HB 0559 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to publication information; creating s.
3	283.551, F.S.; prohibiting government agencies from
4	mailing general unsolicited reports to any person in the
5	state; providing exceptions; providing an effective date.
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7	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9	Section 1. Section 283.551, Florida Statutes, is created
10	to read:
11	283.551 Unsolicited distribution of general reports by
12	mail prohibited; exceptions.--
13	(1) Unless otherwise authorized by law, no agency shall
14	mail an unsolicited copy of a general report or newsletter by
15	United States Postal Service, or other method of delivery,
16	except e-mail, to any person, including an elected or appointed
17	officer or governmental employee, or to any state or local
18	governmental entity. Nothing in this section applies to
19	regulatory newsletters provided to affected persons or to
20	reports or newsletters relating to the prevention or treatment
21	of disease or injury.
22	(2) An agency shall send to any person, including an
23	elected or appointed officer or governmental employee, or to any
24	state or local governmental entity, a copy of a general report
25	or newsletter by United States Postal Service, by e-mail, or by
26	other method of delivery:
27	(a) Upon a specific request for a particular report or
28	newsletter; or
29	(b) Upon a general request to receive all agency reports
30	or newsletters, which request must be renewed as provided in s.
31	283.55.
32	(3) A request for a report or newsletter must state
33	whether the recipient wishes to receive the document by regular
34	mail, by e-mail, or by other method of delivery.
35	(4) An agency may post any general report on its Internet
36	website.
37	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.