House Bill hb0275

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 275

        By the Committee on State Administration and
    Representative Brummer





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to a public records exemption

  3         for certain records held by deepwater ports;

  4         amending s. 315.18, F.S., which provides an

  5         exemption from public records requirements for

  6         any proposal or counterproposal exchanged

  7         between a nongovernmental entity and a

  8         deepwater port, or any financial records

  9         submitted by a nongovernmental entity to a

10         deepwater port, relating to the sale, use, or

11         lease of land or of port facilities; reenacting

12         such exemption and removing the October 2,

13         2002, repeal thereof scheduled under the Open

14         Government Sunset Review Act of 1995; providing

15         an effective date.

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

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19         Section 1.  Notwithstanding the October 2, 2002, repeal

20  of said section scheduled pursuant to the Open Government

21  Sunset Review Act of 1995, section 315.18, Florida Statutes,

22  is reenacted and amended to read:

23         315.18  Confidentiality of certain records held by

24  deepwater ports.--Any proposal or counterproposal exchanged

25  between a deepwater port listed in s. 311.09(1) and any

26  nongovernmental entity, relating to the sale, use, or lease of

27  land or of port facilities, and any financial records

28  submitted by any nongovernmental entity to such a deepwater

29  port for the purpose of the sale, use, or lease of land or of

30  port facilities, are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1)

31  and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.  However, 30

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 275

    688-187-02






  1  days before any such proposal or counterproposal is considered

  2  for approval by the governing body of such a deepwater port,

  3  the proposal or counterproposal shall cease to be exempt.  If

  4  no proposal or counterproposal is submitted to the governing

  5  body for approval, such a proposal or counterproposal shall

  6  cease to be exempt 90 days after the cessation of

  7  negotiations.  This section is subject to the Open Government

  8  Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s. 119.15, and

  9  shall stand repealed on October 2, 2002, unless reviewed and

10  saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

11         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2002.

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14                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Reenacts the public records exemption for any proposal or
16    counterproposal exchanged between a nongovernmental
      entity and a deepwater port, or any financial records
17    submitted by a nongovernmental entity to a deepwater
      port, relating to the sale, use, or lease of land or of
18    port facilities, and removes the October 2, 2002, repeal
      thereof scheduled under the Open Government Sunset Review
19    Act of 1995.

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