Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 182 Ì786806BÎ786806 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: FAV . 03/19/2015 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Rules (Latvala) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 32 - 104 4 and insert: 5 1004.097 Information identifying applicants for president 6 or provost at state universities or Florida College System 7 institutions; public records exemption; public meetings 8 exemption.— 9 (1) Any identifying information of an applicant for 10 president or provost of a state university or Florida College 11 System institution is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), 12 Art. I of the State Constitution. 13 (2)(a) Any portion of a meeting held for the purpose of 14 identifying or vetting a potential applicant for president or 15 provost of a state university or Florida College System 16 institution is exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of 17 the State Constitution. 18 (b) Any portion of a meeting that would disclose 19 identifying information of an applicant for president or provost 20 of a state university or Florida College System institution is 21 exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State 22 Constitution. 23 (c) Any portion of a meeting that is closed pursuant to 24 paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) must be reasonably noticed. A 25 complete recording must be made of any closed portion of a 26 meeting, and a closed portion of a meeting may not be held off 27 the record. The recording of the closed portion of a meeting is 28 exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 29 Constitution. 30 (d) Any portion of a meeting held for the purposes of 31 establishing the qualifications of potential applicants or 32 establishing the compensation framework to be offered to 33 potential applicants must be open to the public and is subject 34 to s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution. 35 (3) No later than 30 days before the date of the meeting at 36 which a final action or vote is to be taken regarding the 37 employment of an applicant, identifying information of the 38 applicants on whom a final action or vote is to be taken is no 39 longer exempt as provided under subsections (1) and (2). 40 (4) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset 41 Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed 42 on October 2, 2020, unless reviewed and saved from repeal 43 through reenactment by the Legislature. 44 Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public 45 necessity that any identifying information of an applicant for 46 president or provost of a state university or Florida College 47 System institution be exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida 48 Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the State Constitution. The 49 Legislature also finds that any portion of any meeting which is 50 held for the purpose of identifying or vetting applicants for 51 president or provost of a state university or Florida College 52 System institution or which would disclose identifying 53 information of an applicant be exempt from s. 286.011, Florida 54 Statutes, and s. 24(b), Article I of the State Constitution. 55 Identifying information of finalists is no longer exempt from 56 public records and public meetings requirements 30 days before 57 the date of the meeting at which a final action or vote occurs 58 regarding the hiring of a president or provost. The task of 59 filling the position of president or provost of a state 60 university or Florida College System institution is often 61 conducted by an executive search committee. Many, if not most, 62 applicants for such a position are currently employed at another 63 job at the time they apply and disclosure of their applications 64 could jeopardize their current positions. These exemptions from 65 public records and public meeting requirements are needed to 66 ensure that the executive search committee can avail itself of 67 the most experienced and desirable pool of qualified applicants 68 from which to fill the position of president or provost of a 69 state university or Florida College System institution. If 70 potential applicants fear the possibility of losing their 71 current employment as a consequence of attempting to progress 72 along their chosen career path or seeking different and more 73 rewarding employment, failure to have these exemptions in place 74 could have a chilling effect on the number and quality of 75 applicants available to fill the position of president or 76 provost of a state university or Florida College System 77 institution. 78 79 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 80 And the title is amended as follows: 81 Delete lines 4 - 12 82 and insert: 83 from public records requirements for identifying 84 information of an applicant for president or provost 85 of a state university or Florida College System 86 institution; providing an exemption from public 87 meeting requirements for any portion of a meeting 88 which is held for the purpose of identifying or 89 vetting, or which would otherwise disclose identifying 90 information of, potential applicants for president or 91 provost; requiring that closed meetings be