Florida 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0737 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to theft from nonprofit organizations; 2
16	16	creating s. 812.0146, F.S.; providing for the 3
17	17	reclassification of certain theft offenses of 4
18	18	specified amounts from nonprofit organizations; 5
19	19	requiring restitution and community service for 6
20	20	certain violations; providing an effective date. 7
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22	22	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9
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24	24	Section 1. Section 812.0146, Florida Statut es, is created 11
25	25	to read: 12
26	26	812.0146 Theft from a nonprofit organization; 13
27	27	reclassification of offenses. — 14
28	28	(1) Whenever a person is charged with committing theft 15
29	29	from an organization that he or she knows or has reason to 16
30	30	believe is qualified as charitable un der s. 501(c)(3) of the 17
31	31	Internal Revenue Code, the offense for which the person is 18
32	32	charged shall be reclassified as follows: 19
33	33	(a) If the funds, assets, or property involved in the 20
34	34	theft from an organization qualified as charitable under s. 21
35	35	501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code is valued at $50,000 or 22
36	36	more, the offender commits a felony of the first degree, 23
37	37	punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 24
38	38	(b) If the funds, assets, or property involved in the 25
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51	51	theft from an organization qua lified as charitable under s. 26
52	52	501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code is valued at $10,000 or 27
53	53	more, but less than $50,000, the offender commits a felony of 28
54	54	the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 29
55	55	775.083, or s. 775.084. 30
56	56	(c) If the funds, assets, or property involved in the 31
57	57	theft from an organization qualified as charitable under s. 32
58	58	501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code is valued at $300 or 33
59	59	more, but less than $10,000, the offender commits a felony of 34
60	60	the third degree, punishable as pro vided in s. 775.082, s. 35
61	61	775.083, or s. 775.084. 36
62	62	(2) A person who is convicted of theft of more than $1,000 37
63	63	from an organization that he or she knows or has reason to 38
64	64	believe is qualified as charitable under s. 501(c)(3) of the 39
65	65	Internal Revenue Code shall be ordered by the sentencing judge 40
66	66	to make restitution to the victim of such offense and to perform 41
67	67	up to 500 hours of community service work. Such restitution and 42
68	68	community service work shall be in addition to any fine or 43
69	69	sentence which may be imposed an d shall not be in lieu thereof. 44
70	70	Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024. 45