House Bill 1639e1

                                CS/CS/HB 1639, First Engrossed/ntc



  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:  to a law

24  enforcement agency for purposes of assisting in the execution

25  of a valid arrest warrant; if directed by a court order, to a

26  person identified in the order; or if the certification has

27  been canceled.  For purposes of this section, the term

28  "address" means a residential street address, school address,

29  or work address, as specified on the individual's application

30  to be a program participant in the Address Confidentiality

31  Program for Victims of Domestic Violence.  This section is


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                                CS/CS/HB 1639, First Engrossed/ntc



  1  subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995 in

  2  accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand repealed on October

  3  2, 2003, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through

  4  reenactment by the 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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