Senate Bill sb3006

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 3006

    By Senator Cowin





    20-1862-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; creating s.

  3         106.0706, F.S.; creating an exemption from

  4         public-records requirements for user

  5         identification, passwords, and similar data

  6         used in making electronic filings by campaign

  7         treasurers and for preliminary information

  8         stored in the electronic filing system and

  9         related to a filing that has not yet been

10         submitted as a filed report; providing for

11         future legislative review and repeal; providing

12         findings of public necessity; providing an

13         effective date.

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

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17         Section 1.  Section 106.0706, Florida Statutes, is

18  created to read:

19         106.0706  Electronic filing of campaign treasurer's

20  reports; confidentiality of information and draft

21  reports.--All user identifications, passwords, and other

22  identifying information used by the Department of State for

23  limiting access to the electronic filing system for campaign

24  treasurer's reports established under s. 106.0705 to

25  authorized users of the system are confidential and exempt

26  from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State

27  Constitution. In addition, all records, reports, and files

28  stored in the electronic filing system related to a filing

29  pursuant to s. 106.0705 are exempt from public inspection

30  until such time as the report has been submitted as a filed

31  report. This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 3006
    20-1862-04




 1  Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall

 2  stand repealed on October 2, 2009, unless reviewed and saved

 3  from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

 4         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that it is a public

 5  necessity to exempt from public records requirements all

 6  identification and information required to maintain the

 7  security of information filed or received through the

 8  electronic filing system for campaign treasurer's reports

 9  established under section 106.0705, Florida Statutes, as

10  created in Senate Bill _____ or similar legislation, and

11  information in draft reports before filing by the candidate or

12  committee.

13         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

14  law if Senate Bill _____ or similar legislation creating

15  section 106.0705, Florida Statutes, to provide for electronic

16  filing of campaign treasurer's reports is adopted in the same

17  legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes law.

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20                          SENATE SUMMARY

21    Exempts specified information relating to the electronic
      filing system for campaign treasurer's reports from
22    public-records disclosure and also exempts certain
      information in the system before it becomes a filed
23    report. Provides for expiration of the exemption and for
      its reenactment, subject to legislative review.
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