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HB 119 2024
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to trespass on commercial agricultural
3 property; amending s. 810.09, F.S.; providing enhanced
4 criminal penalties for trespass with specified intent
5 on certain commercial agricultural property; providing
6 a definition; providing an effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. Paragraph (k) is added to subsection (2) of
11 section 810.09, Florida Statutes, to read:
12 810.09 Trespass on property other than structure or
13 conveyance.—
14 (2)
15 (k)1. The offender commits a felony of the third degree,
16 punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084 ,
17 if the offender trespasses with the intent to commit a crime on
18 commercial agricultural property that is legally posted and
19 identified by signs in letters of at least 2 inches at each
20 pedestrian and vehicle entrance in substantially the following
21 manner: "THIS AREA IS A DESIGNATED COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURAL
22 PROPERTY AND ANYONE WHO TRESPASSES ON THIS PROPERTY COMMITS A
23 FELONY."
24 2. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "commercial
25 agricultural property" means property that is cleared of its
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26 natural vegetation or fenced for the purposes of planting,
27 growing, harvesting, processing, or storing plant or animal
28 commercial commodities intended for human consumption.
29 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
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