Senate Bill 1172e1

    SB 1172                                        First Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; amending s.

  3         787.03, F.S.; providing an exemption from

  4         public records requirements for information

  5         provided to state attorneys and sheriffs by

  6         persons who take minor children when fleeing

  7         from domestic violence; providing for future

  8         review and repeal; providing findings of public

  9         necessity; providing a contingent effective

10         date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (6) of

15  section 787.03, Florida Statutes, as amended by SB 1174, to

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17         787.03  Interference with custody.--

18         (6)

19         (c)  Information provided to a state attorney or

20  sheriff under paragraph (b) is confidential and is exempt from

21  s. 119.07(1) and section 24(a), Article I of the State

22  Constitution. This paragraph is subject to the Open Government

23  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand

24  repealed on October 2, 2004, unless reviewed and saved from

25  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

26         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that exempting

27  information provided to state attorneys and sheriffs under

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

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

30  necessity. The information is of sensitive, personal nature

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    SB 1172                                        First Engrossed



  1  concerning individuals who are under threat of physical and

  2  psychological harm if their whereabouts is revealed.

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

  4  but it shall not take effect if Senate Bill 1174 or similar

  5  legislation requiring certain identifying information to be

  6  filed by persons who take minor children when fleeing

  7  situations of domestic violence does not become a law.

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