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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 false reporting; amending s. 2
1616 365.172, F.S.; providing enhanced criminal penalties 3
1717 for a specified violation relating to the use of 4
1818 emergency communications services which results in 5
1919 great bodily harm, permanent disfigurement, permanent 6
2020 disability, or death; revising requirements for a 7
2121 specified violation relating to continued misuse of 8
2222 emergency communications services; defining the term 9
2323 "conviction"; providing that a conviction includes a 10
2424 determination of guilt regardless of whether 11
2525 adjudication is withheld or a plea of nolo contendere 12
2626 is entered; requiring courts to order a person 13
2727 convicted of a violation to pay the costs of 14
2828 prosecution and investigation and restitution for 15
2929 certain damages and injuries; providing requirements 16
3030 for such restitution; amending s. 837.05, F.S.; 17
3131 requiring courts to order a person convicted of a 18
3232 violation to pay the costs of prosecution and 19
3333 investigation and restituti on for certain damages and 20
3434 injuries; providing requirements for such restitution; 21
3535 amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; ranking offenses on the 22
3636 offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal 23
3737 Punishment Code; providing an effective date. 24
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4747 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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5151 Be It Enacted by the Leg islature of the State of Florida: 26
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5353 Section 1. Subsection (14) of section 365.172, Florida 28
5454 Statutes, is amended to read: 29
5555 365.172 Emergency communications. — 30
5656 (14) MISUSE OF 911, E911, OR NG911 SYSTEM; PENALTY. —911, 31
5757 E911, and NG911 service must be used solely for emergency 32
5858 communications by the public. 33
5959 (a) A any person who does any of the following commits a 34
6060 misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 35
6161 775.082 or s. 775.083: 36
6262 1. Accesses or causes another party to access the number 37
6363 911 for the purpose of making a false alarm or complaint or 38
6464 reporting false information that could result in the emergency 39
6565 response of any public safety agency .; any person who 40
6666 2. Knowingly uses or attempts to use such service for a 41
6767 purpose other than obt aining public safety assistance .; or any 42
6868 person who 43
6969 3. Knowingly uses or attempts to use such service in an 44
7070 effort to avoid any charge for service , commits a misdemeanor of 45
7171 the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 46
7272 775.083. 47
7373 (b) If a person violates subparagraph (a)1. and the 48
7474 subsequent emergency response by a public safety agency results 49
7575 in: 50
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8484 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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8888 1. Great bodily harm, permanent disfigurement, or 51
8989 permanent disability to any person as a proximate result of 52
9090 lawful conduct arising out of the emergency response, the person 53
9191 commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in 54
9292 s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 55
9393 2. Death to any person as a proximate result of lawful 56
9494 conduct arising out of the emergency response, the person 57
9595 commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in 58
9696 s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 59
9797 (c) After having two or more convictions being convicted 60
9898 of unauthorized use of emergency communications services such 61
9999 service four times, a person who continues to engage in such 62
100100 unauthorized use commits a felony of the third degree, 63
101101 punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 64
102102 As used in this paragraph, the term "conviction" means a 65
103103 determination of guilt that is the result of a plea agr eement or 66
104104 a trial, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld or a 67
105105 plea of nolo contendere is entered. 68
106106 (d) A court shall order any person convicted of violating 69
107107 this subsection to pay: 70
108108 1. The costs of prosecution and investigation under s. 71
109109 938.27. 72
110110 2. Restitution to a responding public safety agency and 73
111111 any other victim who suffers damage or injury as a proximate 74
112112 result of lawful conduct arising out of an emergency response. 75
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121121 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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126126 incurred by a responding public safety agency In addition, if 77
127127 the value of the service or the service charge obtained in a 78
128128 manner prohibited by this subsection exceeds $100, the person 79
129129 committing the offense commits a felony of the third degree, 80
130130 punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084 . 81
131131 Section 2. Subsection (3) is added to section 837.05, 82
132132 Florida Statutes, to read: 83
133133 837.05 False reports to law enforcement authorities. — 84
134134 (3) A court shall order any person convicted of violating 85
135135 this section to pay: 86
136136 (a) The costs of prosecution and investigation under s. 87
137137 938.27. 88
138138 (b) Restitution to any victim who suffers damage or injury 89
139139 as a proximate result of lawful conduct arising out of a law 90
140140 enforcement response. 91
141141 Section 3. Paragraphs (b) and (e) of subsection (3) of 92
142142 section 921.0022, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 93
143143 921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity 94
144144 ranking chart.— 95
145145 (3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART 96
146146 (b) LEVEL 2 97
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148148 Florida
149149 Statute
150150 Felony
151151 Degree Description
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160160 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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165165 365.172(14)(b)1. 3rd Misuse of emergency
166166 communications system causing
167167 great bodily harm, permanent
168168 disfigurement, or permanent
169169 disability.
170170 100
171171 379.2431
172172 (1)(e)3.
173173 3rd Possession of 11 or fewer
174174 marine turtle eggs in violation
175175 of the Marine Turtle Protection
176176 Act.
177177 101
178178 379.2431
179179 (1)(e)4.
180180 3rd Possession of more than 11
181181 marine turtle eggs in violation
182182 of the Marine Turtle Protection
183183 Act.
184184 102
185185 403.413(6)(c) 3rd Dumps waste litter exceeding
186186 500 lbs. in weight or 100 cubic
187187 feet in volume or any quantity
188188 for commercial purposes, or
189189 hazardous waste.
190190 103
191191 517.07(2) 3rd Failure to furnish a prospectus
192192 meeting requirements.
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201201 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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205205 104
206206 590.28(1) 3rd Intentional burning of lands.
207207 105
208208 784.03(3) 3rd Battery during a riot or an
209209 aggravated riot.
210210 106
211211 784.05(3) 3rd Storing or leaving a loaded
212212 firearm within reach of minor
213213 who uses it to inflict injury
214214 or death.
215215 107
216216 787.04(1) 3rd In violation of court order,
217217 take, entice, etc., minor
218218 beyond state limits.
219219 108
220220 806.13(1)(b)3. 3rd Criminal mischief; damage
221221 $1,000 or more to public
222222 communication or any other
223223 public service.
224224 109
225225 806.13(3) 3rd Criminal mischief; damage of
226226 $200 or more to a memorial or
227227 historic property.
228228 110
229229 810.061(2) 3rd Impairing or impeding telephone
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238238 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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242242 or power to a dwelling;
243243 facilitating or furthering
244244 burglary.
245245 111
246246 810.09(2)(d) 3rd Trespassing on posted
247247 commercial horticulture
248248 property.
249249 112
250250 812.014(2)(c)1. 3rd Grand theft, 3rd degree; $750
251251 or more but less than $5,000.
252252 113
253253 812.014(2)(d)1. 3rd Grand theft, 3rd degree; $40 or
254254 more but less than $750, taken
255255 from dwelling or its unenclosed
256256 curtilage.
257257 114
258258 812.014(2)(e)2. 3rd Petit theft, 1st degree; less
259259 than $40 taken from dwelling or
260260 its unenclosed curtilage with
261261 one prior theft conviction.
262262 115
263263 812.015(7) 3rd Possession, use, or attempted
264264 use of an antishoplifting or
265265 inventory control device
266266 countermeasure.
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275275 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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280280 817.234(1)(a)2. 3rd False statement in support of
281281 insurance claim.
282282 117
283283 817.481(3)(a) 3rd Obtain credit or purchase with
284284 false, expired, counterfeit,
285285 etc., credit card, value over
286286 $300.
287287 118
288288 817.52(3) 3rd Failure to redeliver hired
289289 vehicle.
290290 119
291291 817.54 3rd With intent to defraud, obtain
292292 mortgage note, etc., by false
293293 representation.
294294 120
295295 817.60(5) 3rd Dealing in credit cards of
296296 another.
297297 121
298298 817.60(6)(a) 3rd Forgery; purchase goods,
299299 services with false card.
300300 122
301301 817.61 3rd Fraudulent use of credit cards
302302 over $100 or more within 6
303303 months.
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317317 826.04 3rd Knowingly marries or has sexual
318318 intercourse with person to whom
319319 related.
320320 124
321321 831.01 3rd Forgery.
322322 125
323323 831.02 3rd Uttering forged instrument;
324324 utters or publishes alteration
325325 with intent to defraud.
326326 126
327327 831.07 3rd Forging bank bills, checks,
328328 drafts, or promissory notes.
329329 127
330330 831.08 3rd Possessing 10 or more forged
331331 notes, bills, checks, or
332332 drafts.
333333 128
334334 831.09 3rd Uttering forged notes, bills,
335335 checks, drafts, or promissory
336336 notes.
337337 129
338338 831.11 3rd Bringing into the state forged
339339 bank bills, checks, drafts, or
340340 notes.
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349349 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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354354 832.05(3)(a) 3rd Cashing or depositing item with
355355 intent to defraud.
356356 131
357357 843.01(2) 3rd Resist police canine or police
358358 horse with violence; under
359359 certain circumstances.
360360 132
361361 843.08 3rd False personation.
362362 133
363363 843.19(3) 3rd Touch or strike police, fire,
364364 SAR canine or police horse.
365365 134
366366 893.13(2)(a)2. 3rd Purchase of any s.
367367 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1.,
368368 (2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6.,
369369 (2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9.,
370370 (2)(c)10., (3), or (4) drugs
371371 other than cannabis.
372372 135
373373 893.147(2) 3rd Manufacture or delivery of drug
374374 paraphernalia.
375375 136
376376 (e) LEVEL 5 137
377377 138
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386386 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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390390 Florida
391391 Statute
392392 Felony
393393 Degree Description
394394 139
395395 316.027(2)(a) 3rd Accidents involving personal
396396 injuries other than serious
397397 bodily injury, failure to stop;
398398 leaving scene.
399399 140
400400 316.1935(4)(a) 2nd Aggravated fleeing or eluding.
401401 141
402402 316.80(2) 2nd Unlawful conveyance of fuel;
403403 obtaining fuel fraudulently.
404404 142
405405 322.34(6) 3rd Careless operation of motor
406406 vehicle with suspended license,
407407 resulting in death or serious
408408 bodily injury.
409409 143
410410 327.30(5) 3rd Vessel accidents involving
411411 personal injury; leaving scene.
412412 144
413413 365.172(14)(b)2. 2nd Misuse of emergency
414414 communications system resulting
415415 in death.
416416 145
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425425 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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429429 379.365(2)(c)1. 3rd Violation of rules relating to:
430430 willful molestation of stone
431431 crab traps, lines, or buoys;
432432 illegal bartering, trading, or
433433 sale, conspiring or aiding in
434434 such barter, trade, or sale, or
435435 supplying, agreeing to supply,
436436 aiding in supplying, or giving
437437 away stone crab trap tags or
438438 certificates; making, altering,
439439 forging, counterfeiting, or
440440 reproducing stone crab trap
441441 tags; possession of forged,
442442 counterfeit, or imitation stone
443443 crab trap tags; and engaging in
444444 the commercial harvest of stone
445445 crabs while license is
446446 suspended or revoked.
447447 146
448448 379.367(4) 3rd Willful molestation of a
449449 commercial harvester's spiny
450450 lobster trap, line, or buoy.
451451 147
452452 379.407(5)(b)3. 3rd Possession of 100 or more
453453 undersized spiny lobsters.
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467467 381.0041(11)(b) 3rd Donate blood, plasma, or organs
468468 knowing HIV positive.
469469 149
470470 440.10(1)(g) 2nd Failure to obtain workers'
471471 compensation coverage.
472472 150
473473 440.105(5) 2nd Unlawful solicitation for the
474474 purpose of making workers'
475475 compensation claims.
476476 151
477477 440.381(2) 3rd Submission of false,
478478 misleading, or incomplete
479479 information with the purpose of
480480 avoiding or reducing workers'
481481 compensation premiums.
482482 152
483483 624.401(4)(b)2. 2nd Transacting insurance without a
484484 certificate or authority;
485485 premium collected $20,000 or
486486 more but less than $100,000.
487487 153
488488 626.902(1)(c) 2nd Representing an unauthorized
489489 insurer; repeat offender.
490490 154
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499499 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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503503 790.01(3) 3rd Unlawful carrying of a
504504 concealed firearm.
505505 155
506506 790.162 2nd Threat to throw or discharge
507507 destructive device.
508508 156
509509 790.163(1) 2nd False report of bomb,
510510 explosive, weapon of mass
511511 destruction, or use of firearms
512512 in violent manner.
513513 157
514514 790.221(1) 2nd Possession of short-barreled
515515 shotgun or machine gun.
516516 158
517517 790.23 2nd Felons in possession of
518518 firearms, ammunition, or
519519 electronic weapons or devices.
520520 159
521521 796.05(1) 2nd Live on earnings of a
522522 prostitute; 1st offense.
523523 160
524524 800.04(6)(c) 3rd Lewd or lascivious conduct;
525525 offender less than 18 years of
526526 age.
527527 161
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536536 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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540540 800.04(7)(b) 2nd Lewd or lascivious exhibition;
541541 offender 18 years of age or
542542 older.
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544544 806.111(1) 3rd Possess, manufacture, or
545545 dispense fire bomb with intent
546546 to damage any structure or
547547 property.
548548 163
549549 810.145(4)(c) 3rd Commercial digital voyeurism
550550 dissemination.
551551 164
552552 810.145(7)(a) 2nd Digital voyeurism; 2nd or
553553 subsequent offense.
554554 165
555555 810.145(8)(a) 2nd Digital voyeurism; certain
556556 minor victims.
557557 166
558558 812.014(2)(d)3. 2nd Grand theft, 2nd degree; theft
559559 from 20 or more dwellings or
560560 their unenclosed curtilage, or
561561 any combination.
562562 167
563563 812.0145(2)(b) 2nd Theft from person 65 years of
564564 age or older; $10,000 or more
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573573 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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577577 but less than $50,000.
578578 168
579579 812.015
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582582 3rd Retail theft; property stolen
583583 is valued at $750 or more and
584584 one or more specified acts.
585585 169
586586 812.015(8)(f) 3rd Retail theft; multiple thefts
587587 within specified period.
588588 170
589589 812.015(8)(g) 3rd Retail theft; committed with
590590 specified number of other
591591 persons.
592592 171
593593 812.019(1) 2nd Stolen property; dealing in or
594594 trafficking in.
595595 172
596596 812.081(3) 2nd Trafficking in trade secrets.
597597 173
598598 812.131(2)(b) 3rd Robbery by sudden snatching.
599599 174
600600 812.16(2) 3rd Owning, operating, or
601601 conducting a chop shop.
602602 175
603603 817.034(4)(a)2. 2nd Communications fraud, value
604604 $20,000 to $50,000.
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618618 817.234(11)(b) 2nd Insurance fraud; property value
619619 $20,000 or more but less than
620620 $100,000.
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622622 817.2341(1),
623623 (2)(a) &
624624 (3)(a)
625625 3rd Filing false financial
626626 statements, making false
627627 entries of material fact or
628628 false statements regarding
629629 property values relating to the
630630 solvency of an insuring entity.
631631 178
632632 817.568(2)(b) 2nd Fraudulent use of personal
633633 identification infor mation;
634634 value of benefit, services
635635 received, payment avoided, or
636636 amount of injury or fraud,
637637 $5,000 or more or use of
638638 personal identification
639639 information of 10 or more
640640 persons.
641641 179
642642 817.611(2)(a) 2nd Traffic in or possess 5 to 14
643643 counterfeit credit cards or
644644 related documents.
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658658 817.625(2)(b) 2nd Second or subsequent fraudulent
659659 use of scanning device,
660660 skimming device, or reencoder.
661661 181
662662 825.1025(4) 3rd Lewd or lascivious exhibition
663663 in the presence of an elderly
664664 person or disabled adult.
665665 182
666666 828.12(2) 3rd Tortures any animal with intent
667667 to inflict intense pain,
668668 serious physical injury, or
669669 death.
670670 183
671671 836.14(4) 2nd Person who willfully promotes
672672 for financial gain a sexually
673673 explicit image of an
674674 identifiable person without
675675 consent.
676676 184
677677 839.13(2)(b) 2nd Falsifying records o f an
678678 individual in the care and
679679 custody of a state agency
680680 involving great bodily harm or
681681 death.
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694694 185
695695 843.01(1) 3rd Resist officer with violence to
696696 person; resist arrest with
697697 violence.
698698 186
699699 847.0135(5)(b) 2nd Lewd or lascivious exhibition
700700 using computer; offender 18
701701 years or older.
702702 187
703703 847.0137
704704 (2) & (3)
705705 3rd Transmission of pornography by
706706 electronic device or equipment.
707707 188
708708 847.0138
709709 (2) & (3)
710710 3rd Transmission of material
711711 harmful to minors to a minor by
712712 electronic device or equipment.
713713 189
714714 874.05(1)(b) 2nd Encouraging or recruiting
715715 another to join a criminal
716716 gang; second or subsequent
717717 offense.
718718 190
719719 874.05(2)(a) 2nd Encouraging or recruiting
720720 person under 13 years of age to
721721 join a criminal gang.
722722 191
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735735 893.13(1)(a)1. 2nd Sell, manufacture, or deliver
736736 cocaine (or other s.
737737 893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d),
738738 (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5.
739739 drugs).
740740 192
741741 893.13(1)(c)2. 2nd Sell, manufacture, or deliver
742742 cannabis (or other s.
743743 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1.,
744744 (2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6.,
745745 (2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9.,
746746 (2)(c)10., (3), or (4) drugs)
747747 within 1,000 feet of a child
748748 care facility, school, or
749749 state, county, or municipal
750750 park or publicly owned
751751 recreational facility or
752752 community center.
753753 193
754754 893.13(1)(d)1. 1st Sell, manufacture, or deliver
755755 cocaine (or other s.
756756 893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d),
757757 (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5.
758758 drugs) within 1,000 feet of
759759 university.
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773773 893.13(1)(e)2. 2nd Sell, manufacture, or deliver
774774 cannabis or other drug
775775 prohibited under s.
776776 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1.,
777777 (2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6.,
778778 (2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9.,
779779 (2)(c)10., (3), or (4) within
780780 1,000 feet of property used for
781781 religious services or a
782782 specified business site.
783783 195
784784 893.13(1)(f)1. 1st Sell, manufacture, or deliver
785785 cocaine (or other s.
786786 893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d),
787787 or (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5.
788788 drugs) within 1,000 feet of
789789 public housing facility.
790790 196
791791 893.13(4)(b) 2nd Use or hire of minor; deliver
792792 to minor other controlled
793793 substance.
794794 197
795795 893.1351(1) 3rd Ownership, lease, or rental for
796796 trafficking in or manufacturing
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809809 of controlled substance.
810810 198
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