Bill Text: FL S0870 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Statutes of Limitation for Sexual Battery [SPSC]

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-26 - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -SJ 00854; Substituted HB 525 -SJ 00854; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 525 (Ch. 2010-54) -SJ 00854 [S0870 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0870-Introduced.html
 
       Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 870 
        
       By Senator Aronberg 
       27-00818-10                                            2010870__ 
    1                        A bill to be entitled                       
    2         An act relating to statutes of limitation for sexual 
    3         battery; amending ss. 95.11 and 775.15, F.S.; 
    4         eliminating statutes of limitations to the institution 
    5         of criminal or civil actions relating to sexual 
    6         battery of a child if the victim is under 16 years of 
    7         age at the time of the offense; providing 
    8         applicability; providing an effective date. 
    9   
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
   11   
   12         Section 1. Subsection (9) is added to section 95.11, 
   13  Florida Statutes, to read: 
   14         95.11 Limitations other than for the recovery of real 
   15  property.—Actions other than for recovery of real property shall 
   16  be commenced as follows: 
   17         (9) SEXUAL BATTERY OFFENSES ON VICTIMS UNDER AGE 16.—Any 
   18  action related to an act constituting a violation of s. 794.011 
   19  involving a victim who was under the age of 16 at the time of 
   20  the act may be commenced at any time. This subsection applies to 
   21  any such action other than one that would have been time barred 
   22  on or before July 1, 2010. 
   23         Section 2. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (13) of 
   24  section 775.15, Florida Statutes, to read: 
   25         775.15 Time limitations; general time limitations; 
   26  exceptions.— 
   27         (13) 
   28         (c) If the offense is a violation of s. 794.011 and the 
   29  victim was under 16 years of age at the time the offense was 
   30  committed, a prosecution of the offense may be commenced at any 
   31  time. This paragraph applies to any such offense except an 
   32  offense the prosecution of which would have been barred by 
   33  subsection (2) on or before July 1, 2010. 
   34         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. 
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