Florida Senate - 2017                                    SB 7002
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Community Affairs
       
       
       
       
       
       578-01927-17                                          20177002__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 265.7015, F.S., which
    4         provides an exemption from public records requirements
    5         for information that identifies a donor or prospective
    6         donor of a donation made for the benefit of a publicly
    7         owned performing arts center if the donor desires to
    8         remain anonymous; removing the scheduled repeal of the
    9         exemption; 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 265.7015, Florida Statutes, is amended
   14  to read:
   15         265.7015 Confidentiality of certain donor information;
   16  related to a publicly owned performing arts centers center.—
   17         (1) As used in this section, the term “publicly owned
   18  performing arts center” means a facility consisting of at least
   19  200 seats, owned and operated by a county, municipality, or
   20  special district, which is used and occupied to promote
   21  development of any or all of the performing, visual, or fine
   22  arts or any or all matters relating thereto and to encourage and
   23  cultivate public and professional knowledge and appreciation of
   24  the arts.
   25         (2) If a donor or prospective donor of a donation made for
   26  the benefit of a publicly owned performing arts center desires
   27  to remain anonymous, information that would identify the name,
   28  address, or telephone number of that donor or prospective donor
   29  is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art.
   30  I of the State Constitution.
   31         (3) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset
   32  Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
   33  on October 2, 2017, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   34  through reenactment by the Legislature.
   35         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2017.