Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 408
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/25/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Altman)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (206892) 
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    3         Delete lines 6 - 29
    4  and insert:
    5  the juvenile is under 16 years of age and if each violation of
    6  law in the misdemeanor offense is one of the following:
    7         1. Section 562.111, relating to possession of alcoholic
    8  beverages by persons under age 21;
    9         2. Section 784.03(1), relating to battery, if the victim
   10  approves the juvenile’s participation in a civil citation or
   11  similar diversion program;
   12         3. Section 812.014(2)(e) or s. 812.014(3)(a), relating to
   13  theft;
   14         4. Section 812.015(2), relating to retail and farm theft;
   15         5. Section 843.02, relating to resisting an officer without
   16  violence;
   17         6. Section 870.01(1), relating to affrays and riots;
   18         7. Section 877.03, relating to disorderly conduct;
   19         8. Section 893.13(6)(b), relating to possession of certain
   20  amounts of cannabis or controlled substances; or
   21         9. Section 893.147, relating to use, possession,
   22  manufacture, delivery, transportation, advertisement, or retail
   23  sale of drug paraphernalia.
   24         (b) May issue a civil citation to the juvenile or require
   25  the juvenile’s participation in a similar diversion program if
   26  the violations of law are not enumerated in paragraph (a), or if
   27  the violation of law is one of the enumerated offenses in
   28  paragraph (a) and the juvenile is 16 years of age or older.