Senate Bill sb1814

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1814

    By Senator Campbell





    32-1222-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the offense of sexual

  3         battery on a minor; providing for the statute

  4         of limitations for the offense of sexual

  5         battery on a minor to be tolled during the

  6         period of a victim's minority; specifying

  7         additional circumstances under which the

  8         statute of limitations for a civil or criminal

  9         action involving such offense is tolled;

10         providing an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Statute of limitations tolled in cases of

15  sexual battery on a minor.--The applicable statute of

16  limitations for any civil or criminal action involving the

17  offense of sexual battery on a minor shall be tolled during

18  the period of the victim's minority and during any period in

19  which it is therapeutically determined that:

20         (1)  The victim is unable to disclose information

21  concerning the incident at issue outside of a clinical

22  setting;

23         (2)  It is inadvisable for the victim to confront the

24  perpetrator; or

25         (3)  It is medically inadvisable for the victim to

26  disclose publicly the incident at issue.

27         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1814
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 3    Provides for the statute of limitations for any civil or
      criminal action involving the offense of sexual battery
 4    on a minor to be tolled during the period of a victim's
      minority and under certain additional circumstances.
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