Bill Text: FL S0304 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: OGSR/Agency Employee/Victim of Domestic Violence or Sexual Violence

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-29 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7079 (Ch. 2013-215) [S0304 Detail]

Download: Florida-2013-S0304-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 304
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Criminal Justice
       
       
       
       
       591-00645-13                                           2013304__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 741.313, F.S., which
    4         provides a public records exemption for certain
    5         records submitted to an agency by an employee who is a
    6         victim of domestic violence or sexual violence;
    7         eliminating the scheduled repeal of the exemption
    8         under the Open Government Sunset Review Act; providing
    9         an effective date.
   10  
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   12  
   13         Section 1. Subsection (7) of section 741.313, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         741.313 Unlawful action against employees seeking
   16  protection.—
   17         (7)(a) Personal identifying information that is contained
   18  in records documenting an act of domestic violence or sexual
   19  violence and that is submitted to an agency, as defined in
   20  chapter 119, by an agency employee under the requirements of
   21  this section is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
   22  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   23         (b) A written request for leave that is submitted by an
   24  agency employee under the requirements of this section and any
   25  agency time sheet that reflects such a request are confidential
   26  and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   27  Constitution until 1 year after the leave has been taken.
   28         (c) This subsection is subject to the Open Government
   29  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand
   30  repealed on October 2, 2013, unless reviewed and saved from
   31  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2013.