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    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 288.985, F.S., which
    4         provides exemptions from public records and public
    5         meetings requirements for certain records and meetings
    6         of the Florida Defense Support Task Force; removing
    7         the penalty; removing superfluous language; saving the
    8         exemptions from repeal under the Open Government
    9         Sunset Review Act; providing 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. Section 288.985, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   14  read:
   15         288.985 Exemptions from public records and public meetings
   16  requirements.—
   17         (1) The following records held by the Florida Defense
   18  Support Task Force are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a),
   19  Art. I of the State Constitution:
   20         (a) That portion of a record which relates to strengths and
   21  weaknesses of military installations or military missions in
   22  this state relative to the selection criteria for the
   23  realignment and closure of military bases and missions under any
   24  United States Department of Defense base realignment and closure
   25  process.
   26         (b) That portion of a record which relates to strengths and
   27  weaknesses of military installations or military missions in
   28  other states or territories and the vulnerability of such
   29  installations or missions to base realignment or closure under
   30  the United States Department of Defense base realignment and
   31  closure process, and any agreements or proposals to relocate or
   32  realign military units and missions from other states or
   33  territories.
   34         (c) That portion of a record which relates to the state’s
   35  strategy to retain its military bases during any United States
   36  Department of Defense base realignment and closure process and
   37  any agreements or proposals to relocate or realign military
   38  units and missions.
   39         (2)(a) Meetings or portions of meetings of the Florida
   40  Defense Support Task Force, or a workgroup of the task force, at
   41  which records are presented or discussed that which are exempt
   42  under subsection (1) are exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b),
   43  Art. I of the State Constitution.
   44         (b)(3) Any records generated during those portions of
   45  meetings that which are exempt closed to the public under
   46  paragraph (a) subsection (2), including, but not limited to,
   47  minutes, tape recordings, videotapes, digital recordings,
   48  transcriptions, or notes, are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
   49  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   50         (4) Any person who willfully and knowingly violates this
   51  section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as
   52  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
   53         (5) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset
   54  Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
   55  on October 2, 2014, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   56  through reenactment by the Legislature.
   57         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2014.