Senate Bill sb0632c1

    Florida Senate - 2007                            CS for SB 632

    By the Committee on Governmental Operations; and Senator
    Lawson




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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; amending s.

  3         119.071, F.S.; creating an exemption from

  4         public-records requirements for United States

  5         Census Bureau address information held by an

  6         agency; providing an exception to the

  7         exemption; authorizing access to other

  8         confidential or exempt information; providing

  9         for future review and repeal of the exemption;

10         providing a statement of public necessity;

11         providing an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Paragraph (g) is added to subsection (1) of

16  section 119.071, Florida Statutes, to read:

17         119.071  General exemptions from inspection or copying

18  of public records.--

19         (1)  AGENCY ADMINISTRATION.--

20         (g)1.  United States Census Bureau address information,

21  including maps showing structure location points, agency

22  records verifying addresses, and agency records identifying

23  address errors or omissions, which is held by an agency

24  pursuant to the Local Update of Census Addresses Program,

25  Title XIII of the United States Code, is confidential and

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

27  Constitution.

28         2.  Such information may be released to another agency

29  or governmental entity in the furtherance of its duties and

30  responsibilities under the Local Update of Census Addresses

31  Program.

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 1         3.  An agency performing duties and responsibilities

 2  under the Local Update of Census Addresses Program shall have

 3  access to any other confidential or exempt information held by

 4  another agency if such access is necessary in order to perform

 5  its duties and responsibilities under the program.

 6         4.  This exemption is subject to the open Government

 7  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand

 8  repealed October 2, 2012, unless reviewed and saved from

 9  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

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

11  necessity that United States Census Bureau address

12  information, including maps showing structure location points,

13  agency records verifying addresses, and agency records

14  identifying address errors or omissions, which is held by an

15  agency be made confidential and exempt from public-records

16  requirements. Pursuant to the Local Update Census Addresses

17  Program, Title XIII of the United States Code, United States

18  Census Bureau address information must be kept confidential.

19  Further, all individuals directly involved in reviewing such

20  information and any individuals who have access to such

21  information are required to sign a confidentiality agreement

22  to preserve the confidentiality of the address information.

23  Without this exemption, agencies would be prevented from

24  participating in the program. As such, the effective and

25  efficient administration of the Local Update Census Addresses

26  Program would be hindered at the federal level. Further, it

27  could result in a negative fiscal impact on the state.

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

29  law.

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 1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 2                         Senate Bill 632

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 4  Creates an exemption for United States Census Bureau address
    information, including maps showing structure location points,
 5  agency records verifying addresses, and agency records
    identifying address errors or omissions.
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    Provides exceptions to the exemption.
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    Makes the exemption subject to the Open Government Sunset
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