Florida Senate - 2021                                    SB 1836
       
       
        
       By Senator Polsky
       
       
       
       
       
       29-00589B-21                                          20211836__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public records; amending s.
    3         24.1051, F.S.; exempting from public records the names
    4         of lottery winners who win prizes over a specified
    5         value; providing for future legislative review and
    6         repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of
    7         public necessity; providing an 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. Present subsections (3) and (4) of section
   12  24.1051, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (4)
   13  and (5), respectively, and a new subsection (3) is added to that
   14  section, to read:
   15         24.1051 Exemptions from inspection or copying of public
   16  records.—
   17         (3)(a) The name of a winner of a prize valued at $250,000
   18  or more is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
   19  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, unless the winner
   20  consents to the release of his or her name or as provided for in
   21  s. 24.115(4) or s. 409.2577.
   22         (b) This subsection is subject to the Open Government
   23  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand
   24  repealed on October 2, 2026, unless reviewed and saved from
   25  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   26         Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
   27  necessity that the name of a winner of a lottery prize valued at
   28  $250,000 or more be made confidential and exempt from s.
   29  119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the
   30  State Constitution, because persons who win valuable lottery
   31  prizes have been the targets of violent and nonviolent criminal
   32  acts based upon publicly available identifying information. For
   33  this reason, the Legislature finds that it is a public necessity
   34  to maintain the confidential and exempt status of such
   35  information.
   36         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.