{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-985.494","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 985.494","heading":"Commitment programs for juvenile felony offenders.","body":"(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.\n(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).\nHistory.—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.","path":["CHAPTER 985 JUVENILE JUSTICE; INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0900-0999/0985/0985.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:17:18Z","sha256":"1cd21ba4dc8b275b75b4ac16d67d71a23ccfdd502b0223c0b5d53e89f4596126","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-985.4815","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-985.511"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}