Florida Senate - 2021                                    SB 7010
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and
       Domestic Security
       
       
       
       
       583-01965-21                                          20217010__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 331.326, F.S., which
    4         provides an exemption from public records requirements
    5         for records of Space Florida regarding information
    6         relating to trade secrets; removing the scheduled
    7         repeal of the exemption; 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. Section 331.326, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   12  read:
   13         331.326 Information relating to trade secrets
   14  confidential.—The records of Space Florida regarding matters
   15  encompassed by this act are public records subject to chapter
   16  119. Any information held by Space Florida which is a trade
   17  secret, as defined in s. 812.081, including trade secrets of
   18  Space Florida, any spaceport user, or the space industry
   19  business, is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
   20  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution and may not be
   21  disclosed. If Space Florida determines that any information
   22  requested by the public will reveal a trade secret, it shall, in
   23  writing, inform the person making the request of that
   24  determination. The determination is a final order as defined in
   25  s. 120.52. Any meeting or portion of a meeting of Space
   26  Florida’s board is exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I
   27  of the State Constitution when the board is discussing trade
   28  secrets. Any public record generated during the closed portions
   29  of the meetings, such as minutes, tape recordings, and notes, is
   30  confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I
   31  of the State Constitution. This section is subject to the Open
   32  Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and
   33  shall stand repealed on October 2, 2021, unless reviewed and
   34  saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   35         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2021.