1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to the Open Government Sunset Review Act; |
3 | amending ss. 27.151, 378.406, 400.0077, 403.111, and |
4 | 655.0321, F.S.; correcting cross-references to a repealed |
5 | section of Florida Statutes; providing an effective date. |
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7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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9 | Section 1. Section 27.151, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
10 | read: |
11 | 27.151 Confidentiality of specified executive orders; |
12 | criteria.- |
13 | (1) If the Governor provides in an executive order issued |
14 | pursuant to s. 27.14 or s. 27.15 that the order or a portion |
15 | thereof is confidential, the order or portion so designated, the |
16 | application of the Governor to the Supreme Court and all |
17 | proceedings thereon, and the order of the Supreme Court shall be |
18 | confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1). |
19 | (2) The Governor shall base his or her decision to make an |
20 | executive order confidential on the criteria set forth in s. |
21 | 119.15(6)(b) 119.14. |
22 | (3) To maintain the confidentiality of the executive |
23 | order, the state attorney, upon entering the circuit of |
24 | assignment, shall immediately have the executive order sealed by |
25 | the court prior to filing it with the clerk of the circuit |
26 | court. The Governor may make public any executive order issued |
27 | pursuant to s. 27.14 or s. 27.15 by a subsequent executive |
28 | order, and at the expiration of a confidential executive order |
29 | or any extensions thereof, the executive order and all |
30 | associated orders and reports shall be open to the public |
31 | pursuant to chapter 119 unless the information contained in the |
32 | executive order is confidential pursuant to the provisions of |
33 | chapter 39, chapter 415, chapter 984, or chapter 985. |
34 | Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section |
35 | 378.406, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
36 | 378.406 Confidentiality of records; availability of |
37 | information.- |
38 | (1)(a) Any information relating to prospecting, rock |
39 | grades, or secret processes or methods of operation which may be |
40 | required, ascertained, or discovered by inspection or |
41 | investigation shall be exempt from the provisions of s. |
42 | 119.07(1), shall not be disclosed in public hearings, and shall |
43 | be kept confidential by any member, officer, or employee of the |
44 | department, if the applicant requests the department to keep |
45 | such information confidential and informs the department of the |
46 | basis for such confidentiality. Should the secretary determine |
47 | that such information requested to be kept confidential shall |
48 | not be kept confidential, the secretary shall provide the |
49 | operator with not less than 30 days' notice of his or her intent |
50 | to release the information. When making his or her |
51 | determination, the secretary shall consider the public purposes |
52 | specified in s. 119.15(6)(b) 119.14(4)(b). |
53 | Section 3. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section |
54 | 400.0077, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
55 | 400.0077 Confidentiality.- |
56 | (1) The following are confidential and exempt from the |
57 | provisions of s. 119.07(1): |
58 | (c) Any other information about a complaint, including any |
59 | problem identified by an ombudsman council as a result of an |
60 | investigation, unless an ombudsman council determines that the |
61 | information does not meet any of the criteria specified in s. |
62 | 119.15(6)(b) 119.14(4)(b); or unless the information is to |
63 | collect data for submission to those entities specified in s. |
64 | 712(c) of the federal Older Americans Act for the purpose of |
65 | identifying and resolving significant problems. |
66 | Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 403.111, Florida |
67 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
68 | 403.111 Confidential records.- |
69 | (1) Any information, other than effluent data and those |
70 | records described in 42 U.S.C. s. 7661a(b)(8), relating to |
71 | secret processes or secret methods of manufacture or production, |
72 | or relating to costs of production, profits, or other financial |
73 | information which is otherwise not public record, which may be |
74 | required, ascertained, or discovered by inspection or |
75 | investigation shall be exempt from the provisions of s. |
76 | 119.07(1), shall not be disclosed in public hearings, and shall |
77 | be kept confidential by any member, officer, or employee of the |
78 | department, upon a showing satisfactory to the department that |
79 | the information should be kept confidential. The person from |
80 | whom the information is obtained must request that the |
81 | department keep such information confidential and must inform |
82 | the department of the basis for the claim of confidentiality. |
83 | The department shall, subject to notice and opportunity for |
84 | hearing, determine whether the information requested to be kept |
85 | confidential should or should not be kept confidential. The |
86 | department shall determine whether the information submitted |
87 | should be kept confidential pursuant to the public purpose test |
88 | as stated in s. 119.15(6)(b)3. 119.14(4)(b)3. |
89 | Section 5. Section 655.0321, Florida Statutes, is amended |
90 | to read: |
91 | 655.0321 Restricted access to certain hearings, |
92 | proceedings, and related documents.-The office shall consider |
93 | the public purposes specified in s. 119.15(6)(b) 119.14(4)(b) in |
94 | determining whether the hearings and proceedings conducted |
95 | pursuant to s. 655.033 for the issuance of cease and desist |
96 | orders and s. 655.037 for the issuance of suspension or removal |
97 | orders shall be closed and exempt from the provisions of s. |
98 | 286.011, and whether related documents shall be confidential and |
99 | exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1). |
100 | Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |