Senate Bill sb0290

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 290

    By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity





    302-353-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; amending s.

  3         119.07, F.S., which provides an exemption from

  4         public-records requirements for information

  5         furnished by an applicant for or participant in

  6         a housing assistance program; deleting the

  7         exemption provided for bank account numbers,

  8         credit card numbers, and telephone numbers;

  9         clarifying provisions providing an exemption

10         from public-records requirements for an

11         applicant's or participant's medical history

12         records or information related to health or

13         property insurance; reenacting the exemption

14         and removing the repeal thereof scheduled under

15         the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995;

16         providing an effective date.

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

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20         Section 1.  Notwithstanding the repeal scheduled on

21  October 2, 2003, under the Open Government Sunset Review Act

22  of 1995, paragraph (bb) of subsection (3) of section 119.07,

23  Florida Statutes, is reenacted and amended to read:

24         119.07  Inspection, examination, and duplication of

25  records; exemptions.--

26         (3)

27         (bb)1.  Medical history records, bank account numbers,

28  credit card numbers, telephone numbers, and information

29  related to health or property insurance provided to the

30  Department of Community Affairs, the Florida Housing Finance

31  Corporation, a municipality, or a local housing finance agency

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 290
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 1  furnished by an applicant for or participant in a individual

 2  to any agency pursuant to federal, state, or local housing

 3  assistance program programs are confidential and exempt from

 4  the provisions of subsection (1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the

 5  State Constitution. Any other information produced or received

 6  by any private or public entity in direct connection with

 7  federal, state, or local housing assistance programs, unless

 8  the subject of another federal or state exemption, is subject

 9  to subsection (1).

10         2.  Governmental entities shall have access to records

11  and information that are confidential and exempt from

12  subsection (1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution

13  agencies or their agents are entitled to access to the records

14  specified in this paragraph for the purpose purposes of

15  auditing federal, state, or local housing programs or housing

16  assistance programs. Such records and information may be used

17  by an agency, as needed, in any administrative or judicial

18  proceeding if, provided such records and information are kept

19  confidential and exempt, unless otherwise ordered by a court.

20         3.  This paragraph is repealed effective October 2,

21  2003, and must be reviewed by the Legislature before that date

22  in accordance with s. 119.15, the Open Government Sunset

23  Review Act of 1995.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2003.

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27                          SENATE SUMMARY

28    Revises an exemption from the public-records law which is
      provided for information furnished by an applicant for or
29    participant in a housing assistance program. Deletes
      provisions providing that bank account numbers, credit
30    card numbers, and telephone numbers are exempt from
      disclosure. Removes the repeal of the exemption scheduled
31    on October 2, 2003, under the Open Government Sunset
      Review Act of 1995.
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