House Bill 3709

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3709

        By Representatives Dockery, Bloom, Brown, Casey, Putnam,
    Argenziano, Chestnut, Murman, Lynn, Dennis, Bullard, Brennan,
    Kosmas, Wasserman Schultz, Edwards and Albright




  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to voyeurism; creating s.

  3         810.14, F.S.; prohibiting a person from

  4         entering onto real property without

  5         authorization for the purpose of secretly

  6         observing the occupant of a building or

  7         structure; providing a penalty; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 810.14, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         810.14  Voyeurism prohibited.--A person may not,

15  without being authorized, licensed, or invited, enter onto

16  real property for the lewd, lascivious, or indecent purpose of

17  secretly observing the occupant of a building or structure

18  through a window or other opening. A person who violates this

19  section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as

20  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1998.

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24                          SENATE SUMMARY

25    Provides that it is a third-degree felony for a person to
      enter onto real property without being authorized,
26    licensed, or invited for the purpose of secretly
      observing the occupant of a building or structure.
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