Senate Bill sb0886

    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 886

    By the Committee on Military Affairs and Domestic Security





    583-484-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to a review under the Open

  3         Government Sunset Review Act; amending s.

  4         119.071, F.S., relating to a public-records

  5         exemption for building plans and other drawings

  6         of a building owned or operated by an agency;

  7         making editorial changes; saving the exemption

  8         from repeal under the Open Government Review

  9         Act; deleting the provision that provides for

10         the repeal of the exemption; providing an

11         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 (b) of subsection (3) of section

16  119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

17         119.071  General exemptions from inspection or copying

18  of public records.--

19         (3)  SECURITY.--

20         (b)1.  Building plans, blueprints, schematic drawings,

21  and diagrams, including draft, preliminary, and final formats,

22  which depict the internal layout and structural elements of a

23  building, arena, stadium, water treatment facility, or other

24  structure owned or operated by an agency are exempt from s.

25  119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

26         2.  This exemption applies to building plans,

27  blueprints, schematic drawings, and diagrams, including draft,

28  preliminary, and final formats, which depict the internal

29  layout and structural elements of a building, arena, stadium,

30  water treatment facility, or other structure owned or operated

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 886
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 1  by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of this

 2  act.

 3         3.  Information made exempt by this paragraph may be

 4  disclosed:

 5         a.  To another governmental entity if disclosure is

 6  necessary for the receiving entity to perform its duties and

 7  responsibilities;

 8         b.  To a licensed architect, engineer, or contractor

 9  who is performing work on or related to the building, arena,

10  stadium, water treatment facility, or other structure owned or

11  operated by an agency; or

12         c.  Upon a showing of good cause before a court of

13  competent jurisdiction.

14         4.  The entities or persons receiving such information

15  shall maintain the exempt status of the information. This

16  paragraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act

17  in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on

18  October 2, 2007, unless reviewed and reenacted by the

19  Legislature.

20         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2007.

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23                          SENATE SUMMARY

24    Revises an exemption from the public-records law which is
      provided for building plans, blueprints, and other
25    drawings of a building owned or operated by an agency.
      Removes the repeal of the exemption which is scheduled to
26    occur on October 2, 2007, under the Open Government
      Sunset Review Act.
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