Florida Senate - 2019                                     SB 602
       
       
        
       By Senator Perry
       
       
       
       
       
       8-01234-19                                             2019602__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public records; amending s. 119.07,
    3         F.S.; prohibiting an agency that receives a request to
    4         inspect or copy a record from responding to such
    5         request by filing a civil action against the
    6         individual or entity making the request; providing an
    7         effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraph (j) is added to subsection (1) of
   12  section 119.07, Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         119.07 Inspection and copying of records; photographing
   14  public records; fees; exemptions.—
   15         (1)
   16         (j) An agency that receives a request to inspect or copy a
   17  record may not respond to such request by filing a civil action
   18  against the individual or entity making the request.
   19         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.