HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1809
   
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Senate House
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12          Representative Greenstein offered the following:
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14          Amendment (with title amendment)
15          Between lines 50 and 51, insert:
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17          Section 3. Security plans for sources of potable water and
18    potable water treatment facilities owned or operated by or under
19    contract to a regional water supply authority, county, special
20    district, or municipality are exempt from the requirements of s.
21    119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the
22    State Constitution. Materials that depict critical operating and
23    distribution facilities are also exempt if the regional water
24    supply authority, county, special district, or municipality
25    determines that the materials contain information that is not
26    generally known and that could jeopardize the public health,
27    safety, and welfare. Such materials include, but are not limited
28    to, information on chemical purchases and storage, power
29    generation systems, facility operations manuals, design
30    information, and security systems, plans, and maps. This section
31    is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995 in
32    accordance with s. 119.15, Florida Statutes, and shall stand
33    repealed on October 2, 2008, unless reviewed and saved from
34    repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
35          Section 4. The Legislature finds that the exemption from
36    public records requirements for security plans for sources of
37    potable water and potable water treatment facilities owned or
38    operated by or under contract to a regional water supply
39    authority, county, special district, or municipality
40          provided by this act are necessary to ensure the security of
41    potable water sources and potable water treatment facilities
42    that are critical to the public health, safety, and welfare and
43    that are potential targets for terrorist activities.
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46          Remove lines 8 and 9, and insert:
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48          relating to certain security systems; providing an
49    exemption from public records requirements for security
50    plans for sources of potable water and potable water
51    treatment facilities owned or operated by or under
52    contract to a regional water supply authority, county,
53    special district, or municipality; providing that
54    materials that depict critical operating and distribution
55    facilities of such sources of potable water and potable
56    water treatment facilities are exempt under specified
57    circumstances; providing for future legislative review and
58    repeal; providing a statement of public necessity;
59    providing an effective date.