Florida Senate - 2016                                    SB 7032
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Banking and Insurance
       
       
       
       
       
       597-01339-16                                          20167032__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 119.0712, F.S.,
    4         relating to an exemption from public records
    5         requirements for confidential information received by
    6         the Office of Financial Regulation from certain state
    7         or federal agencies and information received or
    8         developed by the office in a joint or multiagency
    9         examination or investigation; removing the scheduled
   10         repeal of the exemption; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 119.0712, Florida
   15  Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         119.0712 Executive branch agency-specific exemptions from
   17  inspection or copying of public records.—
   18         (3) OFFICE OF FINANCIAL REGULATION.—
   19         (a) The following information held by the Office of
   20  Financial Regulation before, on, or after July 1, 2011, is
   21  confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I
   22  of the State Constitution:
   23         (a)1. Any information received from another state or
   24  federal regulatory, administrative, or criminal justice agency
   25  that is otherwise confidential or exempt pursuant to the laws of
   26  that state or pursuant to federal law.
   27         (b)2. Any information that is received or developed by the
   28  office as part of a joint or multiagency examination or
   29  investigation with another state or federal regulatory,
   30  administrative, or criminal justice agency. The office may
   31  obtain and use the information in accordance with the conditions
   32  imposed by the joint or multiagency agreement. This exemption
   33  does not apply to information obtained or developed by the
   34  office that would otherwise be available for public inspection
   35  if the office had conducted an independent examination or
   36  investigation under Florida law.
   37         (b) This subsection is subject to the Open Government
   38  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand
   39  repealed on October 2, 2016, unless reviewed and saved from
   40  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   41         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2016.