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