Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 726
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11  Senator Webster moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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17         Section 1.  Subsection (6) of section 787.03, Florida
18  Statutes, is amended to read:
19         787.03  Interference with custody.--
20         (6)(a)  This section does not apply in cases where a
21  spouse who is the victim of any act of domestic violence or
22  who has reasonable cause to believe he or she is about to
23  become the victim of any act of domestic violence, as defined
24  in s. 741.28, or believes that his or her action was necessary
25  to preserve the child or the incompetent person from danger to
26  his or her welfare seeks shelter from such acts or possible
27  acts and takes with him or her any child 17 years of age or
28  younger.
29         (b)  In order to gain the exemption conferred by
30  paragraph (a), a person who takes a child pursuant to this
31  subsection must:
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Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 726 Barcode 130906 1 1. Within 10 days after taking the child, make a 2 report to the sheriff's office or state attorney's office for 3 the county in which the child resided at the time he or she 4 was taken, which report must include the name of the person 5 taking the child, the current address and telephone number of 6 the person and child, and the reasons the child was taken. 7 2. Within a reasonable time after taking the child, 8 commence a custody proceeding that is consistent with the 9 federal Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act, 28 U.S.C. s. 10 1738A, or the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and 11 Enforcement Act, ss. 61.501-61.542. 12 3. Inform the sheriff's office or state attorney's 13 office for the county in which the child resided at the time 14 he or she was taken of any change of address or telephone 15 number of the person and child. 16 (c) The name of the person taking the child and the 17 current address and telephone number of the person and child 18 that are contained in the report made Information provided to 19 a sheriff or state attorney under paragraph (b) are is 20 confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I 21 of the State Constitution. 22 (7)(a) This section paragraph is subject to the Open 23 Government Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s. 24 119.15 and is repealed on October 2, 2006 2005, unless 25 reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the 26 Legislature before that date. 27 (b) Pursuant to s. 119.15, the Division of Statutory 28 Revision is directed to certify this section, in its entirety, 29 in the list of Open Government Sunset Review exemptions to be 30 certified by June 1, 2005. 31 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a 2 11:03 AM 04/27/05 s0726d-09-20j
Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 726 Barcode 130906 1 law. 2 3 4 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 5 And the title is amended as follows: 6 Delete everything before the enacting clause 7 8 and insert: 9 A bill to be entitled 10 An act relating to review under the Open 11 Government Sunset Review Act; amending s. 12 787.03, F.S., which provides a public records 13 exemption for information provided to a sheriff 14 or state attorney in specified domestic 15 violence cases in which a person seeks shelter 16 from an act or possible act of domestic 17 violence and takes with him or her any child 17 18 years of age or younger; extending the repeal 19 date scheduled under the Open Government Sunset 20 Review Act; narrowing the exemption; providing 21 an effective date. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 11:03 AM 04/27/05 s0726d-09-20j