Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 928
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Bracy) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 120 - 156
    4  and insert:
    5  or subsequent petit theft offense occurs within 3 years of his
    6  or her most recent theft conviction.
    7         Section 2. Subsections (8) and (9) of section 812.015,
    8  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    9         812.015 Retail and farm theft; transit fare evasion;
   10  mandatory fine; alternative punishment; detention and arrest;
   11  exemption from liability for false arrest; resisting arrest;
   12  penalties.—
   13         (8) Except as provided in subsection (9), a person who
   14  commits retail theft commits a felony of the third degree,
   15  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084,
   16  if the property stolen is valued at $1,500 $300 or more, and the
   17  person:
   18         (a) Individually, or in concert with one or more other
   19  persons, coordinates the activities of one or more individuals
   20  in committing the offense, in which case the amount of each
   21  individual theft is aggregated to determine the value of the
   22  property stolen;
   23         (b) Commits theft from more than one location within a 48
   24  hour period, in which case the amount of each individual theft
   25  is aggregated to determine the value of the property stolen;
   26         (c) Acts in concert with one or more other individuals
   27  within one or more establishments to distract the merchant,
   28  merchant’s employee, or law enforcement officer in order to
   29  carry out the offense, or acts in other ways to coordinate
   30  efforts to carry out the offense; or
   31         (d) Commits the offense through the purchase of merchandise
   32  in a package or box that contains merchandise other than, or in
   33  addition to, the merchandise purported to be contained in the
   34  package or box.
   35         (9) A person commits a felony of the second degree,
   36  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084,
   37  if the person:
   38         (a) Violates subsection (8) as an adult and within 3 years
   39  prior to the violation he or she has previously been convicted
   40  as an adult of a violation of subsection (8); or