Senate Bill 2350

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2350

    By Senator Carlton





    24-1261-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; providing an

  3         exemption from public records requirements for

  4         business records of a business owner subject to

  5         a governmental condemning authority in an

  6         eminent domain proceeding; providing an

  7         expiration date; providing a finding of public

  8         necessity; providing a contingent effective

  9         date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Business records provided by the owner of a

14  business to a governmental condemning authority as part of an

15  offer of business damages pursuant to section 73.015, Florida

16  Statutes, are exempt from the disclosure provisions of Section

17  24(a) of Article I of the State Constitution and section

18  119.07(1), Florida Statutes. This exemption is subject to the

19  Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with section

20  119.15, Florida Statutes, and expires on October 2, 2004,

21  unless reviewed and reenacted by the Legislature.

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

23  necessity that the business records of an owner who provides a

24  governmental condemning authority business records as part of

25  a presuit offer of business damages in an eminent domain

26  proceeding be held confidential in order to encourage presuit

27  settlements. Furthermore, the Legislature finds that it would

28  be an invasion of privacy for these sensitive business records

29  to be revealed to the public.

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  1         Section 3.  This act shall take effect on the effective

  2  date of SB 940, relating to eminent domain, and shall not take

  3  effect if that legislation does not become a law.

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  7    Provides an exemption from public records requirements
      for business records of a business owner subject to a
  8    governmental condemning authority in an eminent domain
      proceeding.
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