Senate Bill sb1182c1

    Florida Senate - 2003                           CS for SB 1182

    By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity;
    and Senator Dockery




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  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; providing an

  7         effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Section 119.071, Florida Statutes, is

12  amended to read:

13         119.071  General exemptions from inspection or copying

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

15  for:

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

17  any of its political subdivisions; or

18         (2)  Any privately owned or leased property

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

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

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

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

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

25  photographs, audio and visual presentations, schematic

26  diagrams, surveys, recommendations, or consultations or

27  portions thereof relating directly to the physical security of

28  the facility or revealing security systems; threat assessments

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

30  private entity; threat response plans; emergency evacuation

31  plans; sheltering arrangements; or manuals for security

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    Florida Senate - 2003                           CS for SB 1182
    302-2143-03




 1  personnel, emergency equipment, or security training. This

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

 3  Legislature that this exemption be applied to security system

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

 5  effective date of this section. Information made confidential

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

 7  agency to the property owner or leaseholder; or such

 8  information may be disclosed by the custodial agency to

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

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

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

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

13  and the confidential and exempt status of such information

14  shall be retained while in the possession of the receiving

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

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

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

18  from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

19         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

20  law.

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22          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
23                             SB 1182

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25  Removes a section of the bill that would have repealed s.
    281.301, F.S., which contains a similar exemption for security
26  system plans.

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