Florida Senate - 2009                                     SB 512
       
       
       
       By Senator Hill
       
       
       
       
       1-00612-09                                             2009512__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to false reports of child abuse;
    3         amending s. 39.402, F.S.; requiring a child to be
    4         returned to a parent or guardian within 3 days
    5         following a determination that an order for shelter
    6         care was based on a false report of child abuse,
    7         abandonment, or neglect; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (13) of section 39.402, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         39.402 Placement in a shelter.—
   14         (13) A child may not be held in a shelter under an order so
   15  directing for more than 60 days without an adjudication of
   16  dependency. A child may not be held in a shelter for more than
   17  30 days after the entry of an order of adjudication unless an
   18  order of disposition has been entered by the court. A child may
   19  not be held in a shelter for more than 3 days following a
   20  determination that the order for shelter placement was based on
   21  a false report, in which case the child shall be returned to the
   22  custody of the parent or guardian.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.