HOUSE AMENDMENT

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11  Representative(s) Betancourt offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 86, line 19, of the bill

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17         Section 72.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section

18  812.014, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         812.014  Theft.--

20         (2)

21         (c)  It is grand theft of the third degree and a felony

22  of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.

23  775.083, or s. 775.084, if the property stolen is:

24         1.  Valued at $300 or more, but less than $5,000.

25         2.  Valued at $5,000 or more, but less than $10,000.

26         3.  Valued at $10,000 or more, but less than $20,000.

27         4.  A will, codicil, or other testamentary instrument.

28         5.  A firearm.

29         6.  A motor vehicle, except as provided in subparagraph

30  (2)(a).

31         7.  Any commercially farmed animal, including any

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 1  animal of the equine, bovine, or swine class, or other grazing

 2  animal, and including aquaculture species raised at a

 3  certified aquaculture facility.  If the property stolen is

 4  aquaculture species raised at a certified aquaculture

 5  facility, then a $10,000 fine shall be imposed.

 6         8.  Any fire extinguisher.

 7         9.  Any amount of citrus fruit consisting of 2,000 or

 8  more individual pieces of fruit.

 9         10.  Taken from a designated construction site

10  identified by the posting of a sign as provided for in s.

11  810.09(2)(d).

12         11.  Any stop sign.

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16  And the title is amended as follows:

17         On page 7, line 20,

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19  after the semicolon insert:

20         amending s. 812.014, F.S.; including the theft

21         of any stop sign within a list of crimes which

22         are considered to be grand theft of the third

23         degree; providing a penalty;

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