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