Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (824078) for CS for SB 986
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/20/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Bean) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete line 1943
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 37. Effective October 1, 2017, section 633.217,
    6  Florida Statutes, is created to read:
    7         633.217 Influencing a firesafety inspector.—
    8         (1) A person may not influence a firesafety inspector by:
    9         (a) Threatening, coercing, tricking, persuading,
   10  interfering with, or otherwise influencing, or attempting to
   11  threaten, coerce, trick, persuade, interfere with, or otherwise
   12  attempting to influence, the firesafety inspector into violating
   13  any provision of the Florida Fire Prevention Code, any rule
   14  adopted by the State Fire Marshal, or any provision of this
   15  chapter.
   16         (b) Offering any compensation to the firesafety inspector
   17  to induce a violation of the Florida Fire Prevention Code, any
   18  rule adopted by the State Fire Marshal, or any provision of this
   19  chapter.
   20         (2) A person who violates subsection (1) commits a
   21  misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.
   22  775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who violates paragraph (1)(a)
   23  after a previous conviction for violating paragraph (1)(a)
   24  commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in
   25  s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
   26         Section 38. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
   27  act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2017.
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   29  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   30  And the title is amended as follows:
   31         Delete lines 169 - 170
   32  and insert:
   33         627.351, F.S.; conforming cross-references; creating
   34         s. 633.217, F.S.; prohibiting a person from committing
   35         or attempting to commit certain acts to influence
   36         firesafety inspectors; providing criminal penalties;
   37         providing effective dates.