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Florida Senate - 2001 CS for SB 64-B
By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity;
and Senators Brown-Waite, Smith and Crist
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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.--
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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22 with s. 119.15 except that it shall stand repealed October 2,
23 2003, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through
24 reenactment by the Legislature.
25 Section 2. The Legislature finds that the exemption
26 from public-records requirements provided in section
27 119.07(3)(ee), Florida Statutes, is a public necessity because
28 law enforcement officers or former law enforcement officers
29 can be identified as such by connecting them with their
30 cellular telephone numbers that are used in the course of
31 their employment. The identification of law enforcement
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1 officers through cellular telephone numbers can compromise
2 investigations, undermine those officers' ability to apprehend
3 suspects, and compromise the physical safety of law
4 enforcement officers. Cellular telephone numbers of former law
5 enforcement officers which were used in the course of their
6 employment, if made public, could also jeopardize on-going
7 investigations, law enforcement informers and contacts, as
8 well as the safety of former law enforcement officers because
9 such numbers could be used to connect a former law enforcement
10 officer with an investigation. Consequently, the Legislature
11 finds that cellular telephone numbers of law enforcement
12 officers and former law enforcement officers that are used in
13 the course of their employment must be kept confidential.
14 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
15 law.
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17 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
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18 Senate Bill 64-B
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20 Creates an exemption for cellular telephones numbers of
current or former law enforcement officers.
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Sunsets exemption on October 2, 2003, unless reviewed and
22 reenacted by the Legislature prior to that date.
23 Provides a statement of public necessity.
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