Title: Electronic Monitoring Devices

Summary: Prohibiting the removal, destruction, or circumvention of the operation of an electronic monitoring device being used by a person for specified purposes; prohibiting requesting or soliciting a person to perform such an act; providing criminal penalties, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to electronic monitoring devices; creating s. 843.23, F.S.; providing a definition; prohibiting the removal, destruction, or circumvention of the operation of an electronic monitoring device being used by a person for specified purposes; prohibiting requesting or soliciting a person to perform such an act; providing criminal penalties; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 843.23, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 843.23 Tampering with an electronic monitoring device.  (1) For the purpose of this section, the term  electronic monitoring device  includes any device that is used to track the location of a person. (2) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly and without authority: (a) Remove, destroy, or circumvent the operation of an electronic monitoring device that is being used for the purpose of monitoring a person who is: 1. Complying with a home arrest program; 2. Wearing an electronic monitoring device as a condition of bond or pretrial release; 3. Wearing an electronic device as a result of a court order for a protective injunction issued for domestic violence as defined by s. 741.30; repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence, as defined by s. 784.046; or a stalking injunction as defined by s. 784.048; or 4. On county probation. (b) Request or solicit any other person to remove, destroy, or circumvent the operation of an electronic monitoring device being used for a purpose described in paragraph (a). (3) A person who violates this section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2015.