Florida Senate - 2024                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1616
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                Floor: 1/RS/2R         .                                
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       Senator Calatayud moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 14 - 62
    4  and insert:
    5         (8)(a) Each county recorder or clerk of the court must make
    6  the identity of each respondent against whom a final judgment
    7  for an injunction for the protection of a minor under s. 741.30,
    8  s. 784.046, or s. 784.0485 is entered, as well as the fact that
    9  a final judgment for an injunction for the protection of a minor
   10  under s. 741.30, s. 784.046, or s. 784.0485 has been entered
   11  against that respondent, publicly available on the county
   12  recorder’s or clerk of the court’s official website an Internet
   13  website for general public display, which may include the
   14  Internet website required by this section, unless the respondent
   15  is a minor. The identity and information required under this
   16  subsection must be viewable through a searchable database that
   17  is available in a clear and conspicuous location on the homepage
   18  of the county recorder’s or clerk of the court’s official
   19  website and must be available for search by the general public.
   20         (b)The requirement in paragraph (a) may be satisfied by
   21  providing a stand-alone link to the official records index. The
   22  link must be located in a clear and conspicuous location on the
   23  homepage of the county recorder’s or clerk of the court’s
   24  official website and must be available for search by the general
   25  public. The link must be titled in a manner that clearly informs
   26  the user that by clicking the link, the user will be redirected
   27  to a searchable database on which information available pursuant
   28  to this subsection relating to the identity of a respondent
   29  against whom a final judgment for injunction for the protection
   30  of a minor can be found.
   31         (c)(b) Any information specified in this subsection not
   32  made available by the county recorder or clerk of the court as
   33  provided in this subsection on a publicly available Internet
   34  website for general public display before July 1, 2024 2021,
   35  must be made publicly available on the county recorder’s or
   36  clerk of the court’s official an Internet website if the
   37  affected party identifies the information and requests that such
   38  information be added to a publicly available Internet website
   39  for general public display. Such request must be in writing and
   40  delivered by mail, facsimile, or electronic transmission or in
   41  person to the county recorder or clerk of the court. The request
   42  must specify the case number assigned to the final judgment for
   43  an injunction for the protection of a minor under s. 741.30, s.
   44  784.046, or s. 784.0485. A fee may not be charged for the
   45  addition of information pursuant to such request.
   46         (d)(c) No later than 30 days after July 1, 2024 2021,
   47  notice of the right of any affected party to request the
   48  addition of information to the searchable database on the county
   49  recorder’s or clerk of the court’s official a publicly available
   50  Internet website pursuant to this subsection must shall be
   51  conspicuously and clearly displayed by the county recorder or
   52  clerk of the court on the county recorder’s or clerk of the
   53  court’s official publicly available Internet website on which
   54  images or copies of the county’s public records are placed and
   55  in the office of each county recorder or clerk of the court.
   56  Such notice must contain appropriate instructions for making the
   57  addition of information request in person, by mail, by
   58  facsimile, or by electronic transmission. The notice must state,
   59  in substantially similar form, that any person has a right to
   60  request that a county recorder or clerk of the court add
   61  information to the searchable database on the county recorder’s
   62  or clerk of the court’s official a publicly available Internet
   63  website if that information involves the identity of a
   64  respondent against whom a final judgment for an injunction for
   65  the protection of a minor under s. 741.30, s. 784.046, or s.
   66  784.0485 is entered, unless the respondent is a minor. The
   67  notice must also state that the information related to the
   68  identity of each respondent against whom a final judgment for an
   69  injunction for the protection of a minor under s. 741.30, s.
   70  784.046, or s. 784.0485 is entered is available for search by
   71  the general public. The notice must include step-by-step
   72  instructions detailing how a user can access the searchable
   73  database and search for such information. Such request must be
   74  made in
   75  
   76  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   77  And the title is amended as follows:
   78         Delete lines 4 - 6
   79  and insert:
   80         county recorder or clerk of the court to make certain
   81         information publicly available through a searchable
   82         database on the county recorder’s or clerk of the
   83         court’s official website; authorizing such requirement
   84         to be satisfied by providing a stand-alone link to the
   85         official records index; providing requirements for
   86         such link; providing requirements for certain notices;
   87         providing