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1997 Florida Statutes

SECTION 043
Toll-free telephone number; sex-offender information.

943.043  Toll-free telephone number; sex-offender information.--

(1)  The department shall provide, through a toll-free telephone number, public access to information regarding sex offenders which is not confidential or exempt from public disclosure and which is reported to the department by the Department of Corrections as provided in s. 944.607 or by a sex offender as provided in s. 943.0435.

(2)  The department shall provide to any person, upon request and at a reasonable cost determined by the department, a copy of the photograph of any sex offender or sexual predator which the department maintains in its files and a printed summary of the information that is available to the public under this section.

(3)  The department and its personnel are immune from civil liability for damages for good faith compliance with this section and shall be presumed to have acted in good faith by reporting information. The presumption of good faith is not overcome if technical or clerical errors are made by the department and its personnel in reporting the information, if the department and its personnel are unable to report information because the information has not been provided or reported by a person or agency required to provide or report the information to the department, or if the department and its personnel report information that was falsely reported without the knowledge of the department and its personnel.

History.--s. 7, ch. 97-299.