Terms and conditions of probation or community control.--
(1) The court shall determine the terms and conditions of probation or
community control. Conditions specified in paragraphs (a)-(m) do not
require oral pronouncement at the time of sentencing and may be considered
standard conditions of probation. Conditions specified in paragraphs
(a)-(m) and (2)(a) do not require oral pronouncement at sentencing and may
be considered standard conditions of community control. These conditions
may include among them the following, that the probationer or offender in
community control shall:
(a) Report to the probation and parole supervisors as directed.
(Never miss a report date. This is the number one technical
violation. There is no defense unless you have an emergency and
then you need to contact your probation officer immediately and explain
the situation.)
(b) Permit such supervisors to visit him or her at his or her home or
elsewhere. (Get use to it. Do everything right and soon
the visits should begin to be less often. Have an attitude and be
disrespectful and the visits can become very annoying. It is up to
you.)
(c) Work faithfully at suitable employment insofar as may be possible.
(There is no acceptance of unemployment while on supervision unless you
are unable to work or are a full time student. You need to pay
court costs, fines and cost of supervision anyway so it makes sense.)
(d) Remain within a specified place.
(Do not move without FIRST telling your probation officer.
Do not travel outside of the county unless you have permission.
This is another common technical violation.)
(e) Make reparation or restitution to the aggrieved party for the
damage or loss caused by his or her offense in an amount to be determined
by the court. The court shall make such reparation or restitution a
condition of probation, unless it determines that clear and compelling
reasons exist to the contrary. If the court does not order restitution, or
orders restitution of only a portion of the damages, as provided in s.
775.089, it shall state on the record in detail the reasons therefore.
(Make your payments on time. Today, most payments are
made through collection court and are outside of the conditions of
probation. However, some courts still make it a condition that you
can be violated for and both ways can place you back in jail for failure
to pay.)
(f) Effective July 1, 1994, and applicable for offenses committed on
or after that date, make payment of the debt due and owing to a county or
municipal detention facility under s. 951.032 for medical care, treatment,
hospitalization, or transportation received by the felony probationer
while in that detention facility. The court, in determining whether to
order such repayment and the amount of such repayment, shall consider the
amount of the debt, whether there was any fault of the institution for the
medical expenses incurred, the financial resources of the felony
probationer, the present and potential future financial needs and earning
ability of the probationer, and dependents, and other appropriate factors.
(g) Support his or her legal dependents to the best of his or her
ability. (Pay your child support.)
(h) Make payment of the debt due and owing to the state under s.
960.17, subject to modification based on change of circumstances.
(i) Pay any application fee assessed under s. 27.52(1)(c)
and attorney's fees and costs assessed under s. 938.29, subject to
modification based on change of circumstances.
(j) Not associate with persons engaged in criminal activities.
(This is often listed as a violation when a dirty urine sample
is obtained.)
(k)1. Submit to random testing as directed by the correctional
probation officer or the professional staff of the treatment center where
he or she is receiving treatment to determine the presence or use of
alcohol or controlled substances. (Don't use illegal drugs,
including prescription drugs not prescribe to you, while on probation.
Do not rely on cleansers that say they can clean your urine. This
violation is not the easiest for the state to prove but you will still
find yourself sitting in jail until your court date. And whatever
you do, keep reporting to your probation officer on your scheduled dates
after you have had a dirty urine.)
2. If the offense was a controlled substance violation and the period
of probation immediately follows a period of incarceration in the state
correction system, the conditions shall include a requirement that the
offender submit to random substance abuse testing intermittently
throughout the term of supervision, upon the direction of the correctional
probation officer as defined in s. 943.10(3).
(l) Be prohibited from possessing, carrying, or owning any firearm
unless authorized by the court and consented to by the probation officer.
(m) Be prohibited from using intoxicants to excess or possessing any
drugs or narcotics unless prescribed by a physician. The probationer or
community controllee shall not knowingly visit places where intoxicants,
drugs, or other dangerous substances are unlawfully sold, dispensed, or
used.
(n) Attend an HIV/AIDS awareness program consisting of a class of not
less than 2 hours or more than 4 hours in length, the cost for which shall
be paid by the offender, if such a program is available in the county of
the offender's residence.
(o) Pay not more than $1 per month during the term of probation or
community control to a nonprofit organization established for the sole
purpose of supplementing the rehabilitative efforts of the Department of
Corrections.
(2)(a) The court shall require intensive supervision and surveillance
for an offender placed into community control, which may include but is
not limited to:
1. Specified contact with the parole and probation officer.
2. Confinement to an agreed-upon residence during hours away from
employment and public service activities.
3. Mandatory public service.
4. Supervision by the Department of Corrections by means of an
electronic monitoring device or system.
(b) For an offender placed on criminal quarantine community control
(often referred to as Level 2),
the court shall require:
1. Electronic monitoring 24 hours per day.
2. Confinement to a designated residence during designated hours.
(3)(a)1. The Department of Corrections may, at its discretion,
electronically monitor an offender sentenced to community control.
2. The Department of Corrections shall electronically monitor an
offender sentenced to criminal quarantine community control 24 hours per
day.
(b) Any offender placed on community control who violates the terms
and conditions of community control and is restored to community control
may be supervised by means of an electronic monitoring device or system.
(c) For those offenders being electronically monitored, the Department
of Corrections shall develop procedures to determine, investigate, and
report the offender's noncompliance with the terms and conditions of
sentence 24 hours per day. All reports of noncompliance shall be
immediately investigated by a community control officer.
(d) The Department of Corrections may contract with local law
enforcement agencies to assist in the location and apprehension of
offenders who are in noncompliance as reported by the electronic
monitoring system. This contract is intended to provide the department a
means for providing immediate investigation of noncompliance reports,
especially after normal office hours.
(4) The court shall require a diagnosis and evaluation to determine
the need of a probationer or offender in community control for treatment.
If the court determines that a need therefore is established by such
diagnosis and evaluation process, the court shall require outpatient
counseling as a term or condition of probation or community control for
any person who was found guilty of any of the following, or whose plea of
guilty or [no contest] to any of the following was accepted by the
court:
(a) Lewd or lascivious battery, lewd or lascivious molestation, lewd
or lascivious conduct, or lewd or lascivious exhibition, as defined in s.
800.04.
(b) Sexual battery, as defined in chapter 794, against a child.
(c) Exploitation of a child as provided in s. 450.151, or for
prostitution.
Such counseling shall be required to be obtained from a community mental
health center, a recognized social service agency providing mental health
services, or a private mental health professional or through other
professional counseling. The plan for counseling for the individual shall
be provided to the court for review.
(5) Conditions imposed pursuant to this subsection, as specified in
paragraphs (a) and (b), do not require oral pronouncement at the time of
sentencing and shall be considered standard conditions of probation or
community control for offenders specified in this subsection.
(a) Effective for probationers or community controllees whose crime
was committed on or after October 1, 1995, and who are placed under
supervision for violation of chapter 794, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, or s.
847.0145, (Pre-sex offender supervision) the court must impose the following conditions in addition to
all other standard and special conditions imposed:
1. A mandatory curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The court may designate
another 8-hour period if the offender's employment precludes the above
specified time, and such alternative is recommended by the Department of
Corrections. If the court determines that imposing a curfew would endanger
the victim, the court may consider alternative sanctions.
2. If the victim was under the age of 18, a prohibition on living
within 1,000 feet of a school, day care center, park, playground, or other
place where children regularly congregate, as prescribed by the court. The
1,000-foot distance shall be measured in a straight line from the
offender's place of residence to the nearest boundary line of the school,
day care center, park, playground, or other place where children
congregate. The distance may not be measured by a pedestrian route or
automobile route.
3. Active participation in and successful completion of a sex offender
treatment program with therapists specifically trained to treat sex
offenders, at the probationer's or community controllee's own expense. If
a specially trained therapist is not available within a 50-mile radius of
the probationer's or community controllee's residence, the offender shall
participate in other appropriate therapy.
4. A prohibition on any contact with the victim, directly or
indirectly, including through a third person, unless approved by the
victim, the offender's therapist, and the sentencing court.
5. If the victim was under the age of 18, a prohibition, until
successful completion of a sex offender treatment program, on unsupervised
contact with a child under the age of 18, unless authorized by the
sentencing court without another adult present who is responsible for the
child's welfare, has been advised of the crime, and is approved by the
sentencing court.
6. If the victim was under age 18, a prohibition on working for pay or
as a volunteer at any school, day care center, park, playground, or other
place where children regularly congregate.
7. Unless otherwise indicated in the treatment plan provided by the
sexual offender treatment program, a prohibition on viewing, owning, or
possessing any obscene, pornographic, or sexually stimulating visual or
auditory material, including telephone, electronic media, computer
programs, or computer services that are relevant to the offender's deviant
behavior pattern.
8. A requirement that the probationer or community controllee must
submit two specimens of blood or other approved biological specimens to
the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to be registered with the DNA
data bank.
9. A requirement that the probationer or community controllee make
restitution to the victim, as ordered by the court under s. 775.089, for
all necessary medical and related professional services relating to
physical, psychiatric, and psychological care.
10. Submission to a warrantless search by the community control or
probation officer of the probationer's or community controllee's person,
residence, or vehicle.
(b) Effective for a probationer or community controllee whose crime
was committed on or after October 1, 1997, and who is placed on sex
offender probation for a violation of chapter 794, s. 800.04, s. 827.071,
or s. 847.0145, in addition to any other provision of this subsection, the
court must impose the following conditions of probation or community
control:
1. As part of a treatment program, participation at least annually in
polygraph examinations to obtain information necessary for risk management
and treatment and to reduce the sex offender's denial mechanisms. A
polygraph examination must be conducted by a polygrapher trained
specifically in the use of the polygraph for the monitoring of sex
offenders, where available, and shall be paid by the sex offender. The
results of the polygraph examination shall not be used as evidence in
court to prove that a violation of community supervision has occurred.
2. Maintenance of a driving log and a prohibition against driving a
motor vehicle alone without the prior approval of the supervising officer.
3. A prohibition against obtaining or using a post office box without
the prior approval of the supervising officer.
4. If there was sexual contact, a submission to, at the probationer's
or community controllee's expense, an HIV test with the results to be
released to the victim and/or the victim's parent or guardian.
5. Electronic monitoring when deemed necessary by the community
control or probation officer and his or her supervisor, and ordered by the
court at the recommendation of the Department of Corrections.
(6) The enumeration of specific kinds of terms and conditions shall
not prevent the court from adding thereto such other or others as it
considers proper. However, the sentencing court may only impose a
condition of supervision allowing an offender convicted of s. 794.011, s.
800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0145, to reside in another state, if the
order stipulates that it is contingent upon the approval of the receiving
state interstate compact authority. The court may rescind or modify at any
time the terms and conditions theretofore imposed by it upon the
probationer or offender in community control. However, if the court
withholds adjudication of guilt or imposes a period of incarceration as a
condition of probation or community control, the period shall not exceed
364 days, and incarceration shall be restricted to either a county
facility, a probation and restitution center under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Corrections, a probation program drug punishment phase I
secure residential treatment institution, or a community residential
facility owned or operated by any entity providing such services.
(7)(a) If the court imposes a period of residential treatment or
incarceration as a condition of probation or community control, the
residential treatment or incarceration shall be restricted to the
following facilities:
1. A Department of Corrections probation and restitution center;
2. A probation program drug punishment treatment community;
3. A community residential facility which is owned and operated by any
public or private entity, excluding a community correctional center as
defined in s. 944.026; or
4. A county-owned facility.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that a county jail be used as
the last available alternative for placement of an offender as a condition
of probation. However, this shall not create a right of placement for the
probationer, nor shall it restrict judicial discretion in ordering such
treatment or incarceration.
(c) Prior to admission to such a facility or treatment community, the
court shall obtain an individual assessment and recommendation on the
appropriate treatment needs pursuant to 2chapter 953 or the
Community Control Implementation Manual which shall be considered by the
court in ordering such placements. Placement in such a facility or center,
or in the phase I secure residential phase of a probation program drug
punishment treatment community, shall not exceed 364 days. Early
completion of an offender's placement shall be recommended to the court,
when appropriate, by the facility or center supervisor, by the supervising
probation officer, or by the program manager. However, with respect to the
placement of a probationer pursuant to 2chapter 953, such
placement shall not be completed until satisfactory completion of the drug
punishment program. Termination for cause from such a program shall be
pursuant to 2s. 953.25(4). The Department of Corrections is
authorized to contract with appropriate agencies for provision of
services.
(8)(a) Whenever an offender is required by the court to participate in
any work program under the provisions of this chapter, enters into the
pretrial intervention program pursuant to s. 948.08, or volunteers to work
in a supervised work program conducted by a specified state, county,
municipal, or community service organization or to work for the victim,
either as an alternative to monetary restitution or as a part of the
rehabilitative or community control program, the offender shall be
considered an employee of the state for the purposes of chapter 440.
(b) In determining the average weekly wage, unless otherwise
determined by a specific funding program, all remuneration received from
the employer shall be considered a gratuity, and the offender shall not be
entitled to any benefits otherwise payable under s. 440.15, regardless of
whether the offender may be receiving wages and remuneration from other
employment with another employer and regardless of his or her future
wage-earning capacity. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to
any person performing labor under a sentence of a court to perform
community services as provided in s. 316.193.
(9)(a) As a condition of community control, probation, or probation
following incarceration, require an offender who has not obtained a high
school diploma or high school equivalency diploma or who lacks basic or
functional literacy skills, upon acceptance by an adult education program,
to make a good faith effort toward completion of such basic or functional
literacy skills or high school equivalency diploma, as defined in s.
1003.435, in accordance with the assessed adult general education needs of
the individual offender. The court shall not revoke community control,
probation, or probation following incarceration because of the offender's
inability to achieve such skills or diploma but may revoke community
control, probation, or probation following incarceration if the offender
fails to make a good faith effort to achieve such skills or diploma. The
court may grant early termination of community control, probation, or
probation following incarceration upon the offender's successful
completion of the approved program. As used in this subsection, "good
faith effort" means the offender is enrolled in a program of instruction
and is attending and making satisfactory progress toward completion of the
requirements.
(b) A juvenile on community control who is a public school student
must attend a public adult education program or a dropout prevention
program, pursuant to s. 1003.53, which includes a second chance school or
an alternative to expulsion, if the school district where the juvenile is
enrolled offers such programs, unless the principal of the school
determines that special circumstances warrant continuation in the regular
educational school program.
(c) If a juvenile on community control attends a regular educational
school program because a public adult education program or dropout
prevention program, which includes a second chance school or an
alternative to expulsion, is not available in the school district, the
identity of the juvenile on community control, the nature of the felony
offense committed by the juvenile, and the conditions of community control
must be made known to each of the student's teachers.
(10) As a condition of probation, community control, or any other
court-ordered community supervision, the court shall order persons
convicted of offenses specified in s. 943.325 to submit to the drawing of
the blood specimens as prescribed in that section as a condition of the
probation, community control, or other court-ordered community
supervision. For the purposes of this subsection, conviction shall include
a finding of guilty, or entry of a plea of [no contest] or guilty,
regardless of adjudication, or, in the case of a juvenile, the finding of
delinquency.
(11) Any order issued pursuant to subsection (10) shall also require
the convicted person to reimburse the appropriate agency for the costs of
drawing and transmitting the blood specimens to the Florida Department of
Law Enforcement.
(12) As a condition of probation, community control, or any other
court-ordered community supervision, the court shall order a person
convicted of an offense of domestic violence, as defined in s. 741.28, to
attend and successfully complete a batterers' intervention program unless
the court determines that the person does not qualify for the batterers'
intervention program pursuant to s. 741.325. Effective July 1, 2002, the
batterers' intervention program must be a program certified under s.
741.32 and the offender must pay the cost of attending the program.