Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 182
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
(Hays) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 31 - 83
4 and insert:
5 (1) Any identifying information of an applicant for
6 president, provost, or dean of a state university or Florida
7 College System institution is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
8 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
9 (2)(a) Any portion of a meeting held for the purpose of
10 identifying or vetting a potential applicant for president,
11 provost, or dean of a state university or Florida College System
12 institution is exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of
13 the State Constitution.
14 (b) Any portion of a meeting that would disclose
15 identifying information of an applicant for president, provost,
16 or dean of a state university or Florida College System
17 institution is exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of
18 the State Constitution.
19 (c) Any portion of a meeting that is closed pursuant to
20 paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) must be reasonably noticed. A
21 complete recording must be made of any closed portion of a
22 meeting, and a closed portion of a meeting may not be held off
23 the record. The recording of the closed portion of a meeting is
24 exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
25 Constitution.
26 (d) Any portion of a meeting held for the purposes of
27 establishing the qualifications of potential applicants or
28 establishing the compensation framework to be offered to
29 potential applicants must be open to the public and is subject
30 to s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution.
31 (3) No later than 30 days before the date of the meeting at
32 which a final action or vote is to be taken regarding the
33 employment of an applicant, identifying information of the
34 applicants on whom a final action or vote is to be taken is no
35 longer exempt as provided under subsection (2).
36 (4) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset
37 Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
38 on October 2, 2020, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
39 through reenactment by the Legislature.
40 Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
41 necessity that any identifying information of an applicant for
42 president, provost, or dean of a state university or Florida
43 College System institution be exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida
44 Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the State Constitution. The
45 Legislature also finds that any portion of any meeting which is
46 held for the purpose of identifying or vetting applicants for
47 president, provost, or dean of a state university or Florida
48 College System institution or which would disclose identifying
49 information of an applicant be exempt from s. 286.011, Florida
50 Statutes, and s. 24(b), Article I of the State Constitution.
51 Identifying information of finalists is no longer exempt from
52 public records and public meetings requirements 30 days before
53 the date of the meeting at which a final action or vote occurs
54 regarding the hiring of a president, provost, or dean. The task
55 of
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57 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
58 And the title is amended as follows:
59 Delete lines 4 - 19
60 and insert:
61 from public records requirements for identifying
62 information of an applicant for president, provost, or
63 dean of a state university or Florida College System
64 institution; providing an exemption from public
65 meeting requirements for any portion of a meeting
66 which is held for the purpose of identifying or
67 vetting, or which would otherwise disclose identifying
68 information of, potential applicants for president,
69 provost, or dean; requiring that closed meetings be
70 reasonably noticed and be recorded; providing that the
71 recordings of closed portions of a meeting are exempt
72 from public records requirements; specifying that any
73 portion of a meeting held for the purpose of
74 establishing the qualifications of, or any
75 compensation framework to be offered to, potential
76 applicants are subject to public meetings
77 requirements; specifying that the identifying
78 information of final applicants is no longer exempt
79 from public records and public meetings requirements
80 for a minimum period before a final decision or vote;
81 providing for future legislative review and