Amendment
Bill No. 1969
Amendment No. 591837
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Barreiro offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:
5     Section 1.  Subsection (11) is added to section 125.901,
6Florida Statutes, to read:
7     125.901  Children's services; independent special district;
8council; powers, duties, and functions.--
9     (11)(a)  Personal identifying information concerning a
10child or the child's parent or guardian held by a children's
11services council, juvenile welfare board, or other similar
12entity created under this section or by special law, or held by
13a service provider or researcher under contract with such
14entity, is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the
15State Constitution. This exemption applies to such personal
16identifying information held on, before, or after the effective
17date of this exemption.
18     (b)  This subsection is subject to the Open Government
19Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s. 119.15, and
20shall stand repealed on October 2, 2009, unless reviewed and
21saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
22     Section 2.  The Legislature finds, as a matter of public
23necessity, that personal identifying information concerning a
24child or the child's parent or guardian held by a children's
25services council, juvenile welfare board, or other similar
26entity created under s. 125.901, Florida Statutes, or by special
27law, or held by a service provider or researcher under contract
28with such entity, must be exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida
29Statutes, and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. The
30Legislature finds that public availability of information that
31directly reveals the identity of a child, or that indirectly
32identifies the child through the identification of the child's
33parent or guardian, would be contrary to the state's compelling
34interest in protecting the public safety. The Legislature finds
35that it is necessary to exempt such personal identifying
36information so that such information cannot be used to
37facilitate stalking, harassment, abduction, or abuse of any
38child who is the subject of such information. The Legislature
39finds that this interest outweighs any public benefit derived
40from releasing such identifying information. The Legislature
41further finds that nonidentifying information regarding services
42provided to, or research concerning, children shall not be
43exempted from disclosure by this act.
44     Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.
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47     Remove the entire title and insert:
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A bill to be entitled
49An act relating to a public records exemption for
50identifying information; amending s. 125.901, F.S.;
51providing that personal identifying information of a child
52or the child's parent or guardian held by a children's
53services council, juvenile welfare board, or other similar
54entity is exempt from the requirement that public records
55be open to inspection and duplication; providing for
56retroactive application; providing for future legislative
57review and repeal under the Open Government Sunset Review
58Act of 1995; providing a statement of public necessity;
59providing an effective date.


CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.