Florida Senate - 2012 CS for SB 536
By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senators Flores and
Storms
591-03787A-12 2012536c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the distribution of materials
3 harmful to minors; amending s. 847.012, F.S.;
4 prohibiting an adult from knowingly distributing to a
5 minor or posting on school property certain specified
6 materials harmful to minors; providing that it is a
7 third-degree felony for any person to knowingly
8 distribute to a minor or post on school property
9 certain materials harmful to minors; defining the term
10 “school property”; providing an effective date.
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12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14 Section 1. Present subsections (5) through (9) of section
15 847.012, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (6)
16 through (10), respectively, and a new subsection (5) is added to
17 that section, to read:
18 847.012 Harmful materials; sale or distribution to minors
19 or using minors in production prohibited; penalty.—
20 (5) An adult may not knowingly distribute to a minor on
21 school property, or post on school property, any material
22 described in subsection (3). As used in this subsection, the
23 term “school property” means the grounds or facility of any
24 kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, junior high
25 school, secondary school, or career center, whether public or
26 nonpublic.
27 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.