Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 512
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11  The Committee on Children and Families (Fasano) recommended
12  the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 1, lines 10 through 16, delete those lines
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18         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and
19  paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 784.046, Florida
20  Statutes, are amended to read:
21         784.046  Action by victim of repeat violence, sexual
22  violence, or dating violence for protective injunction; powers
23  and duties of court and clerk of court; filing and form of
24  petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance;
25  statewide verification system; enforcement.--
26         (2)  There is created a cause of action for an
27  injunction for protection in cases of repeat violence, there
28  is created a separate cause of action for an injunction for
29  protection in cases of dating violence, and there is created a
30  separate cause of action for an injunction for protection in
31  cases of sexual violence.
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    Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 512
                        Barcode 273498
 1         (a)  Any person who is the victim of repeat violence or
 2  the parent or legal guardian of any minor child who is living
 3  at home and who seeks an injunction for protection against
 4  repeat violence on behalf of the minor child or any
 5  governmental employer of any person who is the victim of
 6  repeat violence in a public workplace who seeks an injunction
 7  for protection against repeat violence on behalf of the
 8  employee has standing in the circuit court to file a sworn
 9  petition for an injunction for protection against repeat
10  violence.
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14  And the title is amended as follows:
15         On page 1, line 3, after the semicolon,
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18         providing standing for a governmental employer
19         to seek an injunction for protection against
20         repeat violence on behalf of an employee;
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