Florida Senate - 2010 SB 2628 By Senator Aronberg 27-02285-10 20102628__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to public records; amending s. 3 744.3201, F.S.; creating an exemption from public 4 records requirements for petitions to determine 5 incapacity; providing for future legislative review 6 and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of 7 public necessity; providing a contingent effective 8 date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1. Subsection (6) is added to section 744.3201, 13 Florida Statutes, to read: 14 744.3201 Petition to determine incapacity.— 15 (6) The petition to determine incapacity filed with the 16 clerk of the court is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) 17 and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This subsection 18 is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in 19 accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 20 2015, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment 21 by the Legislature. 22 Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public 23 necessity to exempt from public-records requirements all 24 petitions to determine incapacity, whether initial, amended, or 25 supplementary, in order to preserve the privacy of an alleged 26 incapacitated person by preserving the privacy of information in 27 the petition that would otherwise be available to the public. 28 The Legislature finds that the public disclosure of financial or 29 medical information in the petition to determine incapacity 30 would produce undue harm to the alleged incapacitated person. 31 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010, if 32 SB ____ or similar legislation is adopted in the same 33 legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes law.