Bill Text: FL H0847 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

Florida House Bill 847 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Resisting an Officer or Other Specified Person Without Violence

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee [H0847 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-H0847-Introduced.html

HB 847

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to resisting an officer or other
3	specified person without violence; amending s. 843.02,
4	F.S.; providing that a finding of resistance,
5	obstruction, or opposition must be based on factors
6	other than mere flight from an officer or other person
7	to whom this section applies; providing an effective
8	date.
9
10	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
11
12	Section 1. Section 843.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to
13	read:
14	843.02 Resisting officer or other such person without
15	violence to his or her person.-Whoever shall resist, obstruct,
16	or oppose any officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6),
17	(7), (8), or (9); member of the Parole Commission or any
18	administrative aide or supervisor employed by the commission;
19	county probation officer; parole and probation supervisor;
20	personnel or representative of the Department of Law
21	Enforcement; or other person legally authorized to execute
22	process in the execution of legal process or in the lawful
23	execution of any legal duty, without offering or doing violence
24	to the person of the officer or other such person, commits ~~shall~~
25	~~be guilty of~~ a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as
26	provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. For purposes of this
27	section, a finding of resistance, obstruction, or opposition
28	must be based on factors other than mere flight from an officer
29	or other person to whom this section applies.
30	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.