Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 182
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  03/19/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Latvala) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    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