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By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity;
and Senator Garcia
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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 the home mailing
4 addresses, physical home addresses, and home
5 telephone numbers of public employees are
6 exempt from s. 119.07(1), F.S., and s. 24(a),
7 Art. I of the State Constitution; providing a
8 statement of public necessity; providing for
9 future legislative review and repeal; providing
10 an effective date.
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12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14 Section 1. Paragraph (ee) is added to subsection (3)
15 of section 119.07, Florida Statutes, as amended by section 1
16 of chapter 2001-364, Laws of Florida, to read:
17 119.07 Inspection, examination, and duplication of
18 records; exemptions.--
19 (3)
20 (ee) The home mailing address, physical home address,
21 and home telephone number of a public employee are exempt from
22 subsection (1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
23 An agency may provide such addresses or phone numbers to a
24 bargaining agent as defined in s. 447.203 or to an employee
25 organization for official business use. This paragraph is
26 subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995 in
27 accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand repealed on October
28 2, 2007, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through
29 reenactment by the Legislature.
30 Section 2. The Legislature finds that personal
31 information concerning public employees, such as home
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1 addresses and home telephone numbers, which are held by a
2 public employer reveal private information of a sensitive
3 nature. The Legislature finds that public employers use such
4 information primarily for recordkeeping, administrative
5 purposes, or other purposes unrelated to an employee's public
6 duties or responsibilities. Accordingly, the disclosure of
7 such information to third parties does not serve an official
8 public purpose. In addition, the Legislature finds that such
9 information may be used for unwanted marketing purposes; to
10 locate or intimidate public employees or their family members;
11 to create false identities; to attempt to influence public
12 employees in the performance of their public duties and
13 responsibilities; or for other undesired, harmful, or
14 fraudulent purposes. Similar information held by a private
15 employer is not subject to public inspection and the privacy
16 interests of public employees and their families should not be
17 subject to a lower standard of protection than those of the
18 private sector. Therefore, the Legislature finds it is a
19 public necessity to provide public employees and their
20 families with the same level of privacy and protection from
21 unwanted intrusion which is provided to employees in the
22 private sector.
23 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.
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25 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
26 Senate Bill 2416
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28 Removes portion of bill prohibiting provision of agency
employees' name, addresses and phone numbers in aggregate.
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Makes name, addresses and phone numbers exempt.
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Removes provision permitting review of personnel record
31 information by separate written request for a named
individual.
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