Senate Bill sb0382

    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 382

    By the Committee on Comprehensive Planning, Local and Military
    Affairs




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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; amending s.

  3         119.07, F.S.; deleting provisions that provide

  4         for repeal and legislative review of an

  5         exemption from public records law for a

  6         specified period which is provided for

  7         documents used by a municipal utility to

  8         prepare and submit certain sealed bids;

  9         providing an 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 (aa) of subsection (3) of section

14  119.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

15         119.07  Inspection, examination, and duplication of

16  records; exemptions.--

17         (3)

18         (aa)  Any data, record, or document used directly or

19  solely by a municipally owned utility to prepare and submit a

20  bid relative to the sale, distribution, or use of any service,

21  commodity, or tangible personal property to any customer or

22  prospective customer shall be exempt from the provisions of

23  subsection (1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

24  This exemption commences when a municipal utility identifies

25  in writing a specific bid to which it intends to respond. This

26  exemption no longer applies when the contract for sale,

27  distribution, or use of the service, commodity, or tangible

28  personal property is executed, a decision is made not to

29  execute such contract, or the project is no longer under

30  active consideration. The exemption in this paragraph includes

31  the bid documents actually furnished in response to the

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 382
    316-372-01




  1  request for bids. However, the exemption for the bid documents

  2  submitted no longer applies after the bids are opened by the

  3  customer or prospective customer. This paragraph is subject to

  4  the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance

  5  with s. 119.15, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2001,

  6  unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by

  7  the Legislature.

  8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  9  law.

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13    Provides that an exemption from public records law
      provided for documents used by a municipal utility to
14    prepare and submit certain sealed bids is not subject to
      repeal and legislative review under the Open Government
15    Sunset Review Act of 1995.

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