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Florida Senate - 2007 CS for SB 2772
By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senator Bullard
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to public records; creating s.
3 267.076, F.S.; creating an exemption from
4 public-records requirements for information
5 that identifies a donor or prospective donor
6 information involving any publicly owned house
7 museum that is designated by the United States
8 Department of the Interior as a National
9 Historic Landmark; providing for future
10 legislative review and repeal of the exemption
11 under the Open Government Sunset Review Act;
12 providing a finding of public necessity;
13 providing an 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 267.076, Florida Statutes, is
18 created to read:
19 267.076 Confidentiality of certain donor information
20 related to publicly owned house museums designated as National
21 Historic Landmarks.--Information that would identify a donor
22 or prospective donor, who desires to remain anonymous, to a
23 publicly owned house museum designated by the United States
24 Department of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark, is
25 confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I
26 of the State Constitution. This section is subject to the Open
27 Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15, and
28 shall stand repealed on October 2, 2012, unless reviewed and
29 saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
30 Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
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1 prospective donor, who desires to remain anonymous, to a
2 publicly owned house museum designated by the United States
3 Department of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark, be
4 made confidential and exempt from public-records requirements.
5 In order to protect Florida's historic resources, it is a
6 public necessity to promote the giving of gifts to, and the
7 raising of private funds for, the acquisition, renovation,
8 rehabilitation, and operation of publicly owned house museums
9 designated by the United States Department of the Interior as
10 National Historic Landmarks. An essential element of a robust
11 plan of promoting the giving of private gifts and the raising
12 of private funds is the need to protect the identity of
13 prospective and actual donors who desire to remain anonymous.
14 If the identity of prospective and actual donors who desire to
15 remain anonymous is subject to disclosure, there is a chilling
16 effect on donations because donors are concerned about
17 disclosure of personal information leading to theft and, in
18 particular, identity theft, including personal safety and
19 security. Therefore, the Legislature finds that it is a public
20 necessity to make confidential and exempt from public-records
21 requirements information that would identify a donor or
22 prospective donor who wishes to remain anonymous, to a
23 publicly owned house museum designated by the United States
24 Department of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark.
25 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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1 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
2 Senate Bill 2772
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4 The committee substitute eliminates the public meetings
exemption provided in the original bill, and clarifies the
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potential donors to publicly owned house museums designated as
6 National Historic Landmarks, who desire to remain anonymous.
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