House Bill 1477
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Florida House of Representatives - 2000 HB 1477
By Representative Gay
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to public records; amending s.
3 119.07, F.S.; providing exemptions from public
4 records requirements for specified identifying
5 information relating to local government human
6 resource, labor relations, or employee
7 relations employees and their spouses and
8 children; providing for future review and
9 repeal; providing a finding of public
10 necessity; providing an effective date.
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12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14 Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subsection (3) of section
15 119.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
16 119.07 Inspection, examination, and duplication of
17 records; exemptions.--
18 (3)
19 (i)1. The home addresses, telephone numbers, social
20 security numbers, and photographs of active or former law
21 enforcement personnel, including correctional and correctional
22 probation officers, personnel of the Department of Children
23 and Family Services whose duties include the investigation of
24 abuse, neglect, exploitation, fraud, theft, or other criminal
25 activities, personnel of the Department of Health whose duties
26 are to support the investigation of child abuse or neglect,
27 and personnel of the Department of Revenue or local
28 governments whose responsibilities include revenue collection
29 and enforcement or child support enforcement; the home
30 addresses, telephone numbers, social security numbers,
31 photographs, and places of employment of the spouses and
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1 children of such personnel; and the names and locations of
2 schools and day care facilities attended by the children of
3 such personnel are exempt from the provisions of subsection
4 (1). The home addresses, telephone numbers, and photographs of
5 firefighters certified in compliance with s. 633.35; the home
6 addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, and places of
7 employment of the spouses and children of such firefighters;
8 and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities
9 attended by the children of such firefighters are exempt from
10 subsection (1). The home addresses and telephone numbers of
11 justices of the Supreme Court, district court of appeal
12 judges, circuit court judges, and county court judges; the
13 home addresses, telephone numbers, and places of employment of
14 the spouses and children of justices and judges; and the names
15 and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by
16 the children of justices and judges are exempt from the
17 provisions of subsection (1). The home addresses, telephone
18 numbers, social security numbers, and photographs of current
19 or former state attorneys, assistant state attorneys,
20 statewide prosecutors, or assistant statewide prosecutors; the
21 home addresses, telephone numbers, social security numbers,
22 photographs, and places of employment of the spouses and
23 children of current or former state attorneys, assistant state
24 attorneys, statewide prosecutors, or assistant statewide
25 prosecutors; and the names and locations of schools and day
26 care facilities attended by the children of current or former
27 state attorneys, assistant state attorneys, statewide
28 prosecutors, or assistant statewide prosecutors are exempt
29 from subsection (1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
30 Constitution. The home addresses and home telephone numbers of
31 county and municipal code inspectors and code enforcement
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1 officers are confidential and exempt from the provisions of
2 subsection (1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
3 2. The home addresses, telephone numbers, social
4 security numbers, and photographs of current or former human
5 resource, labor relations, or employee relations employees of
6 any local government agency whose duties include hiring and
7 firing employees, labor contract negotiation, administration,
8 or other personnel-related duties; the names, home addresses,
9 telephone numbers, social security numbers, photographs, and
10 places of employment of the spouses and children of such
11 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care
12 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are
13 exempt from subsection (1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
14 Constitution. This subparagraph is subject to the Open
15 Government Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s.
16 119.15, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2005, unless
17 reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the
18 Legislature.
19 3.2. An agency that is the custodian of the personal
20 information specified in subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2.
21 and that is not the employer of the officer, employee,
22 justice, judge, or other person specified in subparagraph 1.
23 or subparagraph 2. shall maintain the confidentiality of the
24 personal information only if the officer, employee, justice,
25 judge, other person, or employing agency of the designated
26 employee submits a written request for confidentiality to the
27 custodial agency.
28 Section 2. The Legislature finds that the exemption
29 from public records requirements provided by this act for
30 identifying information relating to current and former human
31 resource, labor relations, or employee relations employees of
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1 local government agencies and their families is justified
2 because, if such information were not confidential, a human
3 resource, labor relations, or employee relations employee or
4 the employee's family could be harmed or threatened with harm
5 by a current or former employee or a friend or family member
6 of a current or former employee.
7 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2000.
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10 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Provides exemptions from public records requirements for
12 specified identifying information relating to local
government human resource, labor relations, or employee
13 relations employees and their spouses and children.
Provides for future review and repeal.
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