Senate Bill 1172

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1172

    By Senator Rossin





    35-1187-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; providing an

  3         exemption from public records requirements for

  4         information provided to state attorneys and

  5         sheriffs by persons who take minor children

  6         when fleeing from domestic violence; providing

  7         for future review and repeal; providing

  8         findings of public necessity; providing a

  9         contingent effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Information provided to a state attorney or

14  sheriff under paragraph 787.03(6)(b), Florida Statutes, is

15  confidential and is exempt from section 119.07(1), Florida

16  Statutes, and section 24(a), Article I of the State

17  Constitution. This section is subject to the Open Government

18  Sunset Review Act in accordance with section 119.15, Florida

19  Statutes, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2004, unless

20  reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the

21  Legislature.

22         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that exempting

23  information provided to state attorneys and sheriffs under

24  paragraph 787.03(6)(b), Florida Statutes, by persons fleeing

25  from domestic violence or the threat of it is a public

26  necessity. The information is of sensitive, personal nature

27  concerning individuals who are under threat of physical and

28  psychological harm if their whereabouts is revealed.

29         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999,

30  but it shall not take effect if Senate Bill      or similar

31  legislation requiring certain identifying information to be

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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1172
    35-1187-99




  1  filed by persons who take minor children when fleeing

  2  situations of domestic violence does not become a law.

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  6    Exempts information reported to state attorneys and
      sheriffs by persons who take minor children with them
  7    when fleeing domestic violence from public records
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