Florida Senate - 2015                                     SB 962
       
       
        
       By Senator Legg
       
       
       
       
       
       17-00154A-15                                           2015962__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public records; creating s.
    3         190.0121, F.S.; providing an exemption from public
    4         records requirements for certain surveillance
    5         recordings held by a community development district;
    6         providing exceptions; providing for future legislative
    7         review and repeal of the exemption; providing a
    8         statement of public necessity; providing an effective
    9         date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 190.0121, Florida Statutes, is created
   14  to read:
   15         190.0121 Public records exemption; surveillance
   16  recordings.—
   17         (1) A surveillance recording created by monitoring
   18  activities occurring inside or outside a public building or on
   19  public property which is held by a community development
   20  district is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
   21  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   22         (2) A community development district may disclose such a
   23  recording:
   24         (a) To a law enforcement agency in the furtherance of the
   25  agency’s official duties and responsibilities; or
   26         (b) Pursuant to a court order.
   27         (3) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset
   28  Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
   29  on October 2, 2020, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   30  through reenactment by the Legislature.
   31         Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
   32  necessity that any surveillance recording created by monitoring
   33  activities occurring inside or outside a public building or on
   34  public property which is held by a community development
   35  district be made confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1),
   36  Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the State
   37  Constitution. Community development districts provide
   38  surveillance of public areas in order to monitor activities
   39  occurring within the districts and to ensure the security of the
   40  district residents. The exemption for surveillance recordings
   41  allows community development districts to effectively and
   42  efficiently provide security and surveillance while maintaining
   43  the privacy of the residents and the guests of the residents,
   44  including those who use community facilities. Without the public
   45  records exemption, coverage and other technical aspects of the
   46  surveillance system would be revealed and would make it easier
   47  for individuals who wish to evade detection by the surveillance
   48  systems to do so. As such, the Legislature finds that it is a
   49  public necessity to prohibit the disclosure of such surveillance
   50  recordings held by a community development district.
   51         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.