House Bill hb0403

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 403

        By the Committee on State Administration and
    Representative Brummer





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to a public records exemption

  3         for records relating to pawnbroker

  4         transactions; amending s. 539.003, F.S., which

  5         provides an exemption from public records

  6         requirements for records relating to pawnbroker

  7         transactions delivered to appropriate law

  8         enforcement officials; reenacting such

  9         exemption and removing the October 2, 2001,

10         repeal thereof scheduled under the Open

11         Government Sunset Review Act of 1995; providing

12         an effective date.

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

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16         Section 1.  Notwithstanding the October 2, 2001, repeal

17  of said section scheduled pursuant to the Open Government

18  Sunset Review Act of 1995, section 539.003, Florida Statutes,

19  is reenacted and amended to read:

20         539.003  Confidentiality.--

21         (1)  All records relating to pawnbroker transactions

22  delivered to appropriate law enforcement officials pursuant to

23  s. 539.001 are confidential and exempt from the provisions of

24  s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution

25  and may be used only for official law enforcement purposes.

26  This section does not prohibit the disclosure by the

27  appropriate law enforcement officials of the name and address

28  of the pawnbroker, the name and address of the conveying

29  customer, or a description of pawned property to the alleged

30  owner of pawned property.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 403

    688-165-01






  1         (2)  This section is subject to the Open Government

  2  Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s. 119.15 and

  3  shall stand repealed on October 2, 2001, unless reviewed and

  4  saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

  5         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2001.

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  8                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Reenacts the public records exemption for records
10    relating to pawnbroker transactions delivered to
      appropriate law enforcement officials, and removes the
11    October 2, 2001, repeal thereof scheduled under the Open
      Government Sunset Review Act of 1995.
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