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2015 Florida Statutes
SECTION 085
Battery of child by throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling certain fluids or materials.
Battery of child by throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling certain fluids or materials.
784.085 Battery of child by throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling certain fluids or materials.—
(1) It is unlawful for any person, except a child as defined in this section, to knowingly cause or attempt to cause a child to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, or urine or feces by throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling such fluid or material.
(2) Any person, except a child as defined in this section, who violates this section commits battery of a child, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(3) As used in this section, the term “child” means a person under 18 years of age.
History.—s. 85, ch. 2000-139.