| 1 | Representative Carroll offered the following: | 
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) | 
| 4 | Remove line(s) 28-44 and insert: | 
| 5 | (1)  It shall be a misdemeanor of the first degree, | 
| 6 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, for any | 
| 7 | person to willfully harass, threaten, or intimidate an | 
| 8 | identifiable member of a neighborhood crime watch program while | 
| 9 | such member is engaged in, or traveling to or from, an organized | 
| 10 | neighborhood crime watch program activity or a member who is | 
| 11 | participating in an ongoing criminal investigation, as | 
| 12 | designated by a law enforcement officer. | 
| 13 | (2)  As used in this section, the term: | 
| 14 | (a)  "Harass" means to engage in a course of conduct | 
| 15 | directed at a specific person which causes substantial emotional | 
| 16 | distress in that person and serves no legitimate purpose. | 
| 17 | (b)  "Organized neighborhood crime watch program activity" | 
| 18 | means any prearranged event, meeting, or other scheduled | 
| 19 | activity, or neighborhood patrol, conducted by or at the | 
| 20 | direction of a neighborhood crime watch program or the program's | 
| 21 | authorized designee. | 
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| 24 | Remove lines 14 and insert: | 
| 25 | penalties; providing definitions; providing an |