Florida HB 917: Probationary or Supervision Services

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HB 917 2018

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to probationary or supervision 2
services; amending s. 948.01, F.S.; deleting a 3
prohibition on private entities providing probationary 4
or supervision services to certain misdemeanor 5
offenders; 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. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and subsection 10
(5) of section 948.01, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 11
948.01 When court may place defendant on probation or into 12
community control.— 13
(1) Any state court having original jurisdiction of 14
criminal actions may at a time to be determined by the court, 15
with or without an adjudication of the guilt of the defendant, 16
hear and determine the question of the probation of a defendant 17
in a criminal case, except for an offense punishable by death, 18
who has been found guilty by the verdict of a jury, has entered 19
a plea of guilty or a plea of nolo contendere, or has been found 20
guilty by the court trying the case without a jury. 21
(a) If the court places the defendant on probation or into 22
community control for a felony, the department shall provide 23
immediate supervision by an officer employed in compliance with 24
the minimum qualifications for officers as provided in s. 25

HB 917 2018

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943.13. A private entity may not provide probationary or 26
supervision services to felony or misdemeanor offenders 27
sentenced or placed on probation or other supervision by the 28
circuit court. 29
(5) The imposition of sentence may not be suspended and 30
the defendant thereupon placed on probation or into community 31
control unless the defendant is placed under the custody of the 32
department or another public or private entity. A private entity 33
may not provide probationary or supervision services to felony 34
or misdemeanor offenders sentenced or placed on probation or 35
other supervision by the circuit court. 36
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018. 37