Senate Bill sb0384

    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 384

    By the Committee on Comprehensive Planning, Local and Military
    Affairs




    316-384-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records exemptions;

  3         amending s. 365.171, F.S.; reenacting the

  4         public records exemption for information

  5         relating to "911" telephone calls; providing an

  6         effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (15) of section 365.171, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         365.171  Emergency telephone number "911."--

13         (15)  CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS.--Any record,

14  recording, or information, or portions thereof, obtained by a

15  public agency or a public safety agency for the purpose of

16  providing services in an emergency and which reveals the name,

17  address, telephone number, or personal information about, or

18  information which may identify any person requesting emergency

19  service or reporting an emergency by accessing an emergency

20  telephone number "911" system is confidential and exempt from

21  the provisions of s. 119.07(1), except that such record or

22  information may be disclosed to a public safety agency. The

23  exemption applies only to the name, address, telephone number

24  or personal information about, or information which may

25  identify any person requesting emergency services or reporting

26  an emergency while such information is in the custody of the

27  public agency or public safety agency providing emergency

28  services. A telephone company or commercial mobile radio

29  service provider shall not be liable for damages to any person

30  resulting from or in connection with such telephone company's

31  or commercial mobile radio service provider's provision of any

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 384
    316-384-01




  1  lawful assistance to any investigative or law enforcement

  2  officer of the State of Florida or political subdivisions

  3  thereof, of the United States, or of any other state or

  4  political subdivision thereof, in connection with any lawful

  5  investigation or other law enforcement activity by such law

  6  enforcement officer unless the telephone company or commercial

  7  mobile radio service provider acted in a wanton and willful

  8  manner. The exemptions in this section are subject to the Open

  9  Government Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s.

10  119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2001, unless

11  reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the

12  Legislature.

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

14  law.

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17                          SENATE SUMMARY

18    Reenacts the public records exemption for information
      relating to "911" telephone calls.
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