| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to a review under the Open Government |
| 3 | Sunset Review Act regarding campaign finance reports; |
| 4 | amending s. 106.0706, F.S., which provides an exemption |
| 5 | from public records requirements for user identifications |
| 6 | and passwords held by the Department of State, and |
| 7 | information entered in the department's electronic filing |
| 8 | system, in connection with electronic filing of campaign |
| 9 | finance reports; reorganizing the exemption; clarifying |
| 10 | provisions; removing the scheduled repeal of the |
| 11 | exemption; 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. Section 106.0706, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 16 | to read: |
| 17 | 106.0706 Electronic filing of campaign finance reports; |
| 18 | public record exemption confidentiality of information and draft |
| 19 | reports.-- |
| 20 | (1) All user identifications and passwords held by the |
| 21 | Department of State pursuant to s. 106.0705 are confidential and |
| 22 | exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State |
| 23 | Constitution. |
| 24 | (2)(a) Information entered All records, reports, and files |
| 25 | stored in the electronic filing system for purposes of |
| 26 | generating a report pursuant to s. 106.0705 is are exempt from |
| 27 | s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. |
| 28 | (b) Information entered in the electronic filing system is |
| 29 | no longer exempt once the report is generated and until such |
| 30 | time as the report has been submitted as a filed with the |
| 31 | Division of Elections report. This section is subject to the |
| 32 | Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 |
| 33 | and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2009, unless reviewed and |
| 34 | saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. |
| 35 | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2009. |