HB 0857

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the offense of sexual battery on a
3	minor; providing for the statute of limitations for the
4	offense of sexual battery on a minor to be tolled during
5	the period of a victim's minority; specifying additional
6	circumstances under which the statute of limitations for a
7	civil or criminal action involving such offense is tolled;
8	providing an effective date.
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10	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12	Section 1.  Statute of limitations tolled in cases of
13	sexual battery on a minor.--The applicable statute of
14	limitations for any civil or criminal action involving the
15	offense of sexual battery on a minor shall be tolled during the
16	period of the victim's minority and during any period in which
17	it is therapeutically determined that:
18	(1)  The victim is unable to disclose information
19	concerning the incident at issue outside of a clinical setting;
20	(2)  It is inadvisable for the victim to confront the
21	perpetrator; or
22	(3)  It is medically inadvisable for the victim to disclose
23	publicly the incident at issue.
24	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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