| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to probation and community control 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | violations; amending s. 921.0024, F.S.; revising the 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | sentencing score sheet to reflect the absence of 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | community sanction points assessed in certain 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | circumstances; amending s. 948.06, F.S.; revising 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | sanctions for probation violations; providing for 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | hearings within a specified time period for low -risk 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | probation or community control violations; providing 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | for the release of probationers in certain 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | circumstances if a hearing is not held; providing for 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | nonmonetary conditions of release; making technical 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | changes; providing an effective date. 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 921.0024, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 921.0024 Criminal Punishment Code; worksheet computations; 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | scoresheets.— 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) WORKSHEET KEY: 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Legal status points are assessed when any form of legal st atus 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | existed at the time the offender committed an offense before the 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | court for sentencing. Four (4) sentence points are assessed for 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | an offender's legal status. 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Community sanction violation points are assessed when a 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | community sanction violation is befor e the court for sentencing. 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Six (6) sentence points are assessed for each community sanction 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | violation and each successive community sanction violation, 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | unless any of the following apply: 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 1. If the community sanction violation includes a new 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | felony conviction before the sentencing court, twelve (12) 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | community sanction violation points are assessed for the 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | violation, and for each successive community sanction violation 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | involving a new felony conviction. 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | 2. If the community sanction violation is committed by a 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | violent felony offender of special concern as defined in s. 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | 948.06: 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | a. Twelve (12) community sanction violation points are 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | assessed for the violation and for each successive violation of 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | felony probation or community control where: 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | I. The violation does not include a new felony conviction; 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | and 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | II. The community sanction violation is not based solely 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | on the probationer or offender's failure to pay costs or fines 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | or make restitution payments. 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | b. Twenty-four (24) community sanction violation poin ts 49 |
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| 75 | 75 | | are assessed for the violation and for each successive violation 50 |
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| 88 | 88 | | of felony probation or community control where the violation 51 |
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| 89 | 89 | | includes a new felony conviction. 52 |
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| 91 | 91 | | Multiple counts of community sanction violations before the 54 |
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| 92 | 92 | | sentencing court shall not be a basis for multiplying the 55 |
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| 93 | 93 | | assessment of community sanction violation points. 56 |
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| 94 | 94 | | 57 |
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| 95 | 95 | | If the community sanction violation is resolved through the 58 |
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| 96 | 96 | | alternative sanctioning program under s. 948.06(9), no points 59 |
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| 97 | 97 | | are assessed. If a community sanction violation not reso lved 60 |
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| 98 | 98 | | through the alternative sanctioning program is before the court, 61 |
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| 99 | 99 | | no points are assessed for prior violations that were resolved 62 |
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| 100 | 100 | | through the alternative sanctioning program. 63 |
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| 102 | 102 | | Prior serious felony points: If the offender has a primary 65 |
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| 103 | 103 | | offense or any additional offense ranked in level 8, level 9, or 66 |
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| 104 | 104 | | level 10, and one or more prior serious felonies, a single 67 |
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| 105 | 105 | | assessment of thirty (30) points shall be added. For purposes of 68 |
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| 106 | 106 | | this section, a prior serious felony is an offense in the 69 |
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| 107 | 107 | | offender's prior record tha t is ranked in level 8, level 9, or 70 |
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| 108 | 108 | | level 10 under s. 921.0022 or s. 921.0023 and for which the 71 |
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| 109 | 109 | | offender is serving a sentence of confinement, supervision, or 72 |
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| 110 | 110 | | other sanction or for which the offender's date of release from 73 |
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| 111 | 111 | | confinement, supervision, or othe r sanction, whichever is later, 74 |
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| 112 | 112 | | is within 3 years before the date the primary offense or any 75 |
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| 125 | 125 | | additional offense was committed. 76 |
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| 127 | 127 | | Prior capital felony points: If the offender has one or more 78 |
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| 128 | 128 | | prior capital felonies in the offender's criminal record, points 79 |
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| 129 | 129 | | shall be added to the subtotal sentence points of the offender 80 |
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| 130 | 130 | | equal to twice the number of points the offender receives for 81 |
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| 131 | 131 | | the primary offense and any additional offense. A prior capital 82 |
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| 132 | 132 | | felony in the offender's criminal record is a previous capital 83 |
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| 133 | 133 | | felony offense for which the offender has entered a plea of nolo 84 |
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| 134 | 134 | | contendere or guilty or has been found guilty; or a felony in 85 |
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| 135 | 135 | | another jurisdiction which is a capital felony in that 86 |
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| 136 | 136 | | jurisdiction, or would be a capital felony if the offense were 87 |
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| 137 | 137 | | committed in this state. 88 |
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| 138 | 138 | | 89 |
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| 139 | 139 | | Possession of a firearm, semiautomatic firearm, or machine gun: 90 |
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| 140 | 140 | | If the offender is convicted of committing or attempting to 91 |
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| 141 | 141 | | commit any felony other than those enumerated in s. 775.087(2) 92 |
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| 142 | 142 | | while having in his or her possession: a firearm as defined in 93 |
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| 143 | 143 | | s. 790.001, an additional eighteen (18) sentence points are 94 |
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| 144 | 144 | | assessed; or if the offender is convicted of committing or 95 |
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| 145 | 145 | | attempting to commit any felony other than those enumerated in 96 |
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| 146 | 146 | | s. 775.087(3) while having in his or her possession a 97 |
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| 147 | 147 | | semiautomatic firearm as defined in s. 775.087(3) or a machine 98 |
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| 148 | 148 | | gun as defined in s. 790.001, an additional twenty -five (25) 99 |
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| 149 | 149 | | sentence points are assessed. 100 |
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| 163 | 163 | | Sentencing multipliers: 102 |
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| 164 | 164 | | 103 |
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| 165 | 165 | | Drug trafficking: If the primary offense is drug trafficking 104 |
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| 166 | 166 | | under s. 893.135, the subtotal s entence points are multiplied, 105 |
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| 167 | 167 | | at the discretion of the court, for a level 7 or level 8 106 |
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| 168 | 168 | | offense, by 1.5. The state attorney may move the sentencing 107 |
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| 169 | 169 | | court to reduce or suspend the sentence of a person convicted of 108 |
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| 170 | 170 | | a level 7 or level 8 offense, if the offend er provides 109 |
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| 171 | 171 | | substantial assistance as described in s. 893.135(4). 110 |
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| 172 | 172 | | 111 |
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| 173 | 173 | | Violent offenses committed against specified justice system 112 |
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| 174 | 174 | | personnel: If the primary offense is a violation of s. 113 |
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| 175 | 175 | | 775.0823(2), (3), or (4), the subtotal sentence points are 114 |
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| 176 | 176 | | multiplied by 2.5. If the primary offense is a violation of s. 115 |
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| 177 | 177 | | 775.0823(5), (6), (7), (8), or (9), the subtotal sentence points 116 |
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| 178 | 178 | | are multiplied by 2.0. If the primary offense is a violation of 117 |
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| 179 | 179 | | s. 784.07(3) or s. 775.0875(1), or s. 775.0823(10) or (11), the 118 |
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| 180 | 180 | | subtotal sentence points are multiplied by 1.5. 119 |
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| 181 | 181 | | 120 |
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| 182 | 182 | | Grand theft of a motor vehicle: If the primary offense is grand 121 |
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| 183 | 183 | | theft of the third degree involving a motor vehicle and in the 122 |
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| 184 | 184 | | offender's prior record, there are three or more grand thefts of 123 |
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| 185 | 185 | | the third degree involving a m otor vehicle, the subtotal 124 |
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| 186 | 186 | | sentence points are multiplied by 1.5. 125 |
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| 199 | 199 | | 126 |
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| 200 | 200 | | Offense related to a criminal gang: If the offender is convicted 127 |
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| 201 | 201 | | of the primary offense and committed that offense for the 128 |
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| 202 | 202 | | purpose of benefiting, promoting, or furthering the interests of 129 |
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| 203 | 203 | | a criminal gang as defined in s. 874.03, the subtotal sentence 130 |
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| 204 | 204 | | points are multiplied by 1.5. If applying the multiplier results 131 |
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| 205 | 205 | | in the lowest permissible sentence exceeding the statutory 132 |
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| 206 | 206 | | maximum sentence for the primary offense under chapter 775, the 133 |
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| 207 | 207 | | court may not apply the multiplier and must sentence the 134 |
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| 208 | 208 | | defendant to the statutory maximum sentence. 135 |
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| 209 | 209 | | 136 |
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| 210 | 210 | | Domestic violence in the presence of a child: If the offender is 137 |
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| 211 | 211 | | convicted of the primary offense and the primary offense is a 138 |
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| 212 | 212 | | crime of domestic violence, as d efined in s. 741.28, which was 139 |
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| 213 | 213 | | committed in the presence of a child under 16 years of age who 140 |
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| 214 | 214 | | is a family or household member as defined in s. 741.28(3) with 141 |
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| 215 | 215 | | the victim or perpetrator, the subtotal sentence points are 142 |
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| 216 | 216 | | multiplied by 1.5. 143 |
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| 217 | 217 | | 144 |
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| 218 | 218 | | Adult-on-minor sex offense: If the offender was 18 years of age 145 |
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| 219 | 219 | | or older and the victim was younger than 18 years of age at the 146 |
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| 220 | 220 | | time the offender committed the primary offense, and if the 147 |
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| 221 | 221 | | primary offense was an offense committed on or after October 1, 148 |
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| 222 | 222 | | 2014, and is a violati on of s. 787.01(2) or s. 787.02(2), if the 149 |
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| 223 | 223 | | violation involved a victim who was a minor and, in the course 150 |
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| 236 | 236 | | of committing that violation, the defendant committed a sexual 151 |
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| 237 | 237 | | battery under chapter 794 or a lewd act under s. 800.04 or s. 152 |
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| 238 | 238 | | 847.0135(5) against the m inor; s. 787.01(3)(a)2. or 3.; s. 153 |
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| 239 | 239 | | 787.02(3)(a)2. or 3.; s. 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); s. 154 |
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| 240 | 240 | | 800.04; or s. 847.0135(5), the subtotal sentence points are 155 |
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| 241 | 241 | | multiplied by 2.0. If applying the multiplier results in the 156 |
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| 242 | 242 | | lowest permissible sentence exceeding the statutory maximum 157 |
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| 243 | 243 | | sentence for the primary offense under chapter 775, the court 158 |
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| 244 | 244 | | may not apply the multiplier and must sentence the defendant to 159 |
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| 245 | 245 | | the statutory maximum sentence. 160 |
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| 246 | 246 | | Section 2. Paragraph (f) of subsection (2) and subsection 161 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (4) of section 948.06, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 162 |
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| 248 | 248 | | 948.06 Violation of probation or community control; 163 |
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| 249 | 249 | | revocation; modification; continuance; failure to pay 164 |
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| 250 | 250 | | restitution or cost of supervision. — 165 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (2) 166 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (f)1. Except as provided in subparagraph 3. or upon waiv er 167 |
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| 253 | 253 | | by the probationer, the court shall modify or continue a 168 |
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| 254 | 254 | | probationary term upon finding a probationer in violation when 169 |
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| 255 | 255 | | all of the following apply: 170 |
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| 256 | 256 | | a. The term of supervision is probation. 171 |
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| 257 | 257 | | b. The probationer does not qualify as a violent felony 172 |
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| 258 | 258 | | offender of special concern, as defined in paragraph (8)(b). 173 |
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| 259 | 259 | | c. The violation is a low -risk technical violation, as 174 |
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| 260 | 260 | | defined in paragraph (9)(b). 175 |
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| 273 | 273 | | d. The court has not , on two or more separate occasions, 176 |
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| 274 | 274 | | previously found the probationer in violation of h is or her 177 |
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| 275 | 275 | | probation pursuant to a filed violation of probation affidavit 178 |
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| 276 | 276 | | during the current term of supervision. A probationer who has 179 |
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| 277 | 277 | | successfully completed sanctions through the alternative 180 |
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| 278 | 278 | | sanctioning program is eligible for mandatory modification or 181 |
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| 279 | 279 | | continuation of his or her probation. 182 |
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| 280 | 280 | | 2. Upon modifying probation under subparagraph 1., the 183 |
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| 281 | 281 | | court may include in the sentence a maximum of 90 days in county 184 |
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| 282 | 282 | | jail as a special condition of probation. If the court has 185 |
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| 283 | 283 | | previously found the probationer in vio lation of his or her 186 |
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| 284 | 284 | | probation and modified probation with up to 90 days in county 187 |
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| 285 | 285 | | jail as a special condition of probation, it may, upon 188 |
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| 286 | 286 | | modification of probation under subparagraph 1., include in the 189 |
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| 287 | 287 | | sentence a maximum of 120 days in county jail as a spe cial 190 |
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| 288 | 288 | | condition of probation. 191 |
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| 289 | 289 | | 3. Notwithstanding s. 921.0024, if a probationer meets the 192 |
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| 290 | 290 | | criteria for mandatory modification in subparagraph 1. but has 193 |
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| 291 | 291 | | less time on supervision remaining than the number of days in 194 |
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| 292 | 292 | | jail authorized in subparagraph 2. than 90 days of supervision 195 |
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| 293 | 293 | | remaining on his or her term of probation and meets the criteria 196 |
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| 294 | 294 | | for mandatory modification or continuation in subparagraph 1. , 197 |
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| 295 | 295 | | the court may revoke probation and sentence the probationer to a 198 |
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| 296 | 296 | | maximum of 90 or 120 days in county jail as provided in 199 |
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| 297 | 297 | | subparagraph 2. 200 |
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| 310 | 310 | | 4. For purposes of imposing a jail sentence under this 201 |
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| 311 | 311 | | paragraph only, the court may grant credit only for time served 202 |
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| 312 | 312 | | in the county jail since the probationer's most recent arrest 203 |
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| 313 | 313 | | for the violation. However, the court may not order the 204 |
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| 314 | 314 | | probationer to a total term of incarceration greater than the 205 |
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| 315 | 315 | | maximum provided by s. 775.082. 206 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (4)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 207 |
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| 317 | 317 | | section, a felony probationer or an offender in community 208 |
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| 318 | 318 | | control who is arrested for violating his or her probation or 209 |
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| 319 | 319 | | community control in a material respect may be taken before the 210 |
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| 320 | 320 | | court in the county or circuit in which the probationer or 211 |
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| 321 | 321 | | offender was arrested. That court shall advise him or her of the 212 |
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| 322 | 322 | | charge of a violation and, if such charge i s admitted, shall 213 |
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| 323 | 323 | | cause him or her to be brought before the court that granted the 214 |
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| 324 | 324 | | probation or community control. If the violation is not admitted 215 |
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| 325 | 325 | | by the probationer or offender, the court may commit him or her 216 |
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| 326 | 326 | | or release him or her with or without bail t o await further 217 |
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| 327 | 327 | | hearing. However, if the probationer or offender is under 218 |
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| 328 | 328 | | supervision for any criminal offense proscribed in chapter 794, 219 |
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| 329 | 329 | | s. 800.04(4), (5), (6), s. 827.071, or s. 847.0145, or is a 220 |
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| 330 | 330 | | registered sexual predator or a registered sexual offender , or 221 |
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| 331 | 331 | | is under supervision for a criminal offense for which he or she 222 |
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| 332 | 332 | | would meet the registration criteria in s. 775.21, s. 943.0435, 223 |
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| 333 | 333 | | or s. 944.607 but for the effective date of those sections, the 224 |
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| 334 | 334 | | court must make a finding that the probationer or offender is 225 |
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| 347 | 347 | | not a danger to the public prior to release with or without 226 |
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| 348 | 348 | | bail. In determining the danger posed by the offender's or 227 |
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| 349 | 349 | | probationer's release, the court may consider the nature and 228 |
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| 350 | 350 | | circumstances of the violation and any new offenses charged; the 229 |
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| 351 | 351 | | offender's or probationer's past and present conduct, including 230 |
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| 352 | 352 | | convictions of crimes; any record of arrests without conviction 231 |
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| 353 | 353 | | for crimes involving violence or sexual crimes; any other 232 |
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| 354 | 354 | | evidence of allegations of unlawful sexual conduct or the use of 233 |
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| 355 | 355 | | violence by the offender or probationer; the offender's or 234 |
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| 356 | 356 | | probationer's family ties, length of residence in the community, 235 |
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| 357 | 357 | | employment history, and mental condition; his or her history and 236 |
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| 358 | 358 | | conduct during the probation or community control supervision 237 |
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| 359 | 359 | | from which the violation arises and any other previous 238 |
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| 360 | 360 | | supervisions, including disciplinary records of previous 239 |
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| 361 | 361 | | incarcerations; the likelihood that the offender or probationer 240 |
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| 362 | 362 | | will engage again in a criminal course of conduct; the weight of 241 |
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| 363 | 363 | | the evidence against the offender or probationer; and any other 242 |
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| 364 | 364 | | facts the court considers relevant. The court, as soon as is 243 |
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| 365 | 365 | | practicable, shall give the probationer or offender an 244 |
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| 366 | 366 | | opportunity to be fully heard on his or her behalf in person or 245 |
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| 367 | 367 | | by counsel. If a felony probationer is allege d to have committed 246 |
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| 368 | 368 | | a low-risk violation, as defined in paragraph (9)(b), the court 247 |
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| 369 | 369 | | shall, within 30 days after the probationer's arrest, give the 248 |
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| 370 | 370 | | probationer an opportunity to be fully heard on his or her 249 |
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| 371 | 371 | | behalf in person or by counsel. If a hearing is no t held within 250 |
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| 384 | 384 | | 30 days after such arrest, the court must release the 251 |
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| 385 | 385 | | probationer without bail unless the court finds that a hearing 252 |
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| 386 | 386 | | was not held in the applicable timeframe due to circumstances 253 |
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| 387 | 387 | | attributable to the probationer. If the probationer is released , 254 |
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| 388 | 388 | | the court may impose nonmonetary conditions of release. 255 |
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| 389 | 389 | | (b) After the hearing, the court shall make findings of 256 |
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| 390 | 390 | | fact and forward the findings to the court that granted the 257 |
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| 391 | 391 | | probation or community control and to the probationer or 258 |
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| 392 | 392 | | offender or his or her attorney. The findings of fact by the 259 |
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| 393 | 393 | | hearing court are binding on the court that granted the 260 |
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| 394 | 394 | | probation or community control. Upon the probationer or offender 261 |
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| 395 | 395 | | being brought before it, the court that granted the probation or 262 |
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| 396 | 396 | | community control may revoke, mo dify, or continue the probation 263 |
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| 397 | 397 | | or community control or may place the probationer into community 264 |
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| 398 | 398 | | control as provided in this section. However, the probationer or 265 |
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| 399 | 399 | | offender shall not be released and shall not be admitted to 266 |
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| 400 | 400 | | bail, but shall be brought before the court that granted the 267 |
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| 401 | 401 | | probation or community control if any violation of felony 268 |
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| 402 | 402 | | probation or community control other than a failure to pay costs 269 |
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| 403 | 403 | | or fines or make restitution payments is alleged to have been 270 |
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| 404 | 404 | | committed by: 271 |
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| 405 | 405 | | 1.(a) A violent felony offen der of special concern, as 272 |
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| 406 | 406 | | defined in this section; 273 |
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| 407 | 407 | | 2.(b) A person who is on felony probation or community 274 |
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| 408 | 408 | | control for any offense committed on or after March 12, 2007, 275 |
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| 421 | 421 | | the effective date of this act and who is arrested for a 276 |
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| 422 | 422 | | qualifying offense as define d in this section; or 277 |
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| 423 | 423 | | 3.(c) A person who is on felony probation or community 278 |
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| 424 | 424 | | control and has previously been found by a court to be a 279 |
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| 425 | 425 | | habitual violent felony offender as defined in s. 775.084(1)(b), 280 |
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| 426 | 426 | | a three-time violent felony offender as defined in s. 281 |
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| 427 | 427 | | 775.084(1)(c), or a sexual predator under s. 775.21, and who is 282 |
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| 428 | 428 | | arrested for committing a qualifying offense as defined in this 283 |
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| 429 | 429 | | section on or after March 12, 2007 the effective date of this 284 |
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| 430 | 430 | | act. 285 |
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| 431 | 431 | | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 286 |
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