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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1182

    By Senator Dockery





    15-197-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; amending s.

  3         119.071, F.S., relating to an exemption from

  4         public-records requirements which applies to

  5         certain security system plans; creating an

  6         exception to the exemption; repealing s.

  7         281.301, F.S., relating to an exemption from

  8         public-access or disclosure requirements for

  9         information relating to certain security

10         systems; 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.  Section 119.071, Florida Statutes, is

15  amended to read:

16         119.071  General exemptions from inspection or copying

17  of public records.--A security system plan or portion thereof

18  for:

19         (1)  Any property owned by or leased to the state or

20  any of its political subdivisions; or

21         (2)  Any privately owned or leased property

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23  which plan or portion thereof is held by in the possession of

24  any agency, as defined in s. 119.011, is confidential and

25  exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art.

26  I of the State Constitution. As used in this section, the term

27  a "security system plan" includes all records, information,

28  photographs, audio and visual presentations, schematic

29  diagrams, surveys, recommendations, or consultations or

30  portions thereof relating directly to the physical security of

31  the facility or revealing security systems; threat assessments

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  1  conducted by any agency as defined in s. 119.011 or any

  2  private entity; threat response plans; emergency evacuation

  3  plans; sheltering arrangements; or manuals for security

  4  personnel, emergency equipment, or security training. This

  5  exemption is remedial in nature and it is the intent of the

  6  Legislature that this exemption be applied to security system

  7  plans held received by an agency before, on, or after the

  8  effective date of this section. Information made confidential

  9  and exempt by this section may be disclosed by the custodial

10  agency to the property owner or leaseholder; or such

11  information may be disclosed by the custodial agency to

12  another state or federal agency to prevent, detect, guard

13  against, respond to, investigate, or manage the consequences

14  of any attempted or actual act of terrorism, or to prosecute

15  those persons who are responsible for such attempts or acts,

16  and the confidential and exempt status of such information

17  shall be retained while in the possession of the receiving

18  agency. This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset

19  Review Act of 1995, in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall

20  stand repealed on October 2, 2006, unless reviewed and saved

21  from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

22         Section 2.  Section 281.301, Florida Statutes, is

23  repealed.

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

25  law.

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  2                          SENATE SUMMARY

  3    Creates an exception to the exemption from public-records
      requirements which applies to security system plans for
  4    any property owned by or leased to the state or any of
      its political subdivisions or for any privately owned or
  5    leased property for which the security system plan is
      held by an agency, as defined in s. 119.011, F.S. Repeals
  6    s. 281.301, F.S., relating to an exemption from
      public-access or disclosure requirements for information
  7    relating to certain security systems.

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