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2013 Florida Statutes

SECTION 036
Violations involving minors; reclassification.
F.S. 796.036
796.036 Violations involving minors; reclassification.
(1) The felony or misdemeanor degree of any violation of this chapter, other than s. 796.03 or s. 796.035, in which a minor engages in prostitution, lewdness, assignation, sexual conduct, or other conduct as defined in or prohibited by this chapter, but the minor is not the person charged with the violation, is reclassified as provided in this section.
(2) Offenses shall be reclassified as follows:
(a) A misdemeanor of the second degree is reclassified to a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(b) A misdemeanor of the first degree is reclassified to a felony of the third degree.
(c) A felony of the third degree is reclassified to a felony of the second degree.
(d) A felony of the second degree is reclassified to a felony of the first degree.
(e) A felony of the first degree is reclassified to a life felony.
History.s. 3, ch. 2012-155.