Bill Text: FL H0119 | 2010 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Sexual Offenders and Predators [SPSC]
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 23-5)
Status: (Passed) 2010-05-26 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2010-92 [H0119 Detail]
Download: Florida-2010-H0119-Engrossed.html
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2 | An act relating to sexual offenders and predators; |
3 | creating s. 856.022, F.S.; prohibiting loitering or |
4 | prowling by certain offenders within a specified distance |
5 | of places where children were congregating; prohibiting |
6 | certain actions toward a child at a public park or |
7 | playground by certain offenders; prohibiting the presence |
8 | of certain offenders at or on real property comprising a |
9 | child care facility or prekindergarten through grade 12 |
10 | school without notice and supervision; providing |
11 | exceptions; providing penalties; amending s. 775.21, F.S.; |
12 | revising and providing definitions; conforming terminology |
13 | to changes made by the act; revising provisions relating |
14 | to residence reporting requirements for sexual predators; |
15 | transferring, renumbering, and amending s. 794.065, F.S.; |
16 | providing definitions; substituting the term "child care |
17 | facility" for the term "day care center"; providing that |
18 | the section does not apply to a person living in an |
19 | approved residence before the establishment of a school, |
20 | child care facility, park, or playground within 1,000 feet |
21 | of the residence; including offenses in other |
22 | jurisdictions that are similar to the offenses listed for |
23 | purposes of providing residency restrictions for persons |
24 | convicted of certain sex offenses, applicable to offenses |
25 | committed on or after a specified date; providing that the |
26 | section does not apply to persons who were removed from |
27 | the requirement to register as a sexual offender or sexual |
28 | predator under a specified provision; amending s. |
29 | 943.0435, F.S.; revising provisions relating to residence |
30 | reporting requirements for sexual offenders; amending s. |
31 | 943.04352, F.S.; requiring that the probation services |
32 | provider search in an additional specified sex offender |
33 | registry for information regarding sexual predators and |
34 | sexual offenders when an offender is placed on misdemeanor |
35 | probation; amending s. 943.04354, F.S.; allowing the |
36 | removal of the requirement to register as a sexual |
37 | offender or sexual predator for a violation involving |
38 | sexual performance by a child in special circumstances; |
39 | amending s. 944.606, F.S.; revising address reporting |
40 | requirements for sexual offenders; amending s. 944.607, |
41 | F.S.; requiring additional registration information from |
42 | sex offenders who are under the supervision of the |
43 | Department of Corrections but who are not incarcerated; |
44 | amending s. 947.005, F.S.; providing additional |
45 | definitions; amending s. 947.1405, F.S.; conforming |
46 | terminology to changes made by the act; providing that a |
47 | releasee living in an approved residence before the |
48 | establishment of a school, child care facility, park, or |
49 | playground within 1,000 feet of the residence may not be |
50 | forced to relocate and does not violate his or her |
51 | conditional release supervision; revising provisions |
52 | relating to polygraph examinations of specified |
53 | conditional releasees who have committed specified sexual |
54 | offenses; providing additional restrictions for certain |
55 | conditional releasees who have committed specified sexual |
56 | offenses against minors or have similar convictions in |
57 | another jurisdiction; amending s. 948.001, F.S.; revising |
58 | and providing definitions; amending s. 948.30, F.S.; |
59 | conforming terminology to changes made by the act; |
60 | providing that a probationer or community controllee |
61 | living in an approved residence before the establishment |
62 | of a school, child care facility, park, or playground |
63 | within 1,000 feet of the residence may not be forced to |
64 | relocate and does not violate his or her probation or |
65 | community control; revising provisions relating to |
66 | polygraph examinations of specified probationers or |
67 | community controllees who have committed specified sexual |
68 | offenses; providing additional restrictions for certain |
69 | probationers or community controllees who committed |
70 | specified sexual offenses against minors or who have |
71 | similar convictions in another jurisdiction; amending s. |
72 | 948.31, F.S.; deleting a requirement for diagnosis of |
73 | certain sexual predators and sexual offenders on community |
74 | control; revising provisions relating to treatment for |
75 | such offenders and predators; amending s. 985.481, F.S.; |
76 | providing additional address reporting requirements for |
77 | sexual offenders adjudicated delinquent; amending s. |
78 | 985.4815, F.S.; revising provisions relating to address |
79 | and residence reporting requirements for sexual offenders |
80 | adjudicated delinquent; providing legislative intent; |
81 | providing severability; providing a directive to the |
82 | Division of Statutory Revision; providing an effective |
83 | date. |
84 | |
85 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
86 | |
87 | Section 1. Section 856.022, Florida Statutes, is created |
88 | to read: |
89 | 856.022 Loitering or prowling by certain offenders in |
90 | close proximity to children; penalty.- |
91 | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), this section |
92 | applies to a person convicted of committing, or attempting, |
93 | soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any of the criminal |
94 | offenses proscribed in the following statutes in this state or |
95 | similar offenses in another jurisdiction against a victim who |
96 | was under 18 years of age at the time of the offense: s. 787.01, |
97 | s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), where the victim is a minor and |
98 | the offender was not the victim's parent or guardian; s. |
99 | 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s. |
100 | 796.035; s. 800.04; s. 825.1025; s. 827.071; s. 847.0133; s. |
101 | 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(6); s. 847.0137; s. 847.0138; s. |
102 | 847.0145; s. 985.701(1); or any similar offense committed in |
103 | this state which has been redesignated from a former statute |
104 | number to one of those listed in this subsection, if the person |
105 | has not received a pardon for any felony or similar law of |
106 | another jurisdiction necessary for the operation of this |
107 | subsection and a conviction of a felony or similar law of |
108 | another jurisdiction necessary for the operation of this |
109 | subsection has not been set aside in any postconviction |
110 | proceeding. |
111 | (2) This section does not apply to a person who has been |
112 | removed from the requirement to register as a sexual offender or |
113 | sexual predator pursuant to s. 943.04354. |
114 | (3) A person described in subsection (1) commits loitering |
115 | and prowling by a person convicted of a sexual offense against a |
116 | minor if, in committing loitering and prowling, he or she was |
117 | within 300 feet of a place where children were congregating. |
118 | (4) It is unlawful for a person described in subsection |
119 | (1) to: |
120 | (a) Knowingly approach, contact, or communicate with a |
121 | child under 18 years of age in any public park building or on |
122 | real property comprising any public park or playground with the |
123 | intent to engage in conduct of a sexual nature or to make a |
124 | communication of any type with any content of a sexual nature. |
125 | This paragraph applies only to a person described in subsection |
126 | (1) whose offense was committed on or after the effective date |
127 | of this act. |
128 | (b)1. Knowingly be present in any child care facility or |
129 | school containing any students in prekindergarten through grade |
130 | 12 or on real property comprising any child care facility or |
131 | school containing any students in prekindergarten through grade |
132 | 12 when the child care facility or school is in operation unless |
133 | the person had previously provided written notification of his |
134 | or her intent to be present to the school board, superintendent, |
135 | principal, or child care facility owner; |
136 | 2. Fail to notify the child care facility owner or the |
137 | school principal's office when he or she arrives and departs the |
138 | child care facility or school; or |
139 | 3. Fail to remain under direct supervision of a school |
140 | official or designated chaperone when present in the vicinity of |
141 | children. As used in this paragraph, the term "school official" |
142 | means a principal, a school resource officer, a teacher or any |
143 | other employee of the school, the superintendent of schools, a |
144 | member of the school board, a child care facility owner, or a |
145 | child care provider. |
146 | (c) A person is not in violation of paragraph (b) if: |
147 | 1. The child care facility or school is a voting location |
148 | and the person is present for the purpose of voting during the |
149 | hours designated for voting; or |
150 | 2. The person is only dropping off or picking up his or |
151 | her own children or grandchildren at the child care facility or |
152 | school. |
153 | (5) Any person who violates this section commits a |
154 | misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. |
155 | 775.082 or s. 775.083. |
156 | Section 2. Subsection (2), paragraph (c) of subsection |
157 | (4), paragraph (a) of subsection (5), paragraphs (a), (f), (g), |
158 | (i), and (j) of subsection (6), paragraph (a) of subsection (7), |
159 | paragraph (a) of subsection (8), and paragraph (b) of subsection |
160 | (10) of section 775.21, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
161 | 775.21 The Florida Sexual Predators Act.- |
162 | (2) DEFINITIONS.-As used in this section, the term: |
163 | (a) |
164 | the commencement or termination of enrollment or employment or a |
165 | change in location of enrollment or employment. |
166 | (b) |
167 | officer of a municipality. |
168 | (c) "Child care facility" has the same meaning as provided |
169 | in s. 402.302. |
170 | (d) |
171 | predator lives or otherwise establishes or maintains a temporary |
172 | or permanent residence. |
173 | (e) |
174 | is the result of a trial or the entry of a plea of guilty or |
175 | nolo contendere, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld. |
176 | A conviction for a similar offense includes, but is not limited |
177 | to, a conviction by a federal or military tribunal, including |
178 | courts-martial conducted by the Armed Forces of the United |
179 | States, and includes a conviction or entry of a plea of guilty |
180 | or nolo contendere resulting in a sanction in any state of the |
181 | United States or other jurisdiction. A sanction includes, but is |
182 | not limited to, a fine, probation, community control, parole, |
183 | conditional release, control release, or incarceration in a |
184 | state prison, federal prison, private correctional facility, or |
185 | local detention facility. |
186 | (f) |
187 | Enforcement. |
188 | (g) |
189 | provided in s. 668.602. |
190 | (h) |
191 | from a correctional facility or jail or secure treatment |
192 | facility within the county or being under supervision within the |
193 | county for the commission of a violation enumerated in |
194 | subsection (4). |
195 | (i) |
196 | allows a person to communicate in real time with another person |
197 | using the Internet. |
198 | (j) |
199 | center, community college, college, state university, or |
200 | independent postsecondary institution. |
201 | (k) |
202 | person abides, lodges, or resides for 5 or more consecutive |
203 | days. |
204 | (l) |
205 | person abides, lodges, or resides, including, but not limited |
206 | to, vacation, business, or personal travel destinations in or |
207 | out of this state, for a period of 5 or more days in the |
208 | aggregate during any calendar year and which is not the person's |
209 | permanent address or, for a person whose permanent residence is |
210 | not in this state, a place where the person is employed, |
211 | practices a vocation, or is enrolled as a student for any period |
212 | of time in this state. |
213 | (m) "Transient residence" means a place or county where a |
214 | person lives, remains, or is located for a period of 5 or more |
215 | days in the aggregate during a calendar year and which is not |
216 | the person's permanent or temporary address. The term includes, |
217 | but is not limited to, a place where the person sleeps or seeks |
218 | shelter and a location that has no specific street address. |
219 | (4) SEXUAL PREDATOR CRITERIA.- |
220 | (c) If an offender has been registered as a sexual |
221 | predator by the Department of Corrections, the department, or |
222 | any other law enforcement agency and if: |
223 | 1. The court did not, for whatever reason, make a written |
224 | finding at the time of sentencing that the offender was a sexual |
225 | predator; or |
226 | 2. The offender was administratively registered as a |
227 | sexual predator because the Department of Corrections, the |
228 | department, or any other law enforcement agency obtained |
229 | information that indicated that the offender met the criteria |
230 | for designation as a sexual predator based on a violation of a |
231 | similar law in another jurisdiction, |
232 | |
233 | the department shall remove that offender from the department's |
234 | list of sexual predators and, for an offender described under |
235 | subparagraph 1., shall notify the state attorney who prosecuted |
236 | the offense that met the criteria for administrative designation |
237 | as a sexual predator, and, for an offender described under this |
238 | paragraph, shall notify the state attorney of the county where |
239 | the offender establishes or maintains a permanent, |
240 | or transient residence. The state attorney shall bring the |
241 | matter to the court's attention in order to establish that the |
242 | offender meets the criteria for designation as a sexual |
243 | predator. If the court makes a written finding that the offender |
244 | is a sexual predator, the offender must be designated as a |
245 | sexual predator, must register or be registered as a sexual |
246 | predator with the department as provided in subsection (6), and |
247 | is subject to the community and public notification as provided |
248 | in subsection (7). If the court does not make a written finding |
249 | that the offender is a sexual predator, the offender may not be |
250 | designated as a sexual predator with respect to that offense and |
251 | is not required to register or be registered as a sexual |
252 | predator with the department. |
253 | (5) SEXUAL PREDATOR DESIGNATION.-An offender is designated |
254 | as a sexual predator as follows: |
255 | (a)1. An offender who meets the sexual predator criteria |
256 | described in paragraph (4)(d) is a sexual predator, and the |
257 | court shall make a written finding at the time such offender is |
258 | determined to be a sexually violent predator under chapter 394 |
259 | that such person meets the criteria for designation as a sexual |
260 | predator for purposes of this section. The clerk shall transmit |
261 | a copy of the order containing the written finding to the |
262 | department within 48 hours after the entry of the order; |
263 | 2. An offender who meets the sexual predator criteria |
264 | described in paragraph (4)(a) who is before the court for |
265 | sentencing for a current offense committed on or after October |
266 | 1, 1993, is a sexual predator, and the sentencing court must |
267 | make a written finding at the time of sentencing that the |
268 | offender is a sexual predator, and the clerk of the court shall |
269 | transmit a copy of the order containing the written finding to |
270 | the department within 48 hours after the entry of the order; or |
271 | 3. If the Department of Corrections, the department, or |
272 | any other law enforcement agency obtains information which |
273 | indicates that an offender who establishes or maintains a |
274 | permanent, |
275 | meets the sexual predator criteria described in paragraph (4)(a) |
276 | or paragraph (4)(d) because the offender was civilly committed |
277 | or committed a similar violation in another jurisdiction on or |
278 | after October 1, 1993, the Department of Corrections, the |
279 | department, or the law enforcement agency shall notify the state |
280 | attorney of the county where the offender establishes or |
281 | maintains a permanent, |
282 | the offender's presence in the community. The state attorney |
283 | shall file a petition with the criminal division of the circuit |
284 | court for the purpose of holding a hearing to determine if the |
285 | offender's criminal record or record of civil commitment from |
286 | another jurisdiction meets the sexual predator criteria. If the |
287 | court finds that the offender meets the sexual predator criteria |
288 | because the offender has violated a similar law or similar laws |
289 | in another jurisdiction, the court shall make a written finding |
290 | that the offender is a sexual predator. |
291 | |
292 | When the court makes a written finding that an offender is a |
293 | sexual predator, the court shall inform the sexual predator of |
294 | the registration and community and public notification |
295 | requirements described in this section. Within 48 hours after |
296 | the court designating an offender as a sexual predator, the |
297 | clerk of the circuit court shall transmit a copy of the court's |
298 | written sexual predator finding to the department. If the |
299 | offender is sentenced to a term of imprisonment or supervision, |
300 | a copy of the court's written sexual predator finding must be |
301 | submitted to the Department of Corrections. |
302 | (6) REGISTRATION.- |
303 | (a) A sexual predator must register with the department |
304 | through the sheriff's office by providing the following |
305 | information to the department: |
306 | 1. Name; |
307 | of birth; |
308 | address of legal residence and address of any current temporary |
309 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
310 | route address and a post office box; |
311 | temporary address, any transient residence within the state; |
312 | address, location or description, and dates of any current or |
313 | known future temporary residence within the state or out of |
314 | state; any electronic mail address and any instant message name |
315 | required to be provided pursuant to subparagraph (g)4.; |
316 | telephone number and any cellular telephone number; |
317 | place of any employment; |
318 | fingerprints; |
319 | committed by the offender. A post office box shall not be |
320 | provided in lieu of a physical residential address. |
321 | a. If the sexual predator's place of residence is a motor |
322 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
323 | in chapter 320, the sexual predator shall also provide to the |
324 | department written notice of the vehicle identification number; |
325 | the license tag number; the registration number; and a |
326 | description, including color scheme, of the motor vehicle, |
327 | trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home. If a sexual |
328 | predator's place of residence is a vessel, live-aboard vessel, |
329 | or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the sexual predator |
330 | shall also provide to the department written notice of the hull |
331 | identification number; the manufacturer's serial number; the |
332 | name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the |
333 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
334 | of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
335 | b. If the sexual predator is enrolled, employed, or |
336 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
337 | this state, the sexual predator shall also provide to the |
338 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
339 | including each campus attended, and the sexual predator's |
340 | enrollment or employment status. Each change in enrollment or |
341 | employment status shall be reported in person at the sheriff's |
342 | office, or the Department of Corrections if the sexual predator |
343 | is in the custody or control of or under the supervision of the |
344 | Department of Corrections, within 48 hours after any change in |
345 | status. The sheriff or the Department of Corrections shall |
346 | promptly notify each institution of the sexual predator's |
347 | presence and any change in the sexual predator's enrollment or |
348 | employment status. |
349 | 2. Any other information determined necessary by the |
350 | department, including criminal and corrections records; |
351 | nonprivileged personnel and treatment records; and evidentiary |
352 | genetic markers when available. |
353 | (f) Within 48 hours after the registration required under |
354 | paragraph (a) or paragraph (e), a sexual predator who is not |
355 | incarcerated and who resides in the community, including a |
356 | sexual predator under the supervision of the Department of |
357 | Corrections, shall register in person at a driver's license |
358 | office of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles |
359 | and shall present proof of registration. At the driver's license |
360 | office the sexual predator shall: |
361 | 1. If otherwise qualified, secure a Florida driver's |
362 | license, renew a Florida driver's license, or secure an |
363 | identification card. The sexual predator shall identify himself |
364 | or herself as a sexual predator who is required to comply with |
365 | this section, provide his or her place of permanent, |
366 | temporary, or transient residence, including a rural route |
367 | address and a post office box, and submit to the taking of a |
368 | photograph for use in issuing a driver's license, renewed |
369 | license, or identification card, and for use by the department |
370 | in maintaining current records of sexual predators. A post |
371 | office box shall not be provided in lieu of a physical |
372 | residential address. If the sexual predator's place of residence |
373 | is a motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, |
374 | as defined in chapter 320, the sexual predator shall also |
375 | provide to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles |
376 | the vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
377 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
378 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
379 | home. If a sexual predator's place of residence is a vessel, |
380 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
381 | sexual predator shall also provide to the Department of Highway |
382 | Safety and Motor Vehicles the hull identification number; the |
383 | manufacturer's serial number; the name of the vessel, live- |
384 | aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration number; and a |
385 | description, including color scheme, of the vessel, live-aboard |
386 | vessel, or houseboat. |
387 | 2. Pay the costs assessed by the Department of Highway |
388 | Safety and Motor Vehicles for issuing or renewing a driver's |
389 | license or identification card as required by this section. The |
390 | driver's license or identification card issued to the sexual |
391 | predator must be in compliance with s. 322.141(3). |
392 | 3. Provide, upon request, any additional information |
393 | necessary to confirm the identity of the sexual predator, |
394 | including a set of fingerprints. |
395 | (g)1. Each time a sexual predator's driver's license or |
396 | identification card is subject to renewal, and, without regard |
397 | to the status of the predator's driver's license or |
398 | identification card, within 48 hours after any change of the |
399 | predator's residence or change in the predator's name by reason |
400 | of marriage or other legal process, the predator shall report in |
401 | person to a driver's license office and shall be subject to the |
402 | requirements specified in paragraph (f). The Department of |
403 | Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall forward to the |
404 | department and to the Department of Corrections all photographs |
405 | and information provided by sexual predators. Notwithstanding |
406 | the restrictions set forth in s. 322.142, the Department of |
407 | Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is authorized to release a |
408 | reproduction of a color-photograph or digital-image license to |
409 | the Department of Law Enforcement for purposes of public |
410 | notification of sexual predators as provided in this section. |
411 | 2. A sexual predator who vacates a permanent, temporary, |
412 | or transient residence and fails to establish or maintain |
413 | another permanent, |
414 | within 48 hours after vacating the permanent, temporary, or |
415 | transient residence, report in person to the sheriff's office of |
416 | the county in which he or she is located. The sexual predator |
417 | shall specify the date upon which he or she intends to or did |
418 | vacate such residence. The sexual predator must provide or |
419 | update all of the registration information required under |
420 | paragraph (a). The sexual predator must provide an address for |
421 | the residence or other place |
422 | be located |
423 | establish or maintain a permanent or temporary residence. |
424 | 3. A sexual predator who remains at a permanent, |
425 | temporary, or transient residence after reporting his or her |
426 | intent to vacate such residence shall, within 48 hours after the |
427 | date upon which the predator indicated he or she would or did |
428 | vacate such residence, report in person to the sheriff's office |
429 | to which he or she reported pursuant to subparagraph 2. for the |
430 | purpose of reporting his or her address at such residence. When |
431 | the sheriff receives the report, the sheriff shall promptly |
432 | convey the information to the department. An offender who makes |
433 | a report as required under subparagraph 2. but fails to make a |
434 | report as required under this subparagraph commits a felony of |
435 | the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. |
436 | 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
437 | 4. A sexual predator must register any electronic mail |
438 | address or instant message name with the department prior to |
439 | using such electronic mail address or instant message name on or |
440 | after October 1, 2007. The department shall establish an online |
441 | system through which sexual predators may securely access and |
442 | update all electronic mail address and instant message name |
443 | information. |
444 | (i) A sexual predator who intends to establish a |
445 | permanent, temporary, or transient residence in another state or |
446 | jurisdiction other than the State of Florida shall report in |
447 | person to the sheriff of the county of current residence within |
448 | 48 hours before the date he or she intends to leave this state |
449 | to establish residence in another state or jurisdiction. The |
450 | sexual predator must provide to the sheriff the address, |
451 | municipality, county, and state of intended residence. The |
452 | sheriff shall promptly provide to the department the information |
453 | received from the sexual predator. The department shall notify |
454 | the statewide law enforcement agency, or a comparable agency, in |
455 | the intended state or jurisdiction of residence of the sexual |
456 | predator's intended residence. The failure of a sexual predator |
457 | to provide his or her intended place of residence is punishable |
458 | as provided in subsection (10). |
459 | (j) A sexual predator who indicates his or her intent to |
460 | establish a permanent, temporary, or transient residence |
461 | in another state or jurisdiction other than the State of Florida |
462 | and later decides to remain in this state shall, within 48 hours |
463 | after the date upon which the sexual predator indicated he or |
464 | she would leave this state, report in person to the sheriff to |
465 | which the sexual predator reported the intended change of |
466 | residence, and report his or her intent to remain in this state. |
467 | If the sheriff is notified by the sexual predator that he or she |
468 | intends to remain in this state, the sheriff shall promptly |
469 | report this information to the department. A sexual predator who |
470 | reports his or her intent to establish a permanent, temporary, |
471 | or transient residence |
472 | but who remains in this state without reporting to the sheriff |
473 | in the manner required by this paragraph, commits a felony of |
474 | the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. |
475 | 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
476 | (7) COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.- |
477 | (a) Law enforcement agencies must inform members of the |
478 | community and the public of a sexual predator's presence. Upon |
479 | notification of the presence of a sexual predator, the sheriff |
480 | of the county or the chief of police of the municipality where |
481 | the sexual predator establishes or maintains a permanent or |
482 | temporary residence shall notify members of the community and |
483 | the public of the presence of the sexual predator in a manner |
484 | deemed appropriate by the sheriff or the chief of police. Within |
485 | 48 hours after receiving notification of the presence of a |
486 | sexual predator, the sheriff of the county or the chief of |
487 | police of the municipality where the sexual predator temporarily |
488 | or permanently resides shall notify each licensed child care |
489 | facility |
490 | high school within a 1-mile radius of the temporary or permanent |
491 | residence of the sexual predator of the presence of the sexual |
492 | predator. Information provided to members of the community and |
493 | the public regarding a sexual predator must include: |
494 | 1. The name of the sexual predator; |
495 | 2. A description of the sexual predator, including a |
496 | photograph; |
497 | 3. The sexual predator's current permanent, temporary, and |
498 | transient addresses, and descriptions of registered locations |
499 | that have no specific street address, including the name of the |
500 | county or municipality if known; |
501 | 4. The circumstances of the sexual predator's offense or |
502 | offenses; and |
503 | 5. Whether the victim of the sexual predator's offense or |
504 | offenses was, at the time of the offense, a minor or an adult. |
505 | |
506 | This paragraph does not authorize the release of the name of any |
507 | victim of the sexual predator. |
508 | (8) VERIFICATION.-The department and the Department of |
509 | Corrections shall implement a system for verifying the addresses |
510 | of sexual predators. The system must be consistent with the |
511 | provisions of the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety |
512 | Act of 2006 and any other federal standards applicable to such |
513 | verification or required to be met as a condition for the |
514 | receipt of federal funds by the state. The Department of |
515 | Corrections shall verify the addresses of sexual predators who |
516 | are not incarcerated but who reside in the community under the |
517 | supervision of the Department of Corrections and shall report to |
518 | the department any failure by a sexual predator to comply with |
519 | registration requirements. County and local law enforcement |
520 | agencies, in conjunction with the department, shall verify the |
521 | addresses of sexual predators who are not under the care, |
522 | custody, control, or supervision of the Department of |
523 | Corrections. Local law enforcement agencies shall report to the |
524 | department any failure by a sexual predator to comply with |
525 | registration requirements. |
526 | (a) A sexual predator must report in person each year |
527 | during the month of the sexual predator's birthday and during |
528 | every third month thereafter to the sheriff's office in the |
529 | county in which he or she resides or is otherwise located to |
530 | reregister. The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
531 | times and days for reporting by the sexual predator, which shall |
532 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this paragraph. |
533 | Reregistration shall include any changes to the following |
534 | information: |
535 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
536 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
537 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
538 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
539 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
540 | temporary address, any transient residence within the state; |
541 | address, location or description, and dates of any current or |
542 | known future temporary residence within the state or out of |
543 | state; any electronic mail address and any instant message name |
544 | required to be provided pursuant to subparagraph (6)(g)4.; home |
545 | telephone number and any cellular telephone number; date and |
546 | place of any employment; vehicle make, model, color, and license |
547 | tag number; fingerprints; and photograph. A post office box |
548 | shall not be provided in lieu of a physical residential address. |
549 | 2. If the sexual predator is enrolled, employed, or |
550 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
551 | this state, the sexual predator shall also provide to the |
552 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
553 | including each campus attended, and the sexual predator's |
554 | enrollment or employment status. |
555 | 3. If the sexual predator's place of residence is a motor |
556 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
557 | in chapter 320, the sexual predator shall also provide the |
558 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
559 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
560 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
561 | home. If the sexual predator's place of residence is a vessel, |
562 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
563 | sexual predator shall also provide the hull identification |
564 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
565 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
566 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
567 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
568 | (10) PENALTIES.- |
569 | (b) A sexual predator who has been convicted of or found |
570 | to have committed, or has pled nolo contendere or guilty to, |
571 | regardless of adjudication, any violation, or attempted |
572 | violation, of s. 787.01, s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), where |
573 | the victim is a minor and the defendant is not the victim's |
574 | parent or guardian; s. 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); s. |
575 | 794.05; s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s. 800.04; s. 827.071; s. |
576 | 847.0133; s. 847.0135(5); s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or a |
577 | violation of a similar law of another jurisdiction when the |
578 | victim of the offense was a minor, and who works, whether for |
579 | compensation or as a volunteer, at any business, school, child |
580 | care facility |
581 | where children regularly congregate, commits a felony of the |
582 | third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, |
583 | or s. 775.084. |
584 | Section 3. Section 794.065, Florida Statutes, is |
585 | transferred, renumbered as section 775.215, Florida Statutes, |
586 | and amended to read: |
587 | 775.215 |
588 | |
589 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
590 | (a) "Child care facility" has the same meaning as provided |
591 | in s. 402.302. |
592 | (b) "Park" means all public and private property |
593 | specifically designated as being used for recreational purposes |
594 | and where children regularly congregate. |
595 | (c) "Playground" means a designated independent area in |
596 | the community or neighborhood that is designated solely for |
597 | children and has one or more play structures. |
598 | (d) "School" has the same meaning as provided in s. |
599 | 1003.01 and includes a private school as defined in s. 1002.01, |
600 | a voluntary prekindergarten education program as described in s. |
601 | 1002.53(3), a public school as described in s. 402.3025(1), the |
602 | Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, the Florida Virtual |
603 | School as established under s. 1002.37, and a K-8 Virtual School |
604 | as established under s. 1002.415, but does not include |
605 | facilities dedicated exclusively to the education of adults. |
606 | (2)(a) |
607 | convicted of a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, |
608 | s. 847.0135(5), or s. 847.0145, regardless of whether |
609 | adjudication has been withheld, in which the victim of the |
610 | offense was less than 16 years of age, may not |
611 | 1,000 feet of any school, child care facility |
612 | park, or playground. However, a person does not violate this |
613 | subsection and may not be forced to relocate if he or she is |
614 | living in a residence that meets the requirements of this |
615 | subsection and a school, child care facility, park, or |
616 | playground is subsequently established within 1,000 feet of his |
617 | or her residence. |
618 | (b) A person who violates this subsection |
619 | whose conviction under s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, s. |
620 | 847.0135(5), or s. 847.0145 was classified as a felony of the |
621 | first degree or higher commits a felony of the third degree, |
622 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who |
623 | violates this subsection |
624 | 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, s. 847.0135(5), or s. 847.0145 |
625 | was classified as a felony of the second or third degree commits |
626 | a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. |
627 | 775.082 or s. 775.083. |
628 | (c) |
629 | convicted of a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, |
630 | s. 847.0135(5), or s. 847.0145 for offenses that occur on or |
631 | after October 1, 2004, excluding persons who have been removed |
632 | from the requirement to register as a sexual offender or sexual |
633 | predator pursuant to s. 943.04354. |
634 | (3)(a) A person who has been convicted of an offense in |
635 | another jurisdiction that is similar to a violation of s. |
636 | 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, s. 847.0135(5), or s. 847.0145, |
637 | regardless of whether adjudication has been withheld, in which |
638 | the victim of the offense was less than 16 years of age, may not |
639 | reside within 1,000 feet of any school, child care facility, |
640 | park, or playground. However, a person does not violate this |
641 | subsection and may not be forced to relocate if he or she is |
642 | living in a residence that meets the requirements of this |
643 | subsection and a school, child care facility, park, or |
644 | playground is subsequently established within 1,000 feet of his |
645 | or her residence. |
646 | (b) A person who violates this subsection and whose |
647 | conviction in another jurisdiction resulted in a penalty that is |
648 | substantially similar to a felony of the first degree or higher |
649 | commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in |
650 | s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who violates this subsection |
651 | and whose conviction in another jurisdiction resulted in a |
652 | penalty that is substantially similar to a felony of the second |
653 | or third degree commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, |
654 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. |
655 | (c) This subsection applies to any person convicted of an |
656 | offense in another jurisdiction that is similar to a violation |
657 | of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, s. 847.0135(5), or s. |
658 | 847.0145 if such offense occurred on or after the effective date |
659 | of this act, excluding persons who have been removed from the |
660 | requirement to register as a sexual offender or sexual predator |
661 | pursuant to s. 943.04354. |
662 | Section 4. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1), subsection |
663 | (2), paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subsection (4), subsections |
664 | (7), (8), and (10), and paragraph (c) of subsection (14) of |
665 | section 943.0435, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
666 | 943.0435 Sexual offenders required to register with the |
667 | department; penalty.- |
668 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
669 | (c) "Permanent residence," |
670 | "transient residence" have the same meaning ascribed in s. |
671 | 775.21. |
672 | (2) A sexual offender shall: |
673 | (a) Report in person at the sheriff's office: |
674 | 1. In the county in which the offender establishes or |
675 | maintains a permanent, |
676 | within 48 hours after: |
677 | a. Establishing permanent, |
678 | residence in this state; or |
679 | b. Being released from the custody, control, or |
680 | supervision of the Department of Corrections or from the custody |
681 | of a private correctional facility; or |
682 | 2. In the county where he or she was convicted within 48 |
683 | hours after being convicted for a qualifying offense for |
684 | registration under this section if the offender is not in the |
685 | custody or control of, or under the supervision of, the |
686 | Department of Corrections, or is not in the custody of a private |
687 | correctional facility. |
688 | |
689 | Any change in the information required to be provided pursuant |
690 | to paragraph (b), including, but not limited to, any change in |
691 | the sexual offender's permanent, |
692 | residence, name, any electronic mail address and any instant |
693 | message name required to be provided pursuant to paragraph |
694 | (4)(d), after the sexual offender reports in person at the |
695 | sheriff's office, shall be accomplished in the manner provided |
696 | in subsections (4), (7), and (8). |
697 | (b) Provide his or her name; |
698 | security number; |
699 | color; |
700 | place of employment; |
701 | address of any current temporary residence, within the state or |
702 | |
703 | office box; |
704 | residence within the state, address, location or description, |
705 | and dates of any current or known future temporary residence |
706 | within the state or out of state; home telephone number and any |
707 | cellular telephone number; |
708 | instant message name required to be provided pursuant to |
709 | paragraph (4)(d); |
710 | brief description of the crime or crimes committed by the |
711 | offender. A post office box shall not be provided in lieu of a |
712 | physical residential address. |
713 | 1. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
714 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
715 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
716 | department through the sheriff's office written notice of the |
717 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
718 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
719 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
720 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
721 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
722 | sexual offender shall also provide to the department written |
723 | notice of the hull identification number; the manufacturer's |
724 | serial number; the name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or |
725 | houseboat; the registration number; and a description, including |
726 | color scheme, of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
727 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
728 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
729 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
730 | department through the sheriff's office the name, address, and |
731 | county of each institution, including each campus attended, and |
732 | the sexual offender's enrollment or employment status. Each |
733 | change in enrollment or employment status shall be reported in |
734 | person at the sheriff's office, within 48 hours after any change |
735 | in status. The sheriff shall promptly notify each institution of |
736 | the sexual offender's presence and any change in the sexual |
737 | offender's enrollment or employment status. |
738 | |
739 | When a sexual offender reports at the sheriff's office, the |
740 | sheriff shall take a photograph and a set of fingerprints of the |
741 | offender and forward the photographs and fingerprints to the |
742 | department, along with the information provided by the sexual |
743 | offender. The sheriff shall promptly provide to the department |
744 | the information received from the sexual offender. |
745 | (4)(a) Each time a sexual offender's driver's license or |
746 | identification card is subject to renewal, and, without regard |
747 | to the status of the offender's driver's license or |
748 | identification card, within 48 hours after any change in the |
749 | offender's permanent, |
750 | change in the offender's name by reason of marriage or other |
751 | legal process, the offender shall report in person to a driver's |
752 | license office, and shall be subject to the requirements |
753 | specified in subsection (3). The Department of Highway Safety |
754 | and Motor Vehicles shall forward to the department all |
755 | photographs and information provided by sexual offenders. |
756 | Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in s. 322.142, the |
757 | Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is authorized to |
758 | release a reproduction of a color-photograph or digital-image |
759 | license to the Department of Law Enforcement for purposes of |
760 | public notification of sexual offenders as provided in this |
761 | section and ss. 943.043 and 944.606. |
762 | (b) A sexual offender who vacates a permanent, temporary, |
763 | or transient residence and fails to establish or maintain |
764 | another permanent, |
765 | within 48 hours after vacating the permanent, temporary, or |
766 | transient residence, report in person to the sheriff's office of |
767 | the county in which he or she is located. The sexual offender |
768 | shall specify the date upon which he or she intends to or did |
769 | vacate such residence. The sexual offender must provide or |
770 | update all of the registration information required under |
771 | paragraph (2)(b). The sexual offender must provide an address |
772 | for the residence or other place |
773 | will be located |
774 | fails to establish or maintain a permanent or temporary |
775 | residence. |
776 | (c) A sexual offender who remains at a permanent, |
777 | temporary, or transient residence after reporting his or her |
778 | intent to vacate such residence shall, within 48 hours after the |
779 | date upon which the offender indicated he or she would or did |
780 | vacate such residence, report in person to the agency to which |
781 | he or she reported pursuant to paragraph (b) for the purpose of |
782 | reporting his or her address at such residence. When the sheriff |
783 | receives the report, the sheriff shall promptly convey the |
784 | information to the department. An offender who makes a report as |
785 | required under paragraph (b) but fails to make a report as |
786 | required under this paragraph commits a felony of the second |
787 | degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. |
788 | 775.084. |
789 | (7) A sexual offender who intends to establish a |
790 | permanent, temporary, or transient residence in another state or |
791 | jurisdiction other than the State of Florida shall report in |
792 | person to the sheriff of the county of current residence within |
793 | 48 hours before the date he or she intends to leave this state |
794 | to establish residence in another state or jurisdiction. The |
795 | notification must include the address, municipality, county, and |
796 | state of intended residence. The sheriff shall promptly provide |
797 | to the department the information received from the sexual |
798 | offender. The department shall notify the statewide law |
799 | enforcement agency, or a comparable agency, in the intended |
800 | state or jurisdiction of residence of the sexual offender's |
801 | intended residence. The failure of a sexual offender to provide |
802 | his or her intended place of residence is punishable as provided |
803 | in subsection (9). |
804 | (8) A sexual offender who indicates his or her intent to |
805 | establish a permanent, temporary, or transient residence |
806 | in another state or jurisdiction other than the State of Florida |
807 | and later decides to remain in this state shall, within 48 hours |
808 | after the date upon which the sexual offender indicated he or |
809 | she would leave this state, report in person to the sheriff to |
810 | which the sexual offender reported the intended change of |
811 | permanent, temporary, or transient residence, and report his or |
812 | her intent to remain in this state. The sheriff shall promptly |
813 | report this information to the department. A sexual offender who |
814 | reports his or her intent to establish a permanent, temporary, |
815 | or transient residence |
816 | but who remains in this state without reporting to the sheriff |
817 | in the manner required by this subsection commits a felony of |
818 | the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. |
819 | 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
820 | (10) The department, the Department of Highway Safety and |
821 | Motor Vehicles, the Department of Corrections, the Department of |
822 | Juvenile Justice, any law enforcement agency in this state, and |
823 | the personnel of those departments; an elected or appointed |
824 | official, public employee, or school administrator; or an |
825 | employee, agency, or any individual or entity acting at the |
826 | request or upon the direction of any law enforcement agency is |
827 | immune from civil liability for damages for good faith |
828 | compliance with the requirements of this section or for the |
829 | release of information under this section, and shall be presumed |
830 | to have acted in good faith in compiling, recording, reporting, |
831 | or releasing the information. The presumption of good faith is |
832 | not overcome if a technical or clerical error is made by the |
833 | department, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, |
834 | the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile |
835 | Justice, the personnel of those departments, or any individual |
836 | or entity acting at the request or upon the direction of any of |
837 | those departments in compiling or providing information, or if |
838 | information is incomplete or incorrect because a sexual offender |
839 | fails to report or falsely reports his or her current place of |
840 | permanent, |
841 | (14) |
842 | (c) The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
843 | times and days for reporting by the sexual offender, which shall |
844 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this |
845 | subsection. Reregistration shall include any changes to the |
846 | following information: |
847 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
848 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
849 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
850 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
851 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
852 | temporary address, any transient residence within the state; |
853 | address, location or description, and dates of any current or |
854 | known future temporary residence within the state or out of |
855 | state; any electronic mail address and any instant message name |
856 | required to be provided pursuant to paragraph (4)(d); home |
857 | telephone number and any cellular telephone number; date and |
858 | place of any employment; vehicle make, model, color, and license |
859 | tag number; fingerprints; and photograph. A post office box |
860 | shall not be provided in lieu of a physical residential address. |
861 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
862 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
863 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
864 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
865 | including each campus attended, and the sexual offender's |
866 | enrollment or employment status. |
867 | 3. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
868 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
869 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide the |
870 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
871 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
872 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
873 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
874 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
875 | sexual offender shall also provide the hull identification |
876 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
877 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
878 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
879 | vessel, live-aboard vessel or houseboat. |
880 | 4. Any sexual offender who fails to report in person as |
881 | required at the sheriff's office, or who fails to respond to any |
882 | address verification correspondence from the department within 3 |
883 | weeks of the date of the correspondence or who fails to report |
884 | electronic mail addresses or instant message names, commits a |
885 | felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. |
886 | 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
887 | Section 5. Section 943.04352, Florida Statutes, is amended |
888 | to read: |
889 | 943.04352 Search of registration information regarding |
890 | sexual predators and sexual offenders required when placement on |
891 | misdemeanor probation.-When the court places a defendant on |
892 | misdemeanor probation pursuant to ss. 948.01 and 948.15, the |
893 | public or private entity providing probation services must |
894 | conduct a search of the probationer's name or other identifying |
895 | information against the registration information regarding |
896 | sexual predators and sexual offenders maintained by the |
897 | Department of Law Enforcement under s. 943.043. The probation |
898 | services provider may conduct the search using the Internet site |
899 | maintained by the Department of Law Enforcement. Also, a |
900 | national search must be conducted through the Dru Sjodin |
901 | National Sex Offender Public Website maintained by the United |
902 | States Department of Justice. |
903 | Section 6. Section 943.04354, Florida Statutes, is amended |
904 | to read: |
905 | 943.04354 Removal of the requirement to register as a |
906 | sexual offender or sexual predator in special circumstances.- |
907 | (1) For purposes of this section, a person shall be |
908 | considered for removal of the requirement to register as a |
909 | sexual offender or sexual predator only if the person: |
910 | (a) Was or will be convicted or adjudicated delinquent of |
911 | a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. |
912 | 847.0135(5) or the person committed a violation of s. 794.011, |
913 | s. 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0135(5) for which adjudication |
914 | of guilt was or will be withheld, and the person does not have |
915 | any other conviction, adjudication of delinquency, or withhold |
916 | of adjudication of guilt for a violation of s. 794.011, s. |
917 | 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0135(5); |
918 | (b) Is required to register as a sexual offender or sexual |
919 | predator solely on the basis of this violation; and |
920 | (c) Is not more than 4 years older than the victim of this |
921 | violation who was 14 years of age or older but not more than 17 |
922 | years of age at the time the person committed this violation. |
923 | (2) If a person meets the criteria in subsection (1) and |
924 | the violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. |
925 | 847.0135(5) was committed on or after July 1, 2007, the person |
926 | may move the court that will sentence or dispose of this |
927 | violation to remove the requirement that the person register as |
928 | a sexual offender or sexual predator. The person must allege in |
929 | the motion that he or she meets the criteria in subsection (1) |
930 | and that removal of the registration requirement will not |
931 | conflict with federal law. The state attorney must be given |
932 | notice of the motion at least 21 days before the date of |
933 | sentencing or disposition of this violation and may present |
934 | evidence in opposition to the requested relief or may otherwise |
935 | demonstrate why the motion should be denied. At sentencing or |
936 | disposition of this violation, the court shall rule on this |
937 | motion and, if the court determines the person meets the |
938 | criteria in subsection (1) and the removal of the registration |
939 | requirement will not conflict with federal law, it may grant the |
940 | motion and order the removal of the registration requirement. If |
941 | the court denies the motion, the person is not authorized under |
942 | this section to petition for removal of the registration |
943 | requirement. |
944 | (3)(a) This subsection applies to a person who: |
945 | 1. Is not a person described in subsection (2) because the |
946 | violation of s. 794.011, |
947 | committed on or after July 1, 2007; |
948 | 2. Is subject to registration as a sexual offender or |
949 | sexual predator for a violation of s. 794.011, |
950 | s. 827.071; and |
951 | 3. Meets the criteria in subsection (1). |
952 | (b) A person may petition the court in which the sentence |
953 | or disposition for the violation of s. 794.011, |
954 | s. 827.071 occurred for removal of the requirement to register |
955 | as a sexual offender or sexual predator. The person must allege |
956 | in the petition that he or she meets the criteria in subsection |
957 | (1) and removal of the registration requirement will not |
958 | conflict with federal law. The state attorney must be given |
959 | notice of the petition at least 21 days before the hearing on |
960 | the petition and may present evidence in opposition to the |
961 | requested relief or may otherwise demonstrate why the petition |
962 | should be denied. The court shall rule on the petition and, if |
963 | the court determines the person meets the criteria in subsection |
964 | (1) and removal of the registration requirement will not |
965 | conflict with federal law, it may grant the petition and order |
966 | the removal of the registration requirement. If the court denies |
967 | the petition, the person is not authorized under this section to |
968 | file any further petition for removal of the registration |
969 | requirement. |
970 | (4) If a person provides to the Department of Law |
971 | Enforcement a certified copy of the court's order removing the |
972 | requirement that the person register as a sexual offender or |
973 | sexual predator for the violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. |
974 | 827.071, or s. 847.0135(5), the registration requirement will |
975 | not apply to the person and the department shall remove all |
976 | information about the person from the public registry of sexual |
977 | offenders and sexual predators maintained by the department. |
978 | However, the removal of this information from the public |
979 | registry does not mean that the public is denied access to |
980 | information about the person's criminal history or record that |
981 | is otherwise available as a public record. |
982 | Section 7. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section |
983 | 944.606, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
984 | 944.606 Sexual offenders; notification upon release.- |
985 | (3)(a) The department must provide information regarding |
986 | any sexual offender who is being released after serving a period |
987 | of incarceration for any offense, as follows: |
988 | 1. The department must provide: the sexual offender's |
989 | name, any change in the offender's name by reason of marriage or |
990 | other legal process, and any alias, if known; the correctional |
991 | facility from which the sexual offender is released; the sexual |
992 | offender's social security number, race, sex, date of birth, |
993 | height, weight, and hair and eye color; address of any planned |
994 | permanent residence or temporary residence, within the state or |
995 | out of state, including a rural route address and a post office |
996 | box; if no permanent or temporary address, any transient |
997 | residence within the state; address, location or description, |
998 | and dates of any known future temporary residence within the |
999 | state or out of state; date and county of sentence and each |
1000 | crime for which the offender was sentenced; a copy of the |
1001 | offender's fingerprints and a digitized photograph taken within |
1002 | 60 days before release; the date of release of the sexual |
1003 | offender; any electronic mail address and any instant message |
1004 | name required to be provided pursuant to s. 943.0435(4)(d); and |
1005 | home telephone number and any cellular telephone number |
1006 | |
1007 | shall notify the Department of Law Enforcement if the sexual |
1008 | offender escapes, absconds, or dies. If the sexual offender is |
1009 | in the custody of a private correctional facility, the facility |
1010 | shall take the digitized photograph of the sexual offender |
1011 | within 60 days before the sexual offender's release and provide |
1012 | this photograph to the Department of Corrections and also place |
1013 | it in the sexual offender's file. If the sexual offender is in |
1014 | the custody of a local jail, the custodian of the local jail |
1015 | shall register the offender within 3 business days after intake |
1016 | of the offender for any reason and upon release, and shall |
1017 | notify the Department of Law Enforcement of the sexual |
1018 | offender's release and provide to the Department of Law |
1019 | Enforcement the information specified in this paragraph and any |
1020 | information specified in subparagraph 2. that the Department of |
1021 | Law Enforcement requests. |
1022 | 2. The department may provide any other information deemed |
1023 | necessary, including criminal and corrections records, |
1024 | nonprivileged personnel and treatment records, when available. |
1025 | Section 8. Subsections (4) and (6) and paragraph (c) of |
1026 | subsection (13) of section 944.607, Florida Statutes, are |
1027 | amended to read: |
1028 | 944.607 Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of |
1029 | information on sexual offenders.- |
1030 | (4) A sexual offender, as described in this section, who |
1031 | is under the supervision of the Department of Corrections but is |
1032 | not incarcerated must register with the Department of |
1033 | Corrections within 3 business days after sentencing for a |
1034 | registrable |
1035 | information as required by this subsection. |
1036 | (a) The sexual offender shall provide his or her name; |
1037 | date of birth; social security number; race; sex; height; |
1038 | weight; hair and eye color; tattoos or other identifying marks; |
1039 | any electronic mail address and any instant message name |
1040 | required to be provided pursuant to s. 943.0435(4)(d); |
1041 | permanent or legal residence and address of temporary residence |
1042 | within the state or out of state while the sexual offender is |
1043 | under supervision in this state, including any rural route |
1044 | address or post office box; if no permanent or temporary |
1045 | address, any transient residence within the state; and address, |
1046 | location or description, and dates of any current or known |
1047 | future temporary residence within the state or out of state. The |
1048 | Department of Corrections shall verify the address of each |
1049 | sexual offender in the manner described in ss. 775.21 and |
1050 | 943.0435. The department shall report to the Department of Law |
1051 | Enforcement any failure by a sexual predator or sexual offender |
1052 | to comply with registration requirements. |
1053 | (b) If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
1054 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
1055 | this state, the sexual offender shall provide the name, address, |
1056 | and county of each institution, including each campus attended, |
1057 | and the sexual offender's enrollment or employment status. Each |
1058 | change in enrollment or employment status shall be reported to |
1059 | the department within 48 hours after the change in status. The |
1060 | Department of Corrections shall promptly notify each institution |
1061 | of the sexual offender's presence and any change in the sexual |
1062 | offender's enrollment or employment status. |
1063 | (6) The information provided to the Department of Law |
1064 | Enforcement must include: |
1065 | (a) The information obtained from the sexual offender |
1066 | under subsection (4); |
1067 | (b) The sexual offender's most current address, |
1068 | of permanent, |
1069 | state or out of state, and address, location or description, and |
1070 | dates of any current or known future temporary residence within |
1071 | the state or out of state, while the sexual offender is under |
1072 | supervision in this state, including the name of the county or |
1073 | municipality in which the offender permanently or temporarily |
1074 | resides, or has a transient residence, and address, location or |
1075 | description, and dates of any current or known future temporary |
1076 | residence within the state or out of state, and, if known, the |
1077 | intended place of permanent, |
1078 | residence, and address, location or description, and dates of |
1079 | any current or known future temporary residence within the state |
1080 | or out of state upon satisfaction of all sanctions; |
1081 | (c) The legal status of the sexual offender and the |
1082 | scheduled termination date of that legal status; |
1083 | (d) The location of, and local telephone number for, any |
1084 | Department of Corrections' office that is responsible for |
1085 | supervising the sexual offender; |
1086 | (e) An indication of whether the victim of the offense |
1087 | that resulted in the offender's status as a sexual offender was |
1088 | a minor; |
1089 | (f) The offense or offenses at conviction which resulted |
1090 | in the determination of the offender's status as a sex offender; |
1091 | and |
1092 | (g) A digitized photograph of the sexual offender which |
1093 | must have been taken within 60 days before the offender is |
1094 | released from the custody of the department or a private |
1095 | correctional facility by expiration of sentence under s. 944.275 |
1096 | or must have been taken by January 1, 1998, or within 60 days |
1097 | after the onset of the department's supervision of any sexual |
1098 | offender who is on probation, community control, conditional |
1099 | release, parole, provisional release, or control release or who |
1100 | is supervised by the department under the Interstate Compact |
1101 | Agreement for Probationers and Parolees. If the sexual offender |
1102 | is in the custody of a private correctional facility, the |
1103 | facility shall take a digitized photograph of the sexual |
1104 | offender within the time period provided in this paragraph and |
1105 | shall provide the photograph to the department. |
1106 | |
1107 | If any information provided by the department changes during the |
1108 | time the sexual offender is under the department's control, |
1109 | custody, or supervision, including any change in the offender's |
1110 | name by reason of marriage or other legal process, the |
1111 | department shall, in a timely manner, update the information and |
1112 | provide it to the Department of Law Enforcement in the manner |
1113 | prescribed in subsection (2). |
1114 | (13) |
1115 | (c) The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
1116 | times and days for reporting by the sexual offender, which shall |
1117 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this |
1118 | subsection. Reregistration shall include any changes to the |
1119 | following information: |
1120 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
1121 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
1122 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
1123 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
1124 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
1125 | temporary address, any transient residence; address, location or |
1126 | description, and dates of any current or known future temporary |
1127 | residence within the state or out of state; any electronic mail |
1128 | address and any instant message name required to be provided |
1129 | pursuant to s. 943.0435(4)(d); date and place of any employment; |
1130 | vehicle make, model, color, and license tag number; |
1131 | fingerprints; and photograph. A post office box shall not be |
1132 | provided in lieu of a physical residential address. |
1133 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
1134 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
1135 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
1136 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
1137 | including each campus attended, and the sexual offender's |
1138 | enrollment or employment status. |
1139 | 3. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
1140 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
1141 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide the |
1142 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
1143 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
1144 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
1145 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
1146 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
1147 | sexual offender shall also provide the hull identification |
1148 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
1149 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
1150 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
1151 | vessel, live-aboard vessel or houseboat. |
1152 | 4. Any sexual offender who fails to report in person as |
1153 | required at the sheriff's office, or who fails to respond to any |
1154 | address verification correspondence from the department within 3 |
1155 | weeks of the date of the correspondence, or who fails to report |
1156 | electronic mail addresses or instant message names, commits a |
1157 | felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. |
1158 | 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
1159 | Section 9. Section 947.005, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1160 | to read: |
1161 | 947.005 Definitions.-As used in this chapter, unless the |
1162 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
1163 | (1) |
1164 | (2) "Child care facility" has the same meaning as provided |
1165 | in s. 402.302. |
1166 | (3) |
1167 | (4) |
1168 | (5) "Effective parole release date" means the actual |
1169 | parole release date as determined by the presumptive parole |
1170 | release date, satisfactory institutional conduct, and an |
1171 | acceptable parole plan. |
1172 | (6) "Park" has the same meaning as provided in s. 775.215. |
1173 | (7) "Playground" has the same meaning as provided in s. |
1174 | 775.215. |
1175 | (8) |
1176 | tentative parole release date as determined by objective parole |
1177 | guidelines. |
1178 | (9) |
1179 | for the prisoner's release from custody as determined pursuant |
1180 | to s. 944.277. |
1181 | (10) |
1182 | mental health counselor, or a marriage and family therapist |
1183 | licensed under chapter 491 who, as determined by rule of the |
1184 | respective board, has the coursework, training, qualifications, |
1185 | and experience to evaluate and treat sexual offenders; a |
1186 | psychiatrist licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459; or |
1187 | psychologist licensed under chapter 490 |
1188 | |
1189 | |
1190 | |
1191 | (11) |
1192 | by an independent qualified practitioner to evaluate the level |
1193 | of risk associated when a sex offender has contact with a child. |
1194 | (12) |
1195 | by the qualified practitioner, in collaboration with the sex |
1196 | offender, the child's parent or legal guardian, and, when |
1197 | appropriate, the child, which establishes clear roles and |
1198 | responsibilities for each individual involved in any contact |
1199 | between the child and the sex offender. |
1200 | (13) "School" has the same meaning as provided in s. |
1201 | 775.215. |
1202 | (14) |
1203 | (15) |
1204 | for the prisoner's release from custody by virtue of gain-time |
1205 | granted or forfeited pursuant to s. 944.275(3)(a). |
1206 | Section 10. Subsection (7) of section 947.1405, Florida |
1207 | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (12) is added to that |
1208 | section, to read: |
1209 | 947.1405 Conditional release program.- |
1210 | (7)(a) Any inmate who is convicted of a crime committed on |
1211 | or after October 1, 1995, or who has been previously convicted |
1212 | of a crime committed on or after October 1, 1995, in violation |
1213 | of chapter 794, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, s. 847.0135(5), or s. |
1214 | 847.0145, and is subject to conditional release supervision, |
1215 | shall have, in addition to any other conditions imposed, the |
1216 | following special conditions imposed by the commission: |
1217 | 1. A mandatory curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The |
1218 | commission may designate another 8-hour period if the offender's |
1219 | employment precludes the above specified time, and such |
1220 | alternative is recommended by the Department of Corrections. If |
1221 | the commission determines that imposing a curfew would endanger |
1222 | the victim, the commission may consider alternative sanctions. |
1223 | 2. If the victim was under the age of 18, a prohibition on |
1224 | living within 1,000 feet of a school, child care facility |
1225 | |
1226 | stop, or other place where children regularly congregate. A |
1227 | releasee who is subject to this subparagraph may not relocate to |
1228 | a residence that is within 1,000 feet of a public school bus |
1229 | stop. Beginning October 1, 2004, the commission or the |
1230 | department may not approve a residence that is located within |
1231 | 1,000 feet of a school, child care facility |
1232 | park, playground, designated school bus stop, or other place |
1233 | where children regularly congregate for any releasee who is |
1234 | subject to this subparagraph. On October 1, 2004, the department |
1235 | shall notify each affected school district of the location of |
1236 | the residence of a releasee 30 days prior to release and |
1237 | thereafter, if the releasee relocates to a new residence, shall |
1238 | notify any affected school district of the residence of the |
1239 | releasee within 30 days after relocation. If, on October 1, |
1240 | 2004, any public school bus stop is located within 1,000 feet of |
1241 | the existing residence of such releasee, the district school |
1242 | board shall relocate that school bus stop. Beginning October 1, |
1243 | 2004, a district school board may not establish or relocate a |
1244 | public school bus stop within 1,000 feet of the residence of a |
1245 | releasee who is subject to this subparagraph. The failure of the |
1246 | district school board to comply with this subparagraph shall not |
1247 | result in a violation of conditional release supervision. A |
1248 | releasee who is subject to this subparagraph may not be forced |
1249 | to relocate and does not violate his or her conditional release |
1250 | supervision if he or she is living in a residence that meets the |
1251 | requirements of this subparagraph and a school, child care |
1252 | facility, park, playground, designated public school bus stop, |
1253 | or other place where children regularly congregate is |
1254 | subsequently established within 1,000 feet of his or her |
1255 | residence. |
1256 | 3. Active participation in and successful completion of a |
1257 | sex offender treatment program with qualified practitioners |
1258 | specifically trained to treat sex offenders, at the releasee's |
1259 | own expense. If a qualified practitioner is not available within |
1260 | a 50-mile radius of the releasee's residence, the offender shall |
1261 | participate in other appropriate therapy. |
1262 | 4. A prohibition on any contact with the victim, directly |
1263 | or indirectly, including through a third person, unless approved |
1264 | by the victim, a qualified practitioner in the sexual offender |
1265 | treatment program |
1266 | court. |
1267 | 5. If the victim was under the age of 18, a prohibition |
1268 | against contact with children under the age of 18 without review |
1269 | and approval by the commission. The commission may approve |
1270 | supervised contact with a child under the age of 18 if the |
1271 | approval is based upon a recommendation for contact issued by a |
1272 | qualified practitioner who is basing the recommendation on a |
1273 | risk assessment. Further, the sex offender must be currently |
1274 | enrolled in or have successfully completed a sex offender |
1275 | therapy program. The commission may not grant supervised contact |
1276 | with a child if the contact is not recommended by a qualified |
1277 | practitioner and may deny supervised contact with a child at any |
1278 | time. When considering whether to approve supervised contact |
1279 | with a child, the commission must review and consider the |
1280 | following: |
1281 | a. A risk assessment completed by a qualified |
1282 | practitioner. The qualified practitioner must prepare a written |
1283 | report that must include the findings of the assessment and |
1284 | address each of the following components: |
1285 | (I) The sex offender's current legal status; |
1286 | (II) The sex offender's history of adult charges with |
1287 | apparent sexual motivation; |
1288 | (III) The sex offender's history of adult charges without |
1289 | apparent sexual motivation; |
1290 | (IV) The sex offender's history of juvenile charges, |
1291 | whenever available; |
1292 | (V) The sex offender's offender treatment history, |
1293 | including a consultation from the sex offender's treating, or |
1294 | most recent treating, therapist; |
1295 | (VI) The sex offender's current mental status; |
1296 | (VII) The sex offender's mental health and substance abuse |
1297 | history as provided by the Department of Corrections; |
1298 | (VIII) The sex offender's personal, social, educational, |
1299 | and work history; |
1300 | (IX) The results of current psychological testing of the |
1301 | sex offender if determined necessary by the qualified |
1302 | practitioner; |
1303 | (X) A description of the proposed contact, including the |
1304 | location, frequency, duration, and supervisory arrangement; |
1305 | (XI) The child's preference and relative comfort level |
1306 | with the proposed contact, when age-appropriate; |
1307 | (XII) The parent's or legal guardian's preference |
1308 | regarding the proposed contact; and |
1309 | (XIII) The qualified practitioner's opinion, along with |
1310 | the basis for that opinion, as to whether the proposed contact |
1311 | would likely pose significant risk of emotional or physical harm |
1312 | to the child. |
1313 | |
1314 | The written report of the assessment must be given to the |
1315 | commission. |
1316 | b. A recommendation made as a part of the risk-assessment |
1317 | report as to whether supervised contact with the child should be |
1318 | approved; |
1319 | c. A written consent signed by the child's parent or legal |
1320 | guardian, if the parent or legal guardian is not the sex |
1321 | offender, agreeing to the sex offender having supervised contact |
1322 | with the child after receiving full disclosure of the sex |
1323 | offender's present legal status, past criminal history, and the |
1324 | results of the risk assessment. The commission may not approve |
1325 | contact with the child if the parent or legal guardian refuses |
1326 | to give written consent for supervised contact; |
1327 | d. A safety plan prepared by the qualified practitioner, |
1328 | who provides treatment to the offender, in collaboration with |
1329 | the sex offender, the child's parent or legal guardian, and the |
1330 | child, when age appropriate, which details the acceptable |
1331 | conditions of contact between the sex offender and the child. |
1332 | The safety plan must be reviewed and approved by the Department |
1333 | of Corrections before being submitted to the commission; and |
1334 | e. Evidence that the child's parent or legal guardian, if |
1335 | the parent or legal guardian is not the sex offender, |
1336 | understands the need for and agrees to the safety plan and has |
1337 | agreed to provide, or to designate another adult to provide, |
1338 | constant supervision any time the child is in contact with the |
1339 | offender. |
1340 | |
1341 | The commission may not appoint a person to conduct a risk |
1342 | assessment and may not accept a risk assessment from a person |
1343 | who has not demonstrated to the commission that he or she has |
1344 | met the requirements of a qualified practitioner as defined in |
1345 | this section. |
1346 | 6. If the victim was under age 18, a prohibition on |
1347 | working for pay or as a volunteer at any school, child care |
1348 | facility |
1349 | children regularly congregate, as prescribed by the commission. |
1350 | 7. Unless otherwise indicated in the treatment plan |
1351 | provided by a qualified practitioner in the sexual offender |
1352 | treatment program, a prohibition on viewing, owning, or |
1353 | possessing any obscene, pornographic, or sexually stimulating |
1354 | visual or auditory material, including telephone, electronic |
1355 | media, computer programs, or computer services that are relevant |
1356 | to the offender's deviant behavior pattern. |
1357 | 8. Effective for a releasee whose crime is committed on or |
1358 | after July 1, 2005, a prohibition on accessing the Internet or |
1359 | other computer services until a qualified practitioner in the |
1360 | offender's sex offender treatment program, after a risk |
1361 | assessment is completed, approves and implements a safety plan |
1362 | for the offender's accessing or using the Internet or other |
1363 | computer services. |
1364 | 9. A requirement that the releasee must submit two |
1365 | specimens of blood to the |
1366 | to be registered with the DNA database. |
1367 | 10. A requirement that the releasee make restitution to |
1368 | the victim, as determined by the sentencing court or the |
1369 | commission, for all necessary medical and related professional |
1370 | services relating to physical, psychiatric, and psychological |
1371 | care. |
1372 | 11. Submission to a warrantless search by the community |
1373 | control or probation officer of the probationer's or community |
1374 | controllee's person, residence, or vehicle. |
1375 | (b) For a releasee whose crime was committed on or after |
1376 | October 1, 1997, in violation of chapter 794, s. 800.04, s. |
1377 | 827.071, s. 847.0135(5), or s. 847.0145, and who is subject to |
1378 | conditional release supervision, in addition to any other |
1379 | provision of this subsection, the commission shall impose the |
1380 | following additional conditions of conditional release |
1381 | supervision: |
1382 | 1. As part of a treatment program, participation in a |
1383 | minimum of one annual polygraph examination to obtain |
1384 | information necessary for risk management and treatment and to |
1385 | reduce the sex offender's denial mechanisms. The polygraph |
1386 | examination must be conducted by a polygrapher who is a member |
1387 | of a national or state polygraph association and who is |
1388 | certified as a postconviction sex offender polygrapher |
1389 | |
1390 | |
1391 | releasee |
1392 | provided to the releasee's probation officer and qualified |
1393 | practitioner and may not be used as evidence in a hearing to |
1394 | prove that a violation of supervision has occurred. |
1395 | 2. Maintenance of a driving log and a prohibition against |
1396 | driving a motor vehicle alone without the prior approval of the |
1397 | supervising officer. |
1398 | 3. A prohibition against obtaining or using a post office |
1399 | box without the prior approval of the supervising officer. |
1400 | 4. If there was sexual contact, a submission to, at the |
1401 | releasee's |
1402 | HIV test with the results to be released to the victim or the |
1403 | victim's parent or guardian. |
1404 | 5. Electronic monitoring of any form when ordered by the |
1405 | commission. Any person who has been placed under supervision and |
1406 | is electronically monitored by the department must pay the |
1407 | department for the cost of the electronic monitoring service at |
1408 | a rate that may not exceed the full cost of the monitoring |
1409 | service. Funds collected under this subparagraph shall be |
1410 | deposited into the General Revenue Fund. The department may |
1411 | exempt a person from the payment of all or any part of the |
1412 | electronic monitoring service cost if the department finds that |
1413 | any of the factors listed in s. 948.09(3) exist. |
1414 | (12) In addition to all other conditions imposed, for a |
1415 | releasee who is subject to conditional release for a crime that |
1416 | was committed on or after the effective date of this act, and |
1417 | who has been convicted at any time of committing, or attempting, |
1418 | soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any of the criminal |
1419 | offenses listed in s. 943.0435(1)(a)1.a.(I), or a similar |
1420 | offense in another jurisdiction against a victim who was under |
1421 | 18 years of age at the time of the offense, if the releasee has |
1422 | not received a pardon for any felony or similar law of another |
1423 | jurisdiction necessary for the operation of this subsection, if |
1424 | a conviction of a felony or similar law of another jurisdiction |
1425 | necessary for the operation of this subsection has not been set |
1426 | aside in any postconviction proceeding, or if the releasee has |
1427 | not been removed from the requirement to register as a sexual |
1428 | offender or sexual predator pursuant to s. 943.04354, the |
1429 | commission must impose the following conditions: |
1430 | (a) A prohibition on visiting schools, child care |
1431 | facilities, parks, and playgrounds without prior approval from |
1432 | the releasee's supervising officer. The commission may also |
1433 | designate additional prohibited locations to protect a victim. |
1434 | The prohibition ordered under this paragraph does not prohibit |
1435 | the releasee from visiting a school, child care facility, park, |
1436 | or playground for the sole purpose of attending a religious |
1437 | service as defined in s. 775.0861 or picking up or dropping off |
1438 | the releasee's child or grandchild at a child care facility or |
1439 | school. |
1440 | (b) A prohibition on distributing candy or other items to |
1441 | children on Halloween; wearing a Santa Claus costume, or other |
1442 | costume to appeal to children, on or preceding Christmas; |
1443 | wearing an Easter Bunny costume, or other costume to appeal to |
1444 | children, on or preceding Easter; entertaining at children's |
1445 | parties; or wearing a clown costume without prior approval from |
1446 | the commission. |
1447 | Section 11. Section 948.001, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1448 | to read: |
1449 | 948.001 Definitions.-As used in this chapter, the term: |
1450 | (1) "Administrative probation" means a form of noncontact |
1451 | supervision in which an offender who presents a low risk of harm |
1452 | to the community may, upon satisfactory completion of half the |
1453 | term of probation, be transferred by the Department of |
1454 | Corrections to nonreporting status until expiration of the term |
1455 | of supervision. |
1456 | (2) "Child care facility" has the same meaning as provided |
1457 | in s. 402.302. |
1458 | (3) |
1459 | supervised custody in the community, including surveillance on |
1460 | weekends and holidays, administered by officers with restricted |
1461 | caseloads. Community control is an individualized program in |
1462 | which the freedom of an offender is restricted within the |
1463 | community, home, or noninstitutional residential placement and |
1464 | specific sanctions are imposed and enforced. |
1465 | (4) |
1466 | means a residential drug punishment center designated by the |
1467 | Department of Corrections. The Department of Corrections shall |
1468 | adopt rules as necessary to define and operate such a center. |
1469 | (5) |
1470 | intensive supervision, by officers with restricted caseloads, |
1471 | with a condition of 24-hour-per-day electronic monitoring, and a |
1472 | condition of confinement to a designated residence during |
1473 | designated hours. |
1474 | (6) |
1475 | supervision that |
1476 | accordance with individualized treatment plans administered by |
1477 | officers with restricted caseloads. Caseloads should be |
1478 | restricted to a maximum of 50 cases per officer in order to |
1479 | ensure an adequate level of staffing. |
1480 | (7) "Park" has the same meaning as provided in s. 775.215. |
1481 | (8) "Playground" has the same meaning as provided in s. |
1482 | 775.215. |
1483 | (9) |
1484 | requiring specified contacts with parole and probation officers |
1485 | and other terms and conditions as provided in s. 948.03. |
1486 | (10) |
1487 | mental health counselor, or a marriage and family therapist |
1488 | licensed under chapter 491 who, as determined by rule of the |
1489 | respective board, has the coursework, training, qualifications, |
1490 | and experience to evaluate and treat sexual offenders; a |
1491 | psychiatrist licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459; or |
1492 | psychologist licensed under chapter 490 |
1493 | |
1494 | |
1495 | |
1496 | (11) |
1497 | a |
1498 | risk associated when a sex offender has contact with a child. |
1499 | (12) |
1500 | the qualified practitioner, in collaboration with the sex |
1501 | offender, the child's parent or legal guardian, and, when |
1502 | appropriate, the child which establishes clear roles and |
1503 | responsibilities for each individual involved in any contact |
1504 | between the child and the sex offender. |
1505 | (13) "School" has the same meaning as provided in s. |
1506 | 775.215. |
1507 | (14) |
1508 | community control" means a form of intensive supervision, with |
1509 | or without electronic monitoring, which emphasizes treatment and |
1510 | supervision of a sex offender in accordance with an |
1511 | individualized treatment plan administered by an officer who has |
1512 | a restricted caseload and specialized training. An officer who |
1513 | supervises an offender placed on sex offender probation or sex |
1514 | offender community control must meet as necessary with a |
1515 | treatment provider and polygraph examiner to develop and |
1516 | implement the supervision and treatment plan, if a treatment |
1517 | provider and polygraph examiner specially trained in the |
1518 | treatment and monitoring of sex offenders are reasonably |
1519 | available. |
1520 | Section 12. Subsection (1) and paragraph (a) of subsection |
1521 | (2) of section 948.30, Florida Statutes, are amended, and |
1522 | subsection (4) is added to that section, to read: |
1523 | 948.30 Additional terms and conditions of probation or |
1524 | community control for certain sex offenses.-Conditions imposed |
1525 | pursuant to this section do not require oral pronouncement at |
1526 | the time of sentencing and shall be considered standard |
1527 | conditions of probation or community control for offenders |
1528 | specified in this section. |
1529 | (1) Effective for probationers or community controllees |
1530 | whose crime was committed on or after October 1, 1995, and who |
1531 | are placed under supervision for violation of chapter 794, s. |
1532 | 800.04, s. 827.071, s. 847.0135(5), or s. 847.0145, the court |
1533 | must impose the following conditions in addition to all other |
1534 | standard and special conditions imposed: |
1535 | (a) A mandatory curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The court |
1536 | may designate another 8-hour period if the offender's employment |
1537 | precludes the above specified time, and the alternative is |
1538 | recommended by the Department of Corrections. If the court |
1539 | determines that imposing a curfew would endanger the victim, the |
1540 | court may consider alternative sanctions. |
1541 | (b) If the victim was under the age of 18, a prohibition |
1542 | on living within 1,000 feet of a school, child care facility |
1543 | |
1544 | regularly congregate, as prescribed by the court. The 1,000-foot |
1545 | distance shall be measured in a straight line from the |
1546 | offender's place of residence to the nearest boundary line of |
1547 | the school, child care facility |
1548 | playground, or other place where children congregate. The |
1549 | distance may not be measured by a pedestrian route or automobile |
1550 | route. A probationer or community controllee who is subject to |
1551 | this paragraph may not be forced to relocate and does not |
1552 | violate his or her probation or community control if he or she |
1553 | is living in a residence that meets the requirements of this |
1554 | paragraph and a school, child care facility, park, playground, |
1555 | or other place where children regularly congregate is |
1556 | subsequently established within 1,000 feet of his or her |
1557 | residence. |
1558 | (c) Active participation in and successful completion of a |
1559 | sex offender treatment program with qualified practitioners |
1560 | specifically trained to treat sex offenders, at the |
1561 | probationer's or community controllee's own expense. If a |
1562 | qualified practitioner is not available within a 50-mile radius |
1563 | of the probationer's or community controllee's residence, the |
1564 | offender shall participate in other appropriate therapy. |
1565 | (d) A prohibition on any contact with the victim, directly |
1566 | or indirectly, including through a third person, unless approved |
1567 | by the victim, a qualified practitioner in the sexual offender |
1568 | treatment program |
1569 | court. |
1570 | (e) If the victim was under the age of 18, a prohibition |
1571 | on contact with a child under the age of 18 except as provided |
1572 | in this paragraph. The court may approve supervised contact with |
1573 | a child under the age of 18 if the approval is based upon a |
1574 | recommendation for contact issued by a qualified practitioner |
1575 | who is basing the recommendation on a risk assessment. Further, |
1576 | the sex offender must be currently enrolled in or have |
1577 | successfully completed a sex offender therapy program. The court |
1578 | may not grant supervised contact with a child if the contact is |
1579 | not recommended by a qualified practitioner and may deny |
1580 | supervised contact with a child at any time. When considering |
1581 | whether to approve supervised contact with a child, the court |
1582 | must review and consider the following: |
1583 | 1. A risk assessment completed by a qualified |
1584 | practitioner. The qualified practitioner must prepare a written |
1585 | report that must include the findings of the assessment and |
1586 | address each of the following components: |
1587 | a. The sex offender's current legal status; |
1588 | b. The sex offender's history of adult charges with |
1589 | apparent sexual motivation; |
1590 | c. The sex offender's history of adult charges without |
1591 | apparent sexual motivation; |
1592 | d. The sex offender's history of juvenile charges, |
1593 | whenever available; |
1594 | e. The sex offender's offender treatment history, |
1595 | including consultations with the sex offender's treating, or |
1596 | most recent treating, therapist; |
1597 | f. The sex offender's current mental status; |
1598 | g. The sex offender's mental health and substance abuse |
1599 | treatment history as provided by the Department of Corrections; |
1600 | h. The sex offender's personal, social, educational, and |
1601 | work history; |
1602 | i. The results of current psychological testing of the sex |
1603 | offender if determined necessary by the qualified practitioner; |
1604 | j. A description of the proposed contact, including the |
1605 | location, frequency, duration, and supervisory arrangement; |
1606 | k. The child's preference and relative comfort level with |
1607 | the proposed contact, when age appropriate; |
1608 | l. The parent's or legal guardian's preference regarding |
1609 | the proposed contact; and |
1610 | m. The qualified practitioner's opinion, along with the |
1611 | basis for that opinion, as to whether the proposed contact would |
1612 | likely pose significant risk of emotional or physical harm to |
1613 | the child. |
1614 | |
1615 | The written report of the assessment must be given to the court; |
1616 | 2. A recommendation made as a part of the risk assessment |
1617 | report as to whether supervised contact with the child should be |
1618 | approved; |
1619 | 3. A written consent signed by the child's parent or legal |
1620 | guardian, if the parent or legal guardian is not the sex |
1621 | offender, agreeing to the sex offender having supervised contact |
1622 | with the child after receiving full disclosure of the sex |
1623 | offender's present legal status, past criminal history, and the |
1624 | results of the risk assessment. The court may not approve |
1625 | contact with the child if the parent or legal guardian refuses |
1626 | to give written consent for supervised contact; |
1627 | 4. A safety plan prepared by the qualified practitioner, |
1628 | who provides treatment to the offender, in collaboration with |
1629 | the sex offender, the child's parent or legal guardian, if the |
1630 | parent or legal guardian is not the sex offender, and the child, |
1631 | when age appropriate, which details the acceptable conditions of |
1632 | contact between the sex offender and the child. The safety plan |
1633 | must be reviewed and approved by the court; and |
1634 | 5. Evidence that the child's parent or legal guardian |
1635 | understands the need for and agrees to the safety plan and has |
1636 | agreed to provide, or to designate another adult to provide, |
1637 | constant supervision any time the child is in contact with the |
1638 | offender. |
1639 | |
1640 | The court may not appoint a person to conduct a risk assessment |
1641 | and may not accept a risk assessment from a person who has not |
1642 | demonstrated to the court that he or she has met the |
1643 | requirements of a qualified practitioner as defined in this |
1644 | section. |
1645 | (f) If the victim was under age 18, a prohibition on |
1646 | working for pay or as a volunteer at any place where children |
1647 | regularly congregate, including, but not limited to, schools, |
1648 | child care facilities |
1649 | stores, libraries, zoos, theme parks, and malls. |
1650 | (g) Unless otherwise indicated in the treatment plan |
1651 | provided by a qualified practitioner in the sexual offender |
1652 | treatment program, a prohibition on viewing, accessing, owning, |
1653 | or possessing any obscene, pornographic, or sexually stimulating |
1654 | visual or auditory material, including telephone, electronic |
1655 | media, computer programs, or computer services that are relevant |
1656 | to the offender's deviant behavior pattern. |
1657 | (h) Effective for probationers and community controllees |
1658 | whose crime is committed on or after July 1, 2005, a prohibition |
1659 | on accessing the Internet or other computer services until a |
1660 | qualified practitioner in the offender's sex offender treatment |
1661 | program, after a risk assessment is completed, approves and |
1662 | implements a safety plan for the offender's accessing or using |
1663 | the Internet or other computer services. |
1664 | (i) A requirement that the probationer or community |
1665 | controllee must submit a specimen of blood or other approved |
1666 | biological specimen to the Department of Law Enforcement to be |
1667 | registered with the DNA data bank. |
1668 | (j) A requirement that the probationer or community |
1669 | controllee make restitution to the victim, as ordered by the |
1670 | court under s. 775.089, for all necessary medical and related |
1671 | professional services relating to physical, psychiatric, and |
1672 | psychological care. |
1673 | (k) Submission to a warrantless search by the community |
1674 | control or probation officer of the probationer's or community |
1675 | controllee's person, residence, or vehicle. |
1676 | (2) Effective for a probationer or community controllee |
1677 | whose crime was committed on or after October 1, 1997, and who |
1678 | is placed on community control or sex offender probation for a |
1679 | violation of chapter 794, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, s. 847.0135(5), |
1680 | or s. 847.0145, in addition to any other provision of this |
1681 | section, the court must impose the following conditions of |
1682 | probation or community control: |
1683 | (a) As part of a treatment program, participation at least |
1684 | annually in polygraph examinations to obtain information |
1685 | necessary for risk management and treatment and to reduce the |
1686 | sex offender's denial mechanisms. A polygraph examination must |
1687 | be conducted by a polygrapher who is a member of a national or |
1688 | state polygraph association and who is certified as a |
1689 | postconviction sex offender polygrapher |
1690 | |
1691 | where available, and shall be paid for by the probationer or |
1692 | community controllee |
1693 | examination shall be provided to the probationer's or community |
1694 | controllee's probation officer and qualified practitioner and |
1695 | shall not be used as evidence in court to prove that a violation |
1696 | of community supervision has occurred. |
1697 | (4) In addition to all other conditions imposed, for a |
1698 | probationer or community controllee who is subject to |
1699 | supervision for a crime that was committed on or after the |
1700 | effective date of this act, and who has been convicted at any |
1701 | time of committing, or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to |
1702 | commit, any of the criminal offenses listed in s. |
1703 | 943.0435(1)(a)1.a.(I), or a similar offense in another |
1704 | jurisdiction, against a victim who was under the age of 18 at |
1705 | the time of the offense; if the offender has not received a |
1706 | pardon for any felony or similar law of another jurisdiction |
1707 | necessary for the operation of this subsection, if a conviction |
1708 | of a felony or similar law of another jurisdiction necessary for |
1709 | the operation of this subsection has not been set aside in any |
1710 | postconviction proceeding, or if the offender has not been |
1711 | removed from the requirement to register as a sexual offender or |
1712 | sexual predator pursuant to s. 943.04354, the court must impose |
1713 | the following conditions: |
1714 | (a) A prohibition on visiting schools, child care |
1715 | facilities, parks, and playgrounds, without prior approval from |
1716 | the offender's supervising officer. The court may also designate |
1717 | additional locations to protect a victim. The prohibition |
1718 | ordered under this paragraph does not prohibit the offender from |
1719 | visiting a school, child care facility, park, or playground for |
1720 | the sole purpose of attending a religious service as defined in |
1721 | s. 775.0861 or picking up or dropping off the offender's |
1722 | children or grandchildren at a child care facility or school. |
1723 | (b) A prohibition on distributing candy or other items to |
1724 | children on Halloween; wearing a Santa Claus costume, or other |
1725 | costume to appeal to children, on or preceding Christmas; |
1726 | wearing an Easter Bunny costume, or other costume to appeal to |
1727 | children, on or preceding Easter; entertaining at children's |
1728 | parties; or wearing a clown costume; without prior approval from |
1729 | the court. |
1730 | Section 13. Section 948.31, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1731 | to read: |
1732 | 948.31 |
1733 | predators and offenders |
1734 | |
1735 | require an |
1736 | practitioner to determine the need of a probationer or community |
1737 | controlee |
1738 | court determines that a need therefor is established by the |
1739 | |
1740 | offender treatment |
1741 | of probation or community control for any person who is required |
1742 | to register as a sexual predator under s. 775.21 or sexual |
1743 | offender under s. 943.0435, s. 944.606, or s. 944.607. |
1744 | |
1745 | |
1746 | |
1747 | |
1748 | |
1749 | |
1750 | |
1751 | |
1752 | |
1753 | |
1754 | Such treatment |
1755 | a qualified practitioner as defined in s. 948.001. Treatment may |
1756 | not be administered by a qualified practitioner who has been |
1757 | convicted or adjudicated delinquent of committing, or |
1758 | attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any offense |
1759 | that is listed in s. 943.0435(1)(a)1.a.(I). The court shall |
1760 | impose a restriction against contact with minors if sexual |
1761 | offender treatment is recommended |
1762 | |
1763 | |
1764 | |
1765 | recommendations |
1766 | probationer or community controlee |
1767 | to the court for review. |
1768 | Section 14. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section |
1769 | 985.481, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
1770 | 985.481 Sexual offenders adjudicated delinquent; |
1771 | notification upon release.- |
1772 | (3)(a) The department must provide information regarding |
1773 | any sexual offender who is being released after serving a period |
1774 | of residential commitment under the department for any offense, |
1775 | as follows: |
1776 | 1. The department must provide the sexual offender's name, |
1777 | any change in the offender's name by reason of marriage or other |
1778 | legal process, and any alias, if known; the correctional |
1779 | facility from which the sexual offender is released; the sexual |
1780 | offender's social security number, race, sex, date of birth, |
1781 | height, weight, and hair and eye color; address of any planned |
1782 | permanent residence or temporary residence, within the state or |
1783 | out of state, including a rural route address and a post office |
1784 | box; if no permanent or temporary address, any transient |
1785 | residence within the state; address, location or description, |
1786 | and dates of any known future temporary residence within the |
1787 | state or out of state; date and county of disposition and each |
1788 | crime for which there was a disposition; a copy of the |
1789 | offender's fingerprints and a digitized photograph taken within |
1790 | 60 days before release; the date of release of the sexual |
1791 | offender; and home telephone number and any cellular telephone |
1792 | number |
1793 | The department shall notify the Department of Law Enforcement if |
1794 | the sexual offender escapes, absconds, or dies. If the sexual |
1795 | offender is in the custody of a private correctional facility, |
1796 | the facility shall take the digitized photograph of the sexual |
1797 | offender within 60 days before the sexual offender's release and |
1798 | also place it in the sexual offender's file. If the sexual |
1799 | offender is in the custody of a local jail, the custodian of the |
1800 | local jail shall register the offender within 3 business days |
1801 | after intake of the offender for any reason and upon release, |
1802 | and shall notify the Department of Law Enforcement of the sexual |
1803 | offender's release and provide to the Department of Law |
1804 | Enforcement the information specified in this subparagraph and |
1805 | any information specified in subparagraph 2. which the |
1806 | Department of Law Enforcement requests. |
1807 | 2. The department may provide any other information |
1808 | considered necessary, including criminal and delinquency |
1809 | records, when available. |
1810 | Section 15. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4), paragraph (a) |
1811 | of subsection (6), and paragraph (b) of subsection (13) of |
1812 | section 985.4815, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
1813 | 985.4815 Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of |
1814 | information on juvenile sexual offenders.- |
1815 | (4) A sexual offender, as described in this section, who |
1816 | is under the supervision of the department but who is not |
1817 | committed must register with the department within 3 business |
1818 | days after adjudication and disposition for a registrable |
1819 | offense and otherwise provide information as required by this |
1820 | subsection. |
1821 | (a) The sexual offender shall provide his or her name; |
1822 | date of birth; social security number; race; sex; height; |
1823 | weight; hair and eye color; tattoos or other identifying marks; |
1824 | |
1825 | residence within the state or out of state while the sexual |
1826 | offender is in the care or custody or under the jurisdiction or |
1827 | supervision of the department in this state, including any rural |
1828 | route address or post office box; if no permanent or temporary |
1829 | address, any transient residence; address, location or |
1830 | description, and dates of any current or known future temporary |
1831 | residence within the state or out of state; |
1832 | address of each school attended. The department shall verify the |
1833 | address of each sexual offender and shall report to the |
1834 | Department of Law Enforcement any failure by a sexual offender |
1835 | to comply with registration requirements. |
1836 | (6)(a) The information provided to the Department of Law |
1837 | Enforcement must include the following: |
1838 | 1. The information obtained from the sexual offender under |
1839 | subsection (4). |
1840 | 2. The sexual offender's most current address and place of |
1841 | permanent, |
1842 | or out of state, and address, location or description, and dates |
1843 | of any current or known future temporary residence within the |
1844 | state or out of state, while the sexual offender is in the care |
1845 | or custody or under the jurisdiction or supervision of the |
1846 | department in this state, including the name of the county or |
1847 | municipality in which the offender permanently or temporarily |
1848 | resides, or has a transient residence, and address, location or |
1849 | description, and dates of any current or known future temporary |
1850 | residence within the state or out of state; and, if known, the |
1851 | intended place of permanent, |
1852 | residence, and address, location or description, and dates of |
1853 | any current or known future temporary residence within the state |
1854 | or out of state upon satisfaction of all sanctions. |
1855 | 3. The legal status of the sexual offender and the |
1856 | scheduled termination date of that legal status. |
1857 | 4. The location of, and local telephone number for, any |
1858 | department office that is responsible for supervising the sexual |
1859 | offender. |
1860 | 5. An indication of whether the victim of the offense that |
1861 | resulted in the offender's status as a sexual offender was a |
1862 | minor. |
1863 | 6. The offense or offenses at adjudication and disposition |
1864 | that resulted in the determination of the offender's status as a |
1865 | sex offender. |
1866 | 7. A digitized photograph of the sexual offender, which |
1867 | must have been taken within 60 days before the offender was |
1868 | released from the custody of the department or a private |
1869 | correctional facility by expiration of sentence under s. |
1870 | 944.275, or within 60 days after the onset of the department's |
1871 | supervision of any sexual offender who is on probation, |
1872 | postcommitment probation, residential commitment, nonresidential |
1873 | commitment, licensed child-caring commitment, community control, |
1874 | conditional release, parole, provisional release, or control |
1875 | release or who is supervised by the department under the |
1876 | Interstate Compact Agreement for Probationers and Parolees. If |
1877 | the sexual offender is in the custody of a private correctional |
1878 | facility, the facility shall take a digitized photograph of the |
1879 | sexual offender within the time period provided in this |
1880 | subparagraph and shall provide the photograph to the department. |
1881 | (13) |
1882 | (b) The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
1883 | times and days for reporting by the sexual offender, which shall |
1884 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this |
1885 | subsection. Reregistration shall include any changes to the |
1886 | following information: |
1887 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
1888 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
1889 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
1890 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
1891 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
1892 | temporary address, any transient residence; address, location or |
1893 | description, and dates of any current or known future temporary |
1894 | residence within the state or out of state; name and address of |
1895 | each school attended; date and place of any employment; vehicle |
1896 | make, model, color, and license tag number; fingerprints; and |
1897 | photograph. A post office box shall not be provided in lieu of a |
1898 | physical residential address. |
1899 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
1900 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
1901 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
1902 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
1903 | including each campus attended, and the sexual offender's |
1904 | enrollment or employment status. |
1905 | 3. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
1906 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
1907 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide the |
1908 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
1909 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
1910 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
1911 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
1912 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
1913 | sexual offender shall also provide the hull identification |
1914 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
1915 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
1916 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
1917 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
1918 | 4. Any sexual offender who fails to report in person as |
1919 | required at the sheriff's office, or who fails to respond to any |
1920 | address verification correspondence from the department within 3 |
1921 | weeks after the date of the correspondence, commits a felony of |
1922 | the third degree, punishable as provided in ss. 775.082, |
1923 | 775.083, and 775.084. |
1924 | Section 16. The Legislature intends that nothing in this |
1925 | act reduce or diminish a court's jurisdiction. |
1926 | Section 17. If any provision of this act or its |
1927 | application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the |
1928 | invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of |
1929 | this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision |
1930 | or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are |
1931 | declared severable. |
1932 | Section 18. The Division of Statutory Revision is directed |
1933 | to replace the phrase "the effective date of this act" wherever |
1934 | it occurs in this act with the date this act becomes a law. |
1935 | Section 19. This act shall take effect upon becoming a |
1936 | law. |
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