2A-7.001. Definitions

(1) “Address Confidentiality Program” is the statutorily created program responsible for implementing the provisions of sections 741.401-.4651, F.S., within the Office of the Attorney General.

(2) “Agency or Governmental Entity” means an office, department, division, bureau, board, commission, or other statutory unit of state or local government or any functional subdivision of the aforementioned.

(3) “Applicant” means an adult person, a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of a person adjudicated incapacitated under chapter 744, F.S., who is applying to the department to have an address designated by the department serve as the person’s address or the address of the minor or incapacitated person.

(4) “Applicant Assistant” means an employee of a state or local agency, or a non-profit organization that has been designated by the department to assist individuals in applying for enrollment in the program.

(5) “Authorization code” is the identification number assigned to a participant.

(6) “Authorized personnel” means an employee of the Department of State, Division of Elections, or Supervisor of Elections, who has been designated by the chief executive officer of the respective agency to process and access voter application and voting records pertaining to program participants.

(7) “Department” means the Department of Legal Affairs, Office of the Attorney General.

(8) “Domestic Violence” means an act as defined in section 741.28, F.S., and includes a threat of such acts committed against an individual in a domestic situation, regardless of whether these acts or threats have been reported to law enforcement officers.

(9) “Protected records voter” means a program participant who is registered and qualified to vote in this state and has requested a vote-by-mail ballot pursuant to section 101.62, F.S.

(10) “Record” means any information relating to the conduct or performance of a governmental or proprietary function prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics.

(11) “Stalking” means an act as defined in section 784.048, F.S.

(12) “Substitute mailing address” means the mailing address designated by the department which shall not be the participant’s residential address.

Rulemaking Authority 741.409 FS. Law Implemented 741.402, 741.403, 741.405, 741.406, 741.408 FS. History–New 1-27-99, Amended 5-4-11, 10-3-11, 9-26-16.