HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 127-B
Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)
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11 The Committee on Security, Select offered the following:
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13 Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 1. Paragraph (ee) is added to subsection (3)
18 of section 119.07, Florida Statutes, to read:
19 119.07 Inspection, examination, and duplication of
20 records; exemptions.--
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22 (ee) The cellular telephone number of a law
23 enforcement officer or former law enforcement officer which is
24 used in the course of the officer's employment in this state
25 and the billing records of such telephone numbers are exempt
26 from the requirements of subsection (1) and s. 24(a), Art. I
27 of the State Constitution. This paragraph is subject to the
28 Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995, in accordance with
29 s. 119.15, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2003, unless
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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 127-B
Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)
1 Section 2. The Legislature finds that the exemption
2 from public records requirements provided by this act is a
3 public necessity because law enforcement officers or former
4 law enforcement officers can be identified as such by
5 connecting them with their cellular telephone numbers that are
6 or have been used in the course of their employment. The
7 identification of law enforcement officers through cellular
8 telephone numbers and the billing records of such telephone
9 numbers can compromise investigations, undermine those
10 officers' ability to apprehend suspects, and compromise the
11 physical safety of law enforcement officers. Cellular
12 telephone numbers of former law enforcement officers which
13 were used in the course of their employment and the billing
14 records of such telephone numbers, if made public, could also
15 jeopardize ongoing investigations, law enforcement informers
16 and contacts, as well as the safety of former law enforcement
17 officers because such numbers could be used to connect a
18 former law enforcement officer with an investigation.
19 Consequently, the Legislature finds that cellular telephone
20 numbers of law enforcement officers and former law enforcement
21 officers that are or have been used in the course of their
22 employment and the billing records of such telephone numbers
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24 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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29 And the title is amended as follows:
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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 127-B
Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)
1 and insert in lieu thereof:
2 A bill to be entitled
3 An act relating to public records; amending s.
4 119.07, F.S.; providing that cellular telephone
5 numbers of law enforcement officers and former
6 law enforcement officers and the billing
7 records of such telephone numbers are exempt
8 from public records requirements; providing for
9 future review and repeal; providing a statement
10 of public necessity; providing an effective
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