House Bill hb0127B

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001               HB 127-B

        By Representatives Gelber, Harrell, Green, Ball, Bullard
    and Cusack





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; amending s.

  3         119.07, F.S.; providing that cellular telephone

  4         numbers of law enforcement officers are exempt

  5         from public records requirements; providing a

  6         statement of public necessity; providing an

  7         effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (ee) is added to subsection (3)

12  of section 119.07, Florida Statutes, to read:

13         119.07  Inspection, examination, and duplication of

14  records; exemptions.--

15         (3)

16         (ee)  The cellular telephone number of a law

17  enforcement officer or former law enforcement officer which is

18  used in the course of his or her employment in this state is

19  exempt from the requirements of subsection (1) and s. 24(a),

20  Art. I of the State Constitution. This paragraph is subject to

21  the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995, in accordance

22  with s. 119.15, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2003,

23  unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by

24  the Legislature.

25         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that the exemption

26  from public records requirements provided by this act is a

27  public necessity because law enforcement officers or former

28  law enforcement officers can be identified as such by

29  connecting them with their cellular telephone numbers that are

30  used in the course of their employment. The identification of

31  current and former law enforcement officers through cellular

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001               HB 127-B

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  1  telephone numbers can compromise investigations, undermine

  2  those officers' ability to apprehend suspects, and compromise

  3  the physical safety of law enforcement officers. Consequently,

  4  the Legislature finds that cellular telephone numbers of law

  5  enforcement officers and former law enforcement officers that

  6  are used in the course of their employment must be kept

  7  confidential.

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

  9  law.

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12                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Provides an exemption from public records requirements
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      law enforcement officers. Provides a statement of public
15    necessity and for future review and repeal of the
      exemption.
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