House Bill hb0737

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 737

        By the Committee on Security, Select and Representatives
    Gelber, Ball, Green, Cusack, Cantens, Hart and Machek





  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 and former

  5         law enforcement officers used in the course of

  6         their employment and the billing records of

  7         such telephone numbers are exempt from public

  8         records requirements; providing for future

  9         review and repeal; providing a statement of

10         public necessity; providing 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, to read:

16         119.07  Inspection, examination, and duplication of

17  records; exemptions.--

18         (3)

19         (ee)  The cellular telephone number of a law

20  enforcement officer or former law enforcement officer used in

21  the course of the officer's employment in this state and the

22  billing records of such telephone number are exempt from the

23  requirements of subsection (1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the

24  State Constitution. This paragraph is subject to the Open

25  Government Sunset Review Act of 1995, in accordance with s.

26  119.15, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2003, unless

27  reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the

28  Legislature.

29         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that the exemption

30  from public records requirements provided by this act is a

31  public necessity because law enforcement officers or former

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 737

    409-120-02






  1  law enforcement officers can be identified as such by

  2  connecting them with the cellular telephone numbers that are

  3  or have been used in the course of their employment. The

  4  identification of law enforcement officers through cellular

  5  telephone numbers and the billing records of such telephone

  6  numbers can compromise investigations, undermine those

  7  officers' ability to apprehend suspects, and compromise the

  8  physical safety of law enforcement officers. Cellular

  9  telephone numbers of former law enforcement officers which

10  were used in the course of their employment and the billing

11  records of such telephone numbers, if made public, could also

12  jeopardize ongoing investigations, law enforcement informers

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

14  officers because such numbers could be used to connect a

15  former law enforcement officer with an investigation.

16  Consequently, the Legislature finds that cellular telephone

17  numbers of law enforcement officers and former law enforcement

18  officers that are or have been used in the course of their

19  employment and the billing records of such telephone numbers

20  must be kept exempt.

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

22  law.

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25                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides an exemption from public records requirements
27    for the cellular telephone numbers of current and former
      law enforcement officers used in the course of their
28    employment and the billing records of such telephone
      numbers. Provides a statement of public necessity and for
29    future review and repeal of the exemption.

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