Bill Text: FL H0203 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Florida House Bill 203 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Resisting Officer or Other Person Without Violence

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H0203 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H0203-Introduced.html

HB 203

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to resisting an officer or other specified
3	person without violence; amending s. 843.02, F.S.;
4	providing that resistance, obstruction, or opposition must
5	be based on factors other than mere flight from an officer
6	or other person to whom this section applies; providing an
7	effective date.
8
9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10
11	Section 1. Section 843.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to
12	read:
13	843.02 Resisting officer or other such person without
14	violence to his or her person.-Whoever shall resist, obstruct,
15	or oppose any officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6),
16	(7), (8), or (9); member of the Parole Commission or any
17	administrative aide or supervisor employed by the commission;
18	county probation officer; parole and probation supervisor;
19	personnel or representative of the Department of Law
20	Enforcement; or other person legally authorized to execute
21	process in the execution of legal process or in the lawful
22	execution of any legal duty, without offering or doing violence
23	to the person of the officer or other such person, commits ~~shall~~
24	~~be guilty of~~ a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as
25	provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. For purposes of this
26	section, resistance, obstruction, or opposition must be based on
27	factors other than mere flight from an officer or other person
28	to whom this section applies.
29	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.