Senate Bill 1342

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1342

    By Senator Mitchell





    4-1610-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; providing an

  3         exemption from public records requirements for

  4         certain records of domestic violence used in

  5         unemployment compensation cases; providing an

  6         expiration date; providing a finding of public

  7         necessity; providing a contingent effective

  8         date.

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

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12         Section 1.  All records and evidence of domestic

13  violence experienced by an employee who has applied for

14  unemployment compensation with the Division of Unemployment

15  Compensation in accordance with section 443.101, Florida

16  Statutes, are exempt from the disclosure provisions of section

17  24(a) of Article I of the State Constitution and section

18  119.07(1), Florida Statutes, except to the extent consented to

19  by the employee when disclosure is necessary to protect the

20  employee's safety. This exemption is subject to the Open

21  Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with section

22  119.15, Florida Statutes, and expires on October 2, 2004,

23  unless reviewed and reenacted by the Legislature.

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

25  necessity that the records of domestic violence experienced by

26  an employee who has applied for unemployment compensation be

27  held confidential in order to protect the employee.

28  Furthermore, the Legislature finds that it would be an

29  invasion of privacy for these sensitive domestic violence

30  records to be revealed to the public.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1342
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  1         Section 3.  This act shall take effect on the effective

  2  date of SB     or similar legislation, relating to

  3  unemployment compensation, and shall not take effect if that

  4  legislation does not become a law.

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  7                          SENATE SUMMARY

  8    Provides an exemption from public records disclosure
      requirements for records of domestic violence experienced
  9    by an employee who has applied for unemployment
      compensation benefits. Provides a finding of public
10    necessity and an expiration date.

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