(1) Notwithstanding any other law and regardless of the child’s age, a child who is adjudicated delinquent, or for whom adjudication is withheld, for an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult, shall be committed to a maximum-risk residential program if the child has completed two different high-risk residential commitment programs. The commitment of a child to a maximum-risk residential program must be for an indeterminate period, but may not exceed the maximum term of imprisonment that an adult may serve for the same offense.
(2) In committing a child to the appropriate program, the court may consider an equivalent program of similar intensity as being comparable to a program required under subsection (1).
History.—s. 48, ch. 94-209; s. 12, ch. 96-398; s. 58, ch. 97-238; s. 11, ch. 2006-62; s. 62, ch. 2006-120; s. 21, ch. 2010-113; s. 8, ch. 2011-70.
Note.—Former s. 39.0584; s. 985.314.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections
Chapter 985 - Juvenile Justice; Interstate Compact on Juveniles
Part VII - Disposition; Postdisposition (Ss. 985.43-985.494)
985.43 - Predisposition reports; other evaluations.
985.433 - Disposition hearings in delinquency cases.
985.435 - Probation and postcommitment probation; community service.
985.439 - Violation of probation or postcommitment probation.
985.442 - Form of commitment; certified copy of charge attached.
985.45 - Liability and remuneration for work.
985.455 - Other dispositional issues.
985.461 - Transition to adulthood.
985.465 - Juvenile correctional facilities or juvenile prison.
985.475 - Juvenile sexual offenders.
985.48 - Juvenile sexual offender commitment programs; sexual abuse intervention networks.
985.481 - Sexual offenders adjudicated delinquent; notification upon release.
985.494 - Commitment programs for juvenile felony offenders.