Senate Bill sb1838

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1838

    By Senator Jones





    40-884-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; amending s.

  3         119.07, F.S.; specifying the financial

  4         statements submitted to a state agency by

  5         prospective bidders which are confidential and

  6         exempt from the public records law; providing a

  7         statement of public necessity; providing an

  8         effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (t) of subsection (3) of section

13  119.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         119.07  Inspection, examination, and duplication of

15  records; exemptions.--

16         (3)

17         (t)  Any financial statement, including specifically

18  any profit-and-loss statement, payroll record, record of

19  fringe benefits, or cost statement of administrative overhead,

20  which an agency requires a prospective bidder to submit in

21  order to prequalify for bidding or for responding to a

22  proposal for a road or any other public works project is

23  exempt from the provisions of subsection (1) and s. 24(a),

24  Art. I of the State Constitution.

25         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that the

26  clarification of a financial statement provided by this act is

27  necessary to effectively and efficiently administer the

28  contracting process for state agencies. The Legislature

29  further finds that without the specific clarification provided

30  in this act, prospective bidders would be unsure as to the

31  information that is confidential, thus eroding the ability of

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1838
    40-884-01




  1  state agencies to collect the proper sensitive information

  2  that is necessary in order to obtain contracts at the best

  3  price.

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

  5  law.

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  8                          SENATE SUMMARY

  9    Provides that certain specified financial statements
      submitted to a state agency by a prospective bidder are
10    confidential and exempt from the public records law.

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