Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (695928) for CS for SB 1308
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Brandes) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (433370) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 2931 and 2932
    5  insert:
    6         Section 29. Section 985.031, Florida Statutes, is created
    7  to read:
    8         985.031 Age limitation; exception.—
    9         (1) A child younger than 10 years of age may not be
   10  adjudicated delinquent, arrested, or charged with a violation of
   11  law or delinquent act, on the basis of acts occurring before he
   12  or she reaches 10 years of age.
   13         (2) Notwithstanding this section, a child who commits a
   14  forcible felony as defined in s. 776.08, may be adjudicated
   15  delinquent, arrested, or charged with a violation of law or
   16  delinquent act.
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   19  And the title is amended as follows:
   20         Delete line 358
   21  and insert:
   22         made by the act; creating s. 985.031, F.S.;
   23         prohibiting a child younger than a certain age from
   24         being adjudicated delinquent, arrested, or charged
   25         with a violation of law or delinquent act; providing
   26         an exception; amending s. 1009.21, F.S.; providing