SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1258

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Campbell moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 13, between lines 6 and 7,

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17         Section 5.  Subsection (3) is added to section 455.651,

18  Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:

19         455.651  Disclosure of confidential information.--

20         (1)  No officer, employee, or person under contract

21  with the department, or any board therein, or any subject of

22  an investigation shall convey knowledge or information to any

23  person who is not lawfully entitled to such knowledge or

24  information about any public meeting or public record, which

25  at the time such knowledge or information is conveyed is

26  exempt from the provisions of s. 119.01, s. 119.07(1), or s.

27  286.011.

28         (2)  Any person who willfully violates any provision of

29  this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree,

30  punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, and may be

31  subject to discipline pursuant to s. 455.624, and, if

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1258

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 1  applicable, shall be removed from office, employment, or the

 2  contractual relationship.

 3         (3)  Any person injured as a result of a violation of

 4  this section shall have a civil cause of action for treble

 5  damages, reasonable attorney fees and costs.

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 7  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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11  And the title is amended as follows:

12         On page 1, line 3, after the semicolon

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15         amending section 455.651, F.S.; providing for

16         treble damages and attorney's fees for improper

17         disclosure of confidential information;

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