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House Bill 1639c2




    Florida House of Representatives - 1998          CS/CS/HB 1639

        By the Committee on Law Enforcement & Public Safety and
    Representative Hill





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; creating s.

  3         741.465, F.S.; providing an exemption from

  4         public records requirements for certain

  5         personal information about program participants

  6         in the Address Confidentiality Program for

  7         Victims of Domestic Violence; providing

  8         exceptions; providing for future review and

  9         repeal; providing a finding of public

10         necessity; providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Section 741.465, Florida Statutes, is

15  created to read:

16         741.465  Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of

17  Domestic Violence; certain information exempt from

18  disclosure.--The addresses, corresponding telephone numbers,

19  and social security numbers of program participants in the

20  Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic

21  Violence are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of

22  the State Constitution, except the information may be

23  disclosed under the following circumstances:  if requested by

24  a law enforcement agency, to the law enforcement agency; if

25  directed by a court order, to a person identified in the

26  order; or if the certification has been canceled.  For

27  purposes of this section, the term "address" means a

28  residential street address, school address, or work address,

29  as specified on the individual's application to be a program

30  participant in the Address Confidentiality Program for Victims

31  of Domestic Violence.  This section is subject to the Open

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998          CS/CS/HB 1639

    604-117-98






  1  Government Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s.

  2  119.15, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2003, unless

  3  reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the

  4  Legislature.

  5         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that it is a public

  6  necessity that the addresses, corresponding telephone numbers,

  7  and social security numbers of program participants in the

  8  Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic

  9  Violence be exempt from public records requirements.  Release

10  of this information would significantly threaten the safety

11  and security of program participants.  Therefore, the harm

12  that would result from such release outweighs any public

13  benefit that might result therefrom.

14         Section 3.  This act shall take effect on the effective

15  date of House Bill No. 1637, relating to the Address

16  Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic Violence, or

17  similar legislation enacted during the 1998 Regular Session of

18  the Legislature.

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