HB 7159

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to a review under the Open Government
3	Sunset Review Act; amending s. 112.3215, F.S., which
4	provides an exemption from public records and public
5	meetings requirements for certain audits and
6	investigations conducted by the Commission on Ethics;
7	reorganizing the exemptions; making editorial changes;
8	removing the scheduled repeal of the exemptions; providing
9	an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (8) of section
14	112.3215, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
15	112.3215  Lobbying before the executive branch or the
16	Constitution Revision Commission; registration and reporting;
17	investigation by commission.-
18	(8)
19	(d)1.  Records relating to an audit conducted pursuant to
20	this section or an investigation conducted pursuant to this
21	section or s. 112.32155 are confidential and exempt from s.
22	119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution., and
23	2.  Any portion of a meeting wherein meetings held pursuant
24	to such an investigation or at which such an audit is discussed
25	is are exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State
26	Constitution.
27	3.  The exemptions no longer apply if either until the
28	lobbying firm requests in writing that such investigation and
29	associated records and meetings be made public or until the
30	commission determines there is probable cause that the audit
31	reflects a violation of the reporting laws. This paragraph is
32	subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance
33	with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2011,
34	unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the
35	Legislature.
36	Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2011.

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