Bill Text: FL S0944 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Secondhand Dealers

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-01 - Died on Calendar [S0944 Detail]

Download: Florida-2015-S0944-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2015                                     SB 944
       
       
        
       By Senator Soto
       
       
       
       
       
       14-01345-15                                            2015944__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to secondhand dealers; amending s.
    3         538.06, F.S.; requiring a law enforcement officer with
    4         jurisdiction to place a specified written hold order
    5         on specified goods; providing an effective date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 538.06, Florida
   10  Statutes, is amended to read:
   11         538.06 Holding period.—
   12         (3) Upon probable cause that goods held by a secondhand
   13  dealer are stolen, a law enforcement officer with jurisdiction
   14  shall may place a 90-day written hold order on the goods subject
   15  to the court’s disposition under subsection (4). However, the
   16  hold may be extended beyond 90 days by a court of competent
   17  jurisdiction upon a finding of probable cause that the property
   18  is stolen and further holding is necessary for the purposes of
   19  trial or to safeguard such property. The dealer shall assume all
   20  responsibility, civil or criminal, relative to the property or
   21  evidence in question, including responsibility for the actions
   22  of any employee with respect thereto.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.