Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 326
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  02/13/2014           .                                
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 20 and 21
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 961.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         961.04 Eligibility for compensation for wrongful
    8  incarceration.—A wrongfully incarcerated person is not eligible
    9  for compensation under the act if:
   10         (1) Before the person’s wrongful conviction and
   11  incarceration, the person was convicted of, or pled guilty or
   12  nolo contendere to, regardless of adjudication, any felony
   13  offense, or a crime committed in another jurisdiction the
   14  elements of which would constitute a felony in this state, or a
   15  crime committed against the United States which is designated a
   16  felony, excluding any delinquency disposition;
   17         (1)(2) During the person’s wrongful incarceration, the
   18  person was convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to,
   19  regardless of adjudication, any felony offense; or
   20         (2)(3) During the person’s wrongful incarceration, the
   21  person was also serving a concurrent sentence for another felony
   22  for which the person was not wrongfully convicted.
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   24  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   25  And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Between lines 2 and 3
   27  insert:
   28         amending s. 961.04, F.S.; deleting a provision that
   29         renders a person who has a specified prior felony
   30         conviction ineligible for compensation for wrongful
   31         incarceration;