Bill Text: FL S1278 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Sentencing Alternatives
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Criminal Justice [S1278 Detail]
Download: Florida-2012-S1278-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2012 SB 1278 By Senator Oelrich 14-01016A-12 20121278__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to sentencing alternatives; amending 3 s. 921.187, F.S.; authorizing the court to order an 4 offender convicted of an offense of child abuse to pay 5 an assessment of a specified amount if the offender 6 does not receive a state prison sentence; requiring 7 that the assessment be allocated to the child 8 protection team in the judicial circuit in which the 9 alternative sentenced is imposed; providing an 10 effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Paragraph (r) is added to subsection (1) of 15 section 921.187, Florida Statutes, to read: 16 921.187 Disposition and sentencing; alternatives; 17 restitution.— 18 (1) The alternatives provided in this section for the 19 disposition of criminal cases shall be used in a manner that 20 will best serve the needs of society, punish criminal offenders, 21 and provide the opportunity for rehabilitation. If the offender 22 does not receive a state prison sentence, the court may: 23 (r) Require the offender who violates any criminal 24 provision of chapter 827 to pay an additional assessment in the 25 amount of $100 to the child protection team in the judicial 26 circuit in which the alternative sentenced is imposed. 27 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.