Senate Bill 1198

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1198

    By Senator Brown-Waite





    10-931-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to changes of name; amending s.

  3         68.07, F.S.; requiring a petitioner for a

  4         change of name to submit fingerprints to the

  5         clerk of court; providing for a fee;

  6         prohibiting a convicted felon from filing a

  7         petition for a change of name while

  8         incarcerated; providing an exception for

  9         victims and witnesses certified for protection

10         or relocation; requiring certain forms to

11         include a category for all names used by a

12         person; providing an effective date.

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

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16         Section 1.  Present subsections (6), (7), and (8) of

17  section 68.07, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections

18  (7), (8), and (9), respectively, present subsection (5) is

19  renumbered as subsection (6) and amended, and new subsections

20  (5) and (10) are added to that section, to read:

21         68.07  Change of name.--

22         (5)  A petitioner granted a change of name under this

23  section must submit to the clerk a complete set of

24  fingerprints taken by an authorized law enforcement agency.

25  The clerk shall submit the fingerprints to the Florida

26  Department of Law Enforcement for processing. The petitioner

27  shall be charged a $15 fee, payable to the Florida Department

28  of Law Enforcement, to cover the cost of processing the

29  fingerprints.

30         (6)(5)  If the petitioner is a convicted felon, the

31  clerk must, upon the filing of the final judgment, send a

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  1  report of the judgment to the Florida Department of Law

  2  Enforcement on a form to be furnished by that department. The

  3  report must contain sufficient information to identify the

  4  original criminal record of the petitioner, the new name of

  5  the petitioner, and the file number of the judgment. With

  6  respect to a person convicted of a felony in another state or

  7  of a federal offense, the Florida Department of Law

  8  Enforcement must send the report to the respective state's

  9  office of law enforcement records or to the office of the

10  Federal Bureau of Investigation. A convicted felon, except for

11  a victim or witness identified or certified for protection or

12  relocation pursuant to s. 914.25, may not file a petition for

13  a change of name while incarcerated and under the jurisdiction

14  of the Department of Corrections or the Correctional

15  Privatization Commission.

16         (10)  Any form used by an agency of state or local

17  government which requires the submission of demographic

18  information by name shall include, after October 1, 2000, a

19  category for all names previously and currently held by a

20  person.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

22  law.

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25                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Requires a petitioner for a change of name to submit
27    fingerprints to the clerk of court. Prohibits a convicted
      felon from filing a petition for a change of name while
28    incarcerated and provides an exception for victims and
      witnesses certified for protection or relocation.
29    Requires certain forms to include a category for all
      names used by a person.
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