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House Bill 1945




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1945

        By the Committee on Education Innovation and
    Representatives Melvin and Wise





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; amending s.

  3         446.609, F.S.; providing an exemption from

  4         public records requirements for the identity of

  5         donors to the Florida Endowment Foundation for

  6         Florida's Graduates; providing for future

  7         review and repeal; providing a finding of

  8         public necessity; providing a contingent

  9         effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (16) is added to section

14  446.609, Florida Statutes, to read:

15         446.609  Jobs for Florida's Graduates.--

16         (16)  CONFIDENTIALITY.--All records of the foundation

17  constitute public records and shall be open to the public in

18  accordance with s. 119.07(1), except that the records of

19  applicants to and clients of the program which are otherwise

20  confidential shall remain confidential, and except that the

21  identity of a donor who desires to remain anonymous is

22  confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I

23  of the State Constitution.  The anonymity of such donors shall

24  be maintained in the auditor's report required by subsection

25  (12).  This subsection is subject to the Open Government

26  Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s. 119.15, and

27  shall stand repealed on October 2, 2002, unless reviewed and

28  saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

29         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that it is a public

30  necessity that the identities of donors to the Florida

31  Endowment Foundation for Florida's Graduates be held

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1945

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  1  confidential and exempt from the public records law. Release

  2  of such information could make donors the target of numerous

  3  unwanted solicitations and seriously undermine the marketing

  4  strategies and fundraising efforts of the foundation.

  5         Section 3.  This act shall take effect on the same date

  6  as House Bill 1901 or similar legislation creating s. 446.609,

  7  Florida Statutes, the Jobs for Florida's Graduates Act, takes

  8  effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative

  9  session or an extension thereof.

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      Creates an exemption from public records requirements for
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      Foundation for Florida's Graduates.  Provides for future
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