Senate Bill sb0066Bc1

    Florida Senate - 2001                           CS for SB 66-B

    By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity;
    and Senators Brown-Waite, Smith and Crist




    302-467B-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; amending s.

  3         119.07, F.S.; providing that electronic paging

  4         device numbers of law enforcement officers are

  5         exempt from public-records requirements;

  6         providing a statement of public necessity;

  7         providing an 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 electronic paging device 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22  with s. 119.15 except that it shall stand repealed October 2,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  electronic paging device numbers that are used in the course

31  of their employment. The identification of law enforcement

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    Florida Senate - 2001                           CS for SB 66-B
    302-467B-02




  1  officers through electronic paging device numbers can

  2  compromise investigations, undermine those officers' ability

  3  to apprehend suspects, and compromise the physical safety of

  4  law enforcement officers. Electronic paging device numbers of

  5  former law enforcement officers, if made public, could also

  6  jeopardize on-going investigations, law enforcement informers

  7  and contacts, as well as the safety of former law enforcement

  8  officers because such numbers could be used to connect a law

  9  enforcement officer to an investigation. Consequently, the

10  Legislature finds that electronic paging device numbers of law

11  enforcement officers and former law enforcement officers which

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

13  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
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
18                         Senate Bill 66-B

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    Creates an exemption from public records and meetings
21  requirements for electronic paging devices.

22  Provides the exemption sunsets on October 2, 2003, unless
    reviewed and reenacted by the Legislature prior to that date.
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    Provides a statement of public necessity.
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