House Bill hb1437

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1437

        By Representative Ball






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records exemptions;

  3         amending s. 119.07, F.S.; exempting from

  4         disclosure technical information pertaining to

  5         trunking radio communication systems and mobile

  6         data communications systems used by

  7         governmental agencies; providing legislative

  8         findings of public necessity; providing an

  9         effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Paragraph (dd) is added to subsection (3)

14  of section 119.07, Florida Statutes, to read:

15         119.07  Inspection, examination, and duplication of

16  records; exemptions.--

17         (3)

18         (dd)  Technical information pertaining to trunking

19  radio communications systems and mobile data communications

20  systems used by state, county, and municipal government

21  agencies, including, but not limited to, law enforcement

22  agencies, fire departments, emergency medical services,

23  government administration, school districts, water management

24  districts, and emergency management agencies, which would

25  allow unauthorized individuals to gain transmit access on such

26  systems or provide the ability to monitor encrypted or

27  privileged communications by officers or employees of such

28  agencies is exempt from the provisions of subsection (1) and

29  s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. Information

30  specifically protected includes system trunking format data,

31  mobile data terminal information, coded radio identification

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1437

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  1  information, information pertaining to internal system

  2  structuring (agency/fleet/subfleet structure and

  3  identification data), system keys, encryption codes used to

  4  facilitate secure communications, and control channel data

  5  format information.

  6         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that disclosure of

  7  information pertaining to trunking radio communications

  8  systems and mobile data communications systems involves risks

  9  that communications carried on such systems could be

10  intercepted by persons who wish to use information so obtained

11  for the purpose of facilitating the commission of, or escaping

12  detection and apprehension following commission of, crimes and

13  in hindering or interrupting essential governmental services.

14  Therefore, the Legislature finds that it is a public necessity

15  that this information be kept confidential and exempt from

16  disclosure under public records laws.

17         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

18  law.

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21                          SENATE SUMMARY

22    Exempts technical information pertaining to trunking
      radio communications systems and mobile data
23    communications systems used by government entities from
      public records disclosure.
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