1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to a review under the Open Government |
3 | Sunset Review Act regarding security system plans; |
4 | amending s. 119.071, F.S., which provides an exemption |
5 | from public records requirements for security system plans |
6 | for any property owned by or leased to the state or any of |
7 | its political subdivisions and any privately owned or |
8 | leased property; reorganizing provisions, making editorial |
9 | changes, and removing superfluous language; removing the |
10 | scheduled repeal of the exemption under the Open |
11 | Government Sunset Review Act; amending s. 286.0113, F.S., |
12 | which provides an exemption from public meetings |
13 | requirements for a meeting that would reveal a security |
14 | system plan or portion thereof; making editorial changes; |
15 | removing the scheduled repeal of the exemption under the |
16 | Open Government Sunset Review Act; providing an effective |
17 | date. |
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19 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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21 | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section |
22 | 119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
23 | 119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of |
24 | public records.-- |
25 | (3) SECURITY.-- |
26 | (a)1. As used in this paragraph, the term "security system |
27 | plan" includes all: |
28 | a. Records, information, photographs, audio and visual |
29 | presentations, schematic diagrams, surveys, recommendations, or |
30 | consultations or portions thereof relating directly to the |
31 | physical security of the facility or revealing security systems; |
32 | b. Threat assessments conducted by any agency or any |
33 | private entity; |
34 | c. Threat response plans; |
35 | d. Emergency evacuation plans; |
36 | e. Sheltering arrangements; or |
37 | f. Manuals for security personnel, emergency equipment, or |
38 | security training. |
39 | 2. A security system plan or portion thereof for: |
40 | a.1. Any property owned by or leased to the state or any |
41 | of its political subdivisions; or |
42 | b.2. Any privately owned or leased property |
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44 | which plan or portion thereof is held by an any agency is |
45 | confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I |
46 | of the State Constitution. As used in this paragraph, the term a |
47 | "security system plan" includes all records, information, |
48 | photographs, audio and visual presentations, schematic diagrams, |
49 | surveys, recommendations, or consultations or portions thereof |
50 | relating directly to the physical security of the facility or |
51 | revealing security systems; threat assessments conducted by any |
52 | agency or any private entity; threat response plans; emergency |
53 | evacuation plans; sheltering arrangements; or manuals for |
54 | security personnel, emergency equipment, or security training. |
55 | This exemption is remedial in nature and it is the intent of the |
56 | Legislature that this exemption apply be applied to security |
57 | system plans held by an agency before, on, or after the |
58 | effective date of this paragraph. |
59 | 3. Information made confidential and exempt by this |
60 | paragraph may be disclosed by the custodian of public records |
61 | custodial agency to: |
62 | a. The property owner or leaseholder; or |
63 | b. Such information may be disclosed by the custodial |
64 | agency to Another state or federal agency to prevent, detect, |
65 | guard against, respond to, investigate, or manage the |
66 | consequences of any attempted or actual act of terrorism, or to |
67 | prosecute those persons who are responsible for such attempts or |
68 | acts, and the confidential and exempt status of such information |
69 | shall be retained while in the possession of the receiving |
70 | agency. This paragraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset |
71 | Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed |
72 | on October 2, 2006, unless reviewed and saved from repeal |
73 | through reenactment by the Legislature. |
74 | Section 2. Section 286.0113, Florida Statutes, is amended |
75 | to read: |
76 | 286.0113 General exemptions from public meetings.--That |
77 | portion Those portions of a any meeting that which would reveal |
78 | a security system plan or portion thereof made confidential and |
79 | exempt by s. 119.071(3)(a) is are exempt from the provisions of |
80 | s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution. This |
81 | section is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act, in |
82 | accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand repealed on October |
83 | 2, 2006, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through |
84 | reenactment by the Legislature. |
85 | Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2006. |