Bill Text: FL H0101 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Violations of Injunctions for Protection

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-03 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 240 (Ch. [H0101 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H0101-Introduced.html

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HB 101

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to violations of injunctions for
3	protection; amending s. 784.047, F.S.; adding
4	circumstances that violate an injunction for protection
5	against repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating
6	violence; providing an effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1.  Section 784.047, Florida Statutes, is amended
11	to read:
12	784.047  Penalties for violating protective injunction
13	against violators.-A person who willfully violates an injunction
14	for protection against repeat violence, sexual violence, or
15	dating violence, issued pursuant to s. 784.046, or a foreign
16	protection order accorded full faith and credit pursuant to s.
17	741.315 by:
18	(1)  Refusing to vacate the dwelling that the parties
19	share;
20	(2)  Going to, or being within 500 feet of, the
21	petitioner's residence, school, place of employment, or a
22	specified place frequented regularly by the petitioner and any
23	named family or household member;
24	(3)  Committing an act of repeat violence, sexual violence,
25	or dating violence against the petitioner;
26	(4)  Committing any other violation of the injunction
27	through an intentional unlawful threat, word, or act to do
28	violence to the petitioner; or
29	(5)  Telephoning, contacting, or otherwise communicating
30	with the petitioner directly or indirectly, unless the
31	injunction specifically allows indirect contact through a third
32	party;
33	(6)  Knowingly and intentionally coming within 100 feet of
34	the petitioner's motor vehicle, whether or not that vehicle is
35	occupied;
36	(7)  Defacing or destroying the petitioner's personal
37	property, including the petitioner's motor vehicle; or
38	(8)  Refusing to surrender firearms or ammunition if
39	ordered to do so by the court,
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41	commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as
42	provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
43	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.