Florida Senate - 2020 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 7081
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Taddeo moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 31 - 105
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5 1004.098 Applicants for president of a state university; public
6 records exemption; public meetings exemption.
7 (1)(a) Any personal identifying information of an applicant
8 for president of a state university is confidential and exempt
9 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
10 Constitution.
11 (b) The personal identifying information of applicants who
12 comprise a final group of applicants for president of a state
13 university is no longer confidential and exempt from s.
14 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution at
15 least 21 days before the date of a meeting at which an interview
16 will be conducted or at which final action or a vote is to be
17 taken on the employment of the applicants.
18 (2)(a) Any portion of a meeting held for the purpose of
19 identifying or vetting applicants for president of a state
20 university, including any portion of a meeting that would
21 disclose personal identifying information of such applicants, is
22 exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State
23 Constitution.
24 (b) A complete recording must be made of any portion of a
25 meeting that is closed pursuant to paragraph (a), and any closed
26 portion of such meeting may not be held off the record. The
27 recording of the closed portion of a meeting is exempt from s.
28 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
29 (c) The public meeting exemption provided in paragraph (a)
30 does not apply to:
31 1. Any portion of a meeting held for the purpose of
32 establishing qualifications of potential applicants or
33 establishing any compensation framework to be offered to
34 potential applicants for president of a state university.
35 2. Any meeting held after a final group of applicants for
36 president of a state university has been established at which an
37 interview is conducted or at which final action or a vote is to
38 be taken on the employment of such applicants.
39 (3) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset
40 Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
41 on October 2, 2025, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
42 through reenactment by the Legislature.
43 Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
44 necessity that any personal identifying information of an
45 applicant for president of a state university be made
46 confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and
47 s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. The Legislature also
48 finds that it is a public necessity that any portion of a
49 meeting held for the purpose of identifying or vetting
50 applicants for president of a state university, including any
51 portion of a meeting that would disclose personal identifying
52 information of such applicants, be made exempt from s. 286.011,
53 Florida Statutes, and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State
54 Constitution, and that the recording of such meeting be made
55 exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Art. I
56 of the State Constitution. The task of filling the position of
57 president of a state university is often conducted by an
58 executive search committee. Many, if not most, applicants for
59 such a position are currently employed at another job at the
60 time they apply and could jeopardize their current positions if
61 it were to become known that they were seeking employment
62 elsewhere. These exemptions from public records and public
63 meeting requirements are needed to ensure that such a search
64 committee can avail itself of the most experienced and desirable
65 pool of qualified applicants from which to fill the position of
66 president of a state university. If potential applicants fear
67 the possibility of losing their current jobs as a consequence of
68 attempting to progress along their chosen career path or simply
69 seeking different and more rewarding employment, failure to have
70 these safeguards in place could have a chilling effect on the
71 number and quality of applicants available to fill the position
72 of president of a state university.
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75 And the title is amended as follows:
76 Delete lines 6 - 14
77 and insert:
78 of a state university; specifying that personal
79 identifying information of applicants who comprise a
80 final group of applicants is no longer confidential
81 and exempt at a time certain; providing an exemption
82 from public meeting requirements for any portion of a
83 meeting held for the purpose of identifying or vetting
84 applicants for president of a state university,
85 including any portion of a meeting