HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 2185

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Warner and Peaden offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 11, between lines 27 & 28 of the bill

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17         Section 4.  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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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 2185

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)





 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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 9  And the title is amended as follows:

10         On page 1, line 16, after (;)

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13         amending section 455.651; providing for treble

14         damages and attorney fees for improper

15         disclosure of confidential information;

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