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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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