FL H1037

Creates section 843.23, Florida Statutes, to define electronic monitoring devices as any device used to track a person's location and prohibit intentional removal, destruction, alteration, tampering, damaging, or circumventing of such devices ordered by court or Commission on Offender Review.

Makes it unlawful to request or solicit another person to tamper with, remove, or destroy an electronic monitoring device required by court order or Commission on Offender Review.

Establishes violation of the tampering prohibition as a felony of the third degree, punishable under Florida Statutes sections 775.082, 775.083, or 775.084.

Amends section 948.11 to clarify that the Department of Corrections may electronically monitor offenders sentenced to community control when the court imposes electronic monitoring as a condition of community control.

Repeals the criminal penalty provision in section 948.11(7) and consolidates electronic monitoring device tampering offenses under the new section 843.23, effective October 1, 2015.