Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 674
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/31/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Latvala) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (k) is added to subsection (5) of
    6  section 119.071, Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of
    8  public records.—
    9         (5) OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION.—
   10         (k)1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term:
   11         a. “Identification and location information” means the:
   12         (I) Home address, telephone number, and date of birth of a
   13  servicemember; and the telephone number associated with a
   14  servicemember’s personal communication device.
   15         (II) Home address, telephone number, date of birth, and
   16  place of employment of the spouse or dependent of a
   17  servicemember; and the telephone number associated with such
   18  spouse’s or dependent’s personal communication device.
   19         (III) Name and location of the school attended by the
   20  spouse, or the school or day care facility attended by a
   21  dependent, of a servicemember.
   22         b. “Servicemember” means a current or former member of the
   23  Armed Forces of the United States, a reserve component of the
   24  Armed Forces of the United States, or the National Guard who
   25  served after September 11, 2001.
   26         2. Identification and location information held by an
   27  agency is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the
   28  State Constitution if a servicemember submits the following to
   29  an agency that has custody of the identification and location
   30  information:
   31         a. A written request to exempt the identification and
   32  location information from public disclosure; and
   33         b. A written statement that he or she has made reasonable
   34  efforts to protect the identification and location information
   35  from being accessible through other means available to the
   36  public.
   37         3. This exemption applies to identification and location
   38  information held by an agency before, on, or after the effective
   39  date of this exemption.
   40         4. This paragraph 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 the identification and location information held
   46  by an agency of current or former members of the Armed Forces of
   47  the United States, a reserve component of the Armed Forces of
   48  the United States, or the National Guard who served after
   49  September 11, 2001; their spouses; and their dependents be made
   50  exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a),
   51  Article I of the State Constitution. Servicemembers perform
   52  among the most critical, most effective, and most dangerous
   53  operations in defense of our nation’s freedom. Terrorist groups
   54  have threatened servicemembers and their families and have
   55  encouraged their sympathizers to harm servicemembers and their
   56  families within the United States. One terrorist group has
   57  allegedly gathered the photographs and home addresses of
   58  servicemembers from public sources to create and publish a list
   59  of servicemembers in order to make such persons vulnerable to an
   60  act of terrorism. The Legislature finds that allowing continued
   61  public access to the identification and location information of
   62  current or former servicemembers and their families jeopardizes
   63  the safety of servicemembers, their spouses, and their
   64  dependents. The Legislature finds that protecting the safety and
   65  security of current or former members of the Armed Forces of the
   66  United States, a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the
   67  United States, or the National Guard who served after September
   68  11, 2001; their spouses; and their dependents outweighs any
   69  public benefit that may be derived from the public disclosure of
   70  the identification and location information.
   71         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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   73  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   74  And the title is amended as follows:
   75         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   76  and insert:
   77                        A bill to be entitled                      
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