Florida HB 1467: Gambling

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to penalties for prostitution and 2
related acts; amending s. 796.07, F.S.; revising 3
penalties for certain offenses; amending ss. 456.074 4
and 480.041, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes 5
made by the act; providing an effective date. 6
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8
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Section 1. Subsections (4), (5), and (7) of section 10
796.07, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (2) of 11
that section is republished, to read: 12
796.07 Prohibiting prostitution and related acts.— 13
(2) It is unlawful: 14
(a) To own, establish, maintain, or operate any place, 15
structure, building, or conveyance for the purpose of lewdness, 16
assignation, or prostitution. 17
(b) To offer, or to offer or agree to secure, another for 18
the purpose of prostitution or for any other lewd or indecent 19
act. 20
(c) To receive, or to offer or agree to receive, any 21
person into any place, structure, building, or conveyance for 22
the purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation, or to 23
permit any person to remain there for such purpose. 24
(d) To direct, take, or transport, or to offer or agree to 25

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direct, take, or transport, any person to any place, structure, 26
or building, or to any other person, with knowledge or 27
reasonable cause to believe that the purpose of such directing, 28
taking, or transporting is prostitution, lewdness, or 29
assignation. 30
(e) For a person 18 years of age or older to offer to 31
commit, or to commit, or to engage in, prostitution, lewdness, 32
or assignation. 33
(f) To solicit, induce, entice, or procure another to 34
commit prostitution, lewdness, or assignation. 35
(g) To reside in, enter, or remain in, any place, 36
structure, or building, or to enter or remain in any conveyance, 37
for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation. 38
(h) To aid, abet, or participate in any of the acts or 39
things enumerated in this subsection. 40
(i) To purchase the services of any person engaged in 41
prostitution. 42
(4)(a) A person who violates any provision of this 43
section, other than paragraph (2)(e) or paragraph (2)(g) (2)(f), 44
commits: 45
1. A misdemeanor of the first second degree for a first 46
violation, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 47
2. A felony misdemeanor of the third first degree for a 48
second violation, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, or s. 49
775.083, or 775.084. 50

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3. A felony of the second third degree for a third or 51
subsequent violation, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 52
775.083, or s. 775.084. 53
(b)1. In addition to any other penalty imposed, the court 54
shall order a person convicted of a violation of paragraph 55
(2)(f) to: 56
a. Perform 100 hours of community service. 57
b. Pay for and attend an educational program as described 58
in subsection (8), if such a program exists in the judicial 59
circuit in which the offender is sentenced. 60
2. In addition to any other penalty imposed, the court 61
shall sentence a person convicted of a second or subsequent 62
violation of paragraph (2)(f) to a minimum mandatory period of 63
incarceration of 10 days. 64
3.a. If a person who violates paragraph (2)(f) uses a 65
vehicle in the course of the violation, the judge, upon the 66
person's conviction, may issue an order for the impoundment or 67
immobilization of the vehicle for a period of up to 60 days. The 68
order of impoundment or immobilization must include the names 69
and telephone numbers of all immobilization agencies meeting all 70
of the conditions of s. 316.193(13). Within 7 business days 71
after the date that the court issues the order of impoundment or 72
immobilization, the clerk of the court must send notice by 73
certified mail, return receipt requested, to the registered 74
owner of the vehicle, if the registered owner is a person other 75

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than the defendant, and to each person of record claiming a lien 76
against the vehicle. 77
b. The owner of the vehicle may request the court to 78
dismiss the order. The court must dismiss the order, and the 79
owner of the vehicle will incur no costs, if the owner of the 80
vehicle alleges and the court finds to be true any of the 81
following: 82
(I) The owner's family has no other private or public 83
means of transportation; 84
(II) The vehic