Bill Text: FL S0194 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Injunctions for Protection/Violations [SPSC]

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Messages [S0194 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0194-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 194 
 
By Senator Joyner 
18-00003-10                                            2010194__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to violations of injunctions for 
3         protection; amending s. 784.047, F.S.; adding 
4         circumstances that violate an injunction for 
5         protection against repeat violence, sexual violence, 
6         or dating violence; providing an effective date. 
7 
8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
9 
10  Section 1. Section 784.047, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
11  read: 
12         784.047 Penalties for violating protective injunction 
13  against violators.—A person who willfully violates an injunction 
14  for protection against repeat violence, sexual violence, or 
15  dating violence, issued pursuant to s. 784.046, or a foreign 
16  protection order accorded full faith and credit pursuant to s. 
17  741.315 by: 
18         (1) Refusing to vacate the dwelling that the parties share; 
19         (2) Going to, or being within 500 feet of, the petitioner’s 
20  residence, school, place of employment, or a specified place 
21  frequented regularly by the petitioner and any named family or 
22  household member; 
23         (3) Committing an act of repeat violence, sexual violence, 
24  or dating violence against the petitioner; 
25         (4) Committing any other violation of the injunction 
26  through an intentional unlawful threat, word, or act to do 
27  violence to the petitioner; or 
28         (5) Telephoning, contacting, or otherwise communicating 
29  with the petitioner directly or indirectly, unless the 
30  injunction specifically allows indirect contact through a third 
31  party; 
32         (6) Knowingly and intentionally coming within 100 feet of 
33  the petitioner’s motor vehicle, whether or not that vehicle is 
34  occupied; 
35         (7) Defacing or destroying the petitioner’s personal 
36  property, including the petitioner’s motor vehicle; or 
37         (8) Refusing to surrender firearms or ammunition if ordered 
38  to do so by the court, 
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40  commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as 
41  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 
42         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.