The next scheduled Board Meeting is September 10, 2004 at 10:30

 

 

SCVAN Board of Directors Meeting

Minutes

December 17, 2003

 

In Attendance:


Brett Macgargle

Marian Lindsey

Lynn Hawkins

Ritchie Tidwell

Margaret Frierson

Thomas Harrison

Dean Kilpatrick

Lawrence Bergmann

Kaye Holmes

Saylor Fox

Carol Wyatt

Don Zelenka

Mary Ann Stroup

Pam Gregory

Vicki Bourus 

 

 


 

Absent:

Gwen Herod

Chilton Simmons

David Flowers

 

Minutes taken by: Shannon Geary

Time: 10:00 a.m.

 

The Board of Directors met to vote on SCVAN’s legislative agenda for 2004.  Pamphlets were handed out detailing potential bills and stated priorities from each legislative committee. 

 

The following Bills were placed before the Board for approval:

 

S0184                                    Sexual Contact with Patients

S3130                                    Disallowing Gun Ownership from Convicted CDV Offenders

S0180                                    Creation of the Department of Crime Victim Services

S0068                        Equal Strikes

S0740                        Mental Health Victim Notification

S0183                                    Amendment—Juvenile Records

Florida Law                Protecting Child Victims from Attending School With Offender

S0354                                    Child Hearsay Exception

DSS Central Reg.     (in conjunction with SC Foster Care Review Board)

Child Protection Act  Two Strikes for Sex Offenders

Placing the Dept. of Education under the Governor’s Office

S0477                        CDV Amendments to last years bill (amending: use of traffic ticket for CDV offenses; expanding the waiting period for expungments from three to ten years barring no further offenses, no orders of protection, assaults, etc.   Reintroduce 48-hour hold.

 

 

Board Members voted on legislation.

 

Outcome of vote:

 

Rejected by Board of Directors

Placing the Dept. of Education under the Governor’s Office

 

Amended by Board of Directors:

S0477                        Section regarding 48-hour hold deleted

                        Adding the word Forfeiture

                       

Approved by Board of Directors:

S0184

S3130

S0180

S0068

S0740

S0183

Florida Law

S0354

DSS Central Registry

Child Protect Act

 

 

Board Meeting adjourned: 10:30 a.m. 

 

Continued into General Membership meeting at 10:30

 

General Membership voted to approve all legislative initiatives selected and approved by SCVAN’s Board of Directors.

 

General Membership meeting adjourned at 1:00.