Bill Text: FL H0309 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Violations of Injunctions for Protection

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-30 - Died on Calendar [H0309 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0309-Introduced.html

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HB 309

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to violations of injunctions for
3	protection; amending s. 784.047, F.S.; adding
4	circumstances that violate an injunction for protection
5	against repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating
6	violence; providing penalties; providing an effective
7	date.
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9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	Section 1. Section 784.047, Florida Statutes, is amended
12	to read:
13	784.047 Penalties for violating protective injunction
14	against violators.--A person who willfully violates an
15	injunction for protection against repeat violence, sexual
16	violence, or dating violence, issued pursuant to s. 784.046, or
17	a foreign protection order accorded full faith and credit
18	pursuant to s. 741.315 by:
19	(1) Refusing to vacate the dwelling that the parties
20	share;
21	(2) Going to, or being within 500 feet of, the
22	petitioner's residence, school, place of employment, or a
23	specified place frequented regularly by the petitioner and any
24	named family or household member;
25	(3) Committing an act of repeat violence, sexual violence,
26	or dating violence against the petitioner;
27	(4) Committing any other violation of the injunction
28	through an intentional unlawful threat, word, or act to do
29	violence to the petitioner; or
30	(5) Telephoning, contacting, or otherwise communicating
31	with the petitioner directly or indirectly, unless the
32	injunction specifically allows indirect contact through a third
33	party;
34	(6) Knowingly and intentionally coming within 100 feet of
35	the petitioner's motor vehicle, whether or not that vehicle is
36	occupied;
37	(7) Defacing or destroying the petitioner's personal
38	property, including the petitioner's motor vehicle; or
39	(8) Refusing to surrender firearms or ammunition if
40	ordered to do so by the court,
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42	commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as
43	provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
44	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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