Senate Bill 1966

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1966

    By Senator Gutman





    34-1672-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the confidentiality of

  3         meetings and records; creating s. 916.36, F.S.;

  4         providing that certain proceedings of the

  5         Forensic Security Review Board are exempt from

  6         the public meetings law; providing that the

  7         record of such proceedings is exempt from the

  8         public records law; providing for future

  9         legislative review and repeal; providing a

10         finding of public necessity; providing a

11         contingent effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Section 916.36, Florida Statutes, is

16  created to read:

17         916.36  Forensic Security Review Board; meetings exempt

18  from public meetings requirements; records exempt from public

19  records requirements.--

20         (1)  The evidentiary phase of any proceeding or hearing

21  of the board is exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of

22  the State Constitution.

23         (2)  The record of any proceeding or hearing of the

24  board that is exempt from the public meetings requirement

25  under subsection (1) is confidential and exempt from s.

26  119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

27         (3)  This subsection is subject to the Open Government

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

29  repealed on October 2, 2003, unless reviewed and saved from

30  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature before that

31  date.

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1966
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  1         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that it is a public

  2  necessity that information revealed during a proceeding or

  3  hearing of the Forensic Security Review Board be kept

  4  confidential and exempt from the public disclosure. The

  5  Legislature finds that information revealed during such

  6  proceedings and hearings is of a sensitive nature and must be

  7  kept confidential so that the board can effectively carry out

  8  its responsibilities.

  9         Section 3.  This act shall take effect on the date

10  Senate Bill     , relating to criminal procedure for mentally

11  deficient and mentally ill defendants or similar legislation,

12  becomes a law, and shall not take effect if such legislation

13  does not become a law.

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16                          SENATE SUMMARY

17    Exempts certain proceedings of the Forensic Security
      Review Board from the public meetings law. Provides that
18    the record of any such proceeding is exempt from the
      public records law. Provides for legislative review and
19    repeal. Provides a finding of public necessity.

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