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SB 798: OGSR/Florida Opportunity Fund and the Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research

PUBLIC RECORDS/GENERAL BILL by Commerce and Tourism

OGSR/Florida Opportunity Fund and the Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research; Amending provisions which provide exemptions from public records and open meeting requirements for the Florida Opportunity Fund and the Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research; reorganizing the exemptions by removing references to the Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research and transferring the exemptions relating to the institute to a new statute; clarifying that the exemptions pertaining to the Florida Opportunity Fund apply to prospective investments, alternative investments, and certain confidential proprietary information provided by a proprietor; reducing the time period during which proprietary confidential business information is confidential and exempt from disclosure; imposing criminal penalties on a person who willfully and knowingly violates the public records or public meetings exemptions pertaining to the institute, etc.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 2/28/2012 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7103 (Ch. 2012-223) -SJ 695
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations (BTA)
  4. Budget (BC)

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