Florida Senate - 2021                             CS for SB 1836
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Regulated Industries; and Senator Polsky
       
       
       
       
       
       580-03580-21                                          20211836c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public records; amending s.
    3         24.1051, F.S.; creating a temporary exemption from
    4         public records requirements for the names of lottery
    5         winners who win prizes over a specified value;
    6         providing for future legislative review and repeal of
    7         the exemption; providing a statement of public
    8         necessity; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Present subsections (3) and (4) of section
   13  24.1051, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (4)
   14  and (5), respectively, and a new subsection (3) is added to that
   15  section, to read:
   16         24.1051 Exemptions from inspection or copying of public
   17  records.—
   18         (3)(a) The name of a winner of a prize valued at $250,000
   19  or more is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
   20  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution for 90 days from the
   21  date the prize is claimed, unless the winner consents to the
   22  release of his or her name or as provided for in s. 24.115(4) or
   23  s. 409.2577. After 90 days, the winner’s name is no longer
   24  confidential and exempt.
   25         (b) This subsection is subject to the Open Government
   26  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand
   27  repealed on October 2, 2026, unless reviewed and saved from
   28  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   29         Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
   30  necessity that the name of a winner of a lottery prize valued at
   31  $250,000 or more be made confidential and exempt from s.
   32  119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the
   33  State Constitution for 90 days from the date the prize is
   34  claimed, because persons who win valuable lottery prizes have
   35  been the targets of violent and nonviolent criminal acts based
   36  upon publicly available identifying information. For this
   37  reason, the Legislature finds that it is a public necessity to
   38  maintain the confidential and exempt status of such information
   39  for 90 days from the date the prize is claimed.
   40         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.