Senate Bill sb1768e2

    SB 1768                                 Second Engrossed (ntc)



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to publication information;

  3         creating s. 283.551, F.S.; prohibiting

  4         government agencies from mailing general

  5         unsolicited reports to any person in the state;

  6         providing exceptions; providing an effective

  7         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 283.551, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         283.551  Unsolicited distribution of general reports by

14  mail prohibited; exceptions.--

15         (1)(a)  Unless otherwise authorized by law, no agency

16  shall mail an unsolicited copy of an annual report or periodic

17  newsletter by United States Postal Service, or other method of

18  delivery, except e-mail, to any person, including an elected

19  or appointed officer or governmental employee, except for any

20  state elected or appointed state officer or state legislative

21  employee. Nothing in this section applies to regulatory

22  newsletters provided to affected persons or to reports or

23  newsletters relating to the prevention or treatment of disease

24  or injury.

25         (b)  Unsolicited agency e-mails authorized by this

26  section must contain a provision that allows the recipient to

27  be removed from future unsolicited agency e-mails upon his or

28  her e-mail request.

29         (2)  An agency shall send to any person, including an

30  elected or appointed officer or governmental employee, or to

31  any state or local governmental entity, a copy of a general


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    SB 1768                                 Second Engrossed (ntc)



 1  report or newsletter by United States Postal Service, by

 2  e-mail, or by other method of delivery:

 3         (a)  Upon a specific request for a particular report or

 4  newsletter; or

 5         (b)  Upon a general request to receive all agency

 6  reports or newsletters, which request must be renewed as

 7  provided in s. 283.55.

 8         (3)  A request for a report or newsletter must state

 9  whether the recipient wishes to receive the document by

10  regular mail, by e-mail, or by other method of delivery.

11         (4)  An agency may post any general report on its

12  Internet website.

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

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