House Bill hb0739

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 739

        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 electronic paging

  4         device numbers of law enforcement officers and

  5         former law enforcement officers used in the

  6         course of their employment and the billing

  7         records of such electronic paging device

  8         numbers are exempt from public records

  9         requirements; providing for future review and

10         repeal; providing a statement of public

11         necessity; providing an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Paragraph (ee) is added to subsection (3)

16  of section 119.07, Florida Statutes, to read:

17         119.07  Inspection, examination, and duplication of

18  records; exemptions.--

19         (3)

20         (ee)  The electronic paging device number of a law

21  enforcement officer or former law enforcement officer used in

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

23  billing records of such electronic paging device numbers are

24  exempt from the provisions of subsection (1) and s. 24(a),

25  Art. I of the State Constitution. This paragraph is subject to

26  the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995, in accordance

27  with s. 119.15, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2003,

28  unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by

29  the Legislature.

30         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that the exemption

31  from public records requirements provided by this act is a

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 739

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  1  public necessity because law enforcement officers or former

  2  law enforcement officers can be identified as such by

  3  connecting them with the electronic paging device numbers that

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

  5  identification of law enforcement officers through electronic

  6  paging device numbers and the billing records of such

  7  electronic paging device numbers can compromise

  8  investigations, undermine those officers' ability to apprehend

  9  suspects, and compromise the physical safety of law

10  enforcement officers. Electronic paging device numbers of

11  former law enforcement officers and the billing records of

12  such electronic paging device numbers, if made public, could

13  also jeopardize ongoing investigations, law enforcement

14  informers and contacts, as well as the safety of former law

15  enforcement officers because such numbers could be used to

16  connect a former law enforcement officer to an investigation.

17  Consequently, the Legislature finds that electronic paging

18  device numbers of law enforcement officers and former law

19  enforcement officers used in the course of their employment

20  and the billing records of such electronic paging device

21  numbers must be kept exempt.

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

23  law.

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26                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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