2000 Florida Code
TITLE XLVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 985 Delinquency; Interstate Compact On Juveniles  
PART III JUVENILE JUSTICE CONTINUUM (ss. 985.301-985.317)
985.3141   Escapes from secure detention or residential commitment facility.

1985.3141  Escapes from secure detention or residential commitment facility.--An escape from:

(1)  Any secure detention facility maintained for the temporary detention of children, pending adjudication, disposition, or placement;

(2)  Any residential commitment facility described in s. 985.03(45), maintained for the custody, treatment, punishment, or rehabilitation of children found to have committed delinquent acts or violations of law; or

(3)  Lawful transportation to or from any such secure detention facility or residential commitment facility,

constitutes escape within the intent and meaning of s. 944.40 and is a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.--s. 5, ch. 90-208; s. 13, ch. 92-287; s. 52, ch. 94-209; s. 12, ch. 95-152; s. 3, ch. 96-398; s. 113, ch. 97-238; s. 4, ch. 98-207; s. 59, ch. 98-280; s. 163, ch. 98-403; s. 136, ch. 99-3; s. 30, ch. 99-284; s. 41, ch. 2000-135.

1Note.--Section 41, ch. 2000-135, amended subsection (2) without publishing the flush left language at the end of the section. Absent affirmative evidence of legislative intent to repeal it, the flush left language is published here, pending clarification by the Legislature.

Note.--Former s. 39.061; s. 944.401.