HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 957

    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 8, between lines 25 and 26, of the bill

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17         455.651  Disclosure of confidential information.--

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

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

20  an investigation shall convey knowledge or information to any

21  person who is not lawfully entitled to such knowledge or

22  information about any public meeting or public record, which

23  at the time such knowledge or information is conveyed is

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

25  286.011.

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

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

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

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

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

31  contractual relationship.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 957

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





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

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

 3  damages, reasonable attorney fees and costs.

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 7  And the title is amended as follows:

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11         amending section 455.651, providing for treble

12         damages and attorney fees for improper

13         disclosure of confidential information;

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