Senate Bill 0886

    Florida Senate - 2000                                   SB 886

    By Senator Kirkpatrick





    5-736-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; providing an

  3         exemption from public records requirements for

  4         certain business records used by entertainment

  5         industry production companies; providing an

  6         expiration date; providing a finding of public

  7         necessity; providing a contingent effective

  8         date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Business records provided by an

13  entertainment industry production company to the Office of the

14  Film Commissioner in order to receive sales and use tax

15  exemptions under sections 212.031, 212.06, and 212.08, Florida

16  Statutes, in accordance with section 288.1258, Florida

17  Statutes, are confidential and exempt from the disclosure

18  provisions of section 24(a) of Article I of the State

19  Constitution and section 119.07(1), Florida Statutes. This

20  exemption is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act

21  in accordance with section 119.15, Florida Statutes, and

22  expires on October 2, 2005, unless reviewed and reenacted by

23  the Legislature.

24         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that it is a public

25  necessity that business records provided by an entertainment

26  industry production company to the Office of the Film

27  Commissioner in order to receive sales and use tax exemptions

28  be held confidential in order to encourage the expansion of

29  the industry in the state through investment and job creation.

30  Furthermore, the Legislature finds that it would be an

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  1  invasion of privacy for these sensitive business records to be

  2  revealed to the public.

  3         Section 3.  This act shall take effect on the effective

  4  date of SB      or similar legislation, relating to tax

  5  exemptions for entertainment industry production companies,

  6  and shall not take effect if that legislation does not become

  7  a law.

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11    Provides an exemption from public records disclosure
      requirements for business records of an entertainment
12    industry production company that seeks sales and use tax
      exemptions from the Office of the Film Commissioner.
13    Provides a finding of public necessity and an expiration
      date.
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