Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 836
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/27/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Powell) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 16 - 36
    4  and insert:
    5  an organization that he or she knows or has reason to believe is
    6  qualified as charitable under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal
    7  Revenue Code, the offense for which the person is charged shall
    8  be reclassified as follows:
    9         (a) If the funds, assets, or property involved in the theft
   10  from an organization qualified as charitable under s. 501(c)(3)
   11  of the Internal Revenue Code is valued at $50,000 or more, the
   12  offender commits a felony of the first degree, punishable as
   13  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
   14         (b) If the funds, assets, or property involved in the theft
   15  from an organization qualified as charitable under s. 501(c)(3)
   16  of the Internal Revenue Code is valued at $10,000 or more, but
   17  less than $50,000, the offender commits a felony of the second
   18  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.
   19  775.084.
   20         (c) If the funds, assets, or property involved in the theft
   21  from an organization qualified as charitable under s. 501(c)(3)
   22  of the Internal Revenue Code is valued at $300 or more, but less
   23  than $10,000, the offender commits a felony of the third degree,
   24  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
   25         (2) A person who is convicted of theft of more than $1,000
   26  from an organization that he or she knows or has reason to
   27  believe is qualified as charitable under s. 501(c)(3)