HB 7031

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to the Open Government Sunset Review Act;
3amending ss. 27.151, 378.406, 400.0077, 403.111, and
4655.0321, F.S.; correcting cross-references to a repealed
5section of Florida Statutes; providing an effective date.
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7Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9     Section 1.  Section 27.151, Florida Statutes, is amended to
10read:
11     27.151  Confidentiality of specified executive orders;
12criteria.-
13     (1)  If the Governor provides in an executive order issued
14pursuant to s. 27.14 or s. 27.15 that the order or a portion
15thereof is confidential, the order or portion so designated, the
16application of the Governor to the Supreme Court and all
17proceedings thereon, and the order of the Supreme Court shall be
18confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1).
19     (2)  The Governor shall base his or her decision to make an
20executive order confidential on the criteria set forth in s.
21119.15(6)(b) 119.14.
22     (3)  To maintain the confidentiality of the executive
23order, the state attorney, upon entering the circuit of
24assignment, shall immediately have the executive order sealed by
25the court prior to filing it with the clerk of the circuit
26court. The Governor may make public any executive order issued
27pursuant to s. 27.14 or s. 27.15 by a subsequent executive
28order, and at the expiration of a confidential executive order
29or any extensions thereof, the executive order and all
30associated orders and reports shall be open to the public
31pursuant to chapter 119 unless the information contained in the
32executive order is confidential pursuant to the provisions of
33chapter 39, chapter 415, chapter 984, or chapter 985.
34     Section 2.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
35378.406, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
36     378.406  Confidentiality of records; availability of
37information.-
38     (1)(a)  Any information relating to prospecting, rock
39grades, or secret processes or methods of operation which may be
40required, ascertained, or discovered by inspection or
41investigation shall be exempt from the provisions of s.
42119.07(1), shall not be disclosed in public hearings, and shall
43be kept confidential by any member, officer, or employee of the
44department, if the applicant requests the department to keep
45such information confidential and informs the department of the
46basis for such confidentiality. Should the secretary determine
47that such information requested to be kept confidential shall
48not be kept confidential, the secretary shall provide the
49operator with not less than 30 days' notice of his or her intent
50to release the information. When making his or her
51determination, the secretary shall consider the public purposes
52specified in s. 119.15(6)(b) 119.14(4)(b).
53     Section 3.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
54400.0077, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
55     400.0077  Confidentiality.-
56     (1)  The following are confidential and exempt from the
57provisions of s. 119.07(1):
58     (c)  Any other information about a complaint, including any
59problem identified by an ombudsman council as a result of an
60investigation, unless an ombudsman council determines that the
61information does not meet any of the criteria specified in s.
62119.15(6)(b) 119.14(4)(b); or unless the information is to
63collect data for submission to those entities specified in s.
64712(c) of the federal Older Americans Act for the purpose of
65identifying and resolving significant problems.
66     Section 4.  Subsection (1) of section 403.111, Florida
67Statutes, is amended to read:
68     403.111  Confidential records.-
69     (1)  Any information, other than effluent data and those
70records described in 42 U.S.C. s. 7661a(b)(8), relating to
71secret processes or secret methods of manufacture or production,
72or relating to costs of production, profits, or other financial
73information which is otherwise not public record, which may be
74required, ascertained, or discovered by inspection or
75investigation shall be exempt from the provisions of s.
76119.07(1), shall not be disclosed in public hearings, and shall
77be kept confidential by any member, officer, or employee of the
78department, upon a showing satisfactory to the department that
79the information should be kept confidential. The person from
80whom the information is obtained must request that the
81department keep such information confidential and must inform
82the department of the basis for the claim of confidentiality.
83The department shall, subject to notice and opportunity for
84hearing, determine whether the information requested to be kept
85confidential should or should not be kept confidential. The
86department shall determine whether the information submitted
87should be kept confidential pursuant to the public purpose test
88as stated in s. 119.15(6)(b)3. 119.14(4)(b)3.
89     Section 5.  Section 655.0321, Florida Statutes, is amended
90to read:
91     655.0321  Restricted access to certain hearings,
92proceedings, and related documents.-The office shall consider
93the public purposes specified in s. 119.15(6)(b) 119.14(4)(b) in
94determining whether the hearings and proceedings conducted
95pursuant to s. 655.033 for the issuance of cease and desist
96orders and s. 655.037 for the issuance of suspension or removal
97orders shall be closed and exempt from the provisions of s.
98286.011, and whether related documents shall be confidential and
99exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1).
100     Section 6.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.


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