HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                     Bill No. CS/CS/HB 63 & others

    Amendment No. 4 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Education Appropriations offered the

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14         Amendment (with directory language amendment) 

15         On page 62, of the bill, between lines 29 and 30,

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19  (4)  The complaint and all information obtained pursuant to

20  the investigation by the department shall be confidential and

21  exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) until the

22  conclusion of the preliminary investigation of the complaint,

23  or until such time as the preliminary investigation ceases to

24  be active, or until such time as otherwise provided by s.

25  231.263(6). However, the complaint and all material assembled

26  during the investigation may be inspected and copied by the

27  certificateholder under investigation, or the

28  certificateholder's designee, after the investigation is

29  concluded, but prior to the determination of probable cause by

30  the commissioner. If the preliminary investigation, is

31  concluded with the finding that there is no probable cause to

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                     Bill No. CS/CS/HB 63 & others

    Amendment No. 4 (for drafter's use only)





 1  proceed, the complaint and information shall be open

 2  thereafter to inspection pursuant to s. 119.07(1). If the

 3  preliminary investigation is concluded with the finding that

 4  there is probable cause to proceed and a complaint is filed

 5  pursuant to subsection (5), the complaint and information

 6  shall be open thereafter to inspection pursuant to s.

 7  119.97(1). If the preliminary investigation ceases to be

 8  active, the complaint and all such material shall be open

 9  thereafter to inspection pursuant to s. 119.07(1), except as

10  otherwise provided pursuant to s. 231.263(6)(d). For the

11  purpose of this subsection, a preliminary investigation shall

12  be considered active as long as it is continuing with a

13  reasonable, good faith anticipation that an administrative

14  finding will be made in the foreseeable future.

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17  == D I R E C T O R Y   L A N G U A G E   A M E N D M E N T ==

18  And the directory language is amended as follows:

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