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| 10 | 10 | | 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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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to combatting illegal immigration; 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | amending s. 775.0848, F.S.; requiring the penalty 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | reclassification of certain crimes committed after 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | unlawful reentry into the United States; providing for 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | severability; providing an effective date. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 1. Section 775.0848, Florida Statutes, is amended 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | to read: 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 775.0848 Commission of a misdemeanor or felony after 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | unlawful reentry into the United States; reclassification. —A 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | person who has been previously convicted of a crime relating to 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | the reentry of removed aliens under 8 U.S.C. s. 1326 shall have 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | the penalty for committing a misdemeanor or felony committed 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | after such conviction reclassified in the following manner: 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) A misdemeanor of the second degree is reclassified to 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | a misdemeanor of the first degree. 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) A misdemeanor of the first degree is reclassified to a 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | felony of the third d egree. 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) A felony of the third degree is reclassified to a 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | felony of the second degree. 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (4)(2) A felony of the second degree is reclassified to a 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | felony of the first degree. 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (5)(3) A felony of the first degree is reclassified to a 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | life felony. 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Section 2. If any provision of this act or its application 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | does not affect other provisions or applications of this act 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | application, and to this end the provisions of this act are 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | severable. 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 34 |
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