150
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237237 acknowledging the death of an individual, or for any other 152
238238 lawful purpose commits a misdemeanor of the first second degree, 153
239239 punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 154
240240 (b) If a person commits a violation of paragraph (a) and 155
241241 in doing so makes a credible threat, as that term is defined in 156
242242 s. 784.048(1), he or she commits a felony of the third degree, 157
243243 punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 158
244244 (c) If the penalty for a violation of this subsection is 159
245245 reclassified under s . 775.085, such a violation is considered a 160
246246 hate crime for purposes of the reporting requirements of s. 161
247247 877.19. 162
248248 Section 6. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 163