Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 752
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/19/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Latvala) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 241 - 298
    4  and insert:
    5         o. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
    6  and photographs of current or former agency personnel whose
    7  duties include conducting internal audits; the names, home
    8  addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, photographs, and
    9  places of employment of spouses and children of such personnel;
   10  and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities
   11  attended by the children of such personnel are exempt from s.
   12  119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution if the
   13  personnel have made reasonable efforts to protect such
   14  information from being accessible through other means available
   15  to the public. This sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open
   16  Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and
   17  shall stand repealed on October 2, 2021, unless reviewed and
   18  saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   19         3. An agency that is the custodian of the information
   20  specified in subparagraph 2. and that is not the employer of the
   21  officer, employee, justice, judge, or other person specified in
   22  subparagraph 2. shall maintain the exempt status of that
   23  information only if the officer, employee, justice, judge, other
   24  person, or employing agency of the designated employee submits a
   25  written request for maintenance of the exemption to the
   26  custodial agency.
   27         4. The exemptions in this paragraph apply to information
   28  held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of the
   29  exemption.
   30         5. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
   31  paragraph, this paragraph is subject to the Open Government
   32  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand
   33  repealed on October 2, 2017, unless reviewed and saved from
   34  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   35         Section 2. (1) The Legislature finds that it is a public
   36  necessity that the following identifying and location
   37  information be exempt from public records requirements if
   38  current or former agency personnel whose duties include
   39  conducting internal audits have made reasonable efforts to
   40  protect such information from being accessible through other
   41  means available to the public:
   42         (a) The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
   43  and photographs of current or former agency personnel whose
   44  duties include conducting internal audits;
   45         (b) The names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of
   46  birth, photographs, and places of employment of spouses and
   47  children of such personnel; and
   48         (c) The names and locations of schools and day care
   49  facilities attended by the children of such personnel.
   50         (2) The Legislature finds that the release of such
   51  identifying and location information might place such personnel
   52  and their family members in danger of physical and emotional
   53  harm from disgruntled individuals who may react inappropriately
   54  to investigations, audits, and other actions carried out by such
   55  personnel, or to scrutiny of their businesses or professional
   56  practices. Internal audits can lead to termination, wage
   57  garnishment, and criminal prosecution. Disturbed members of the
   58  public have threatened personnel and performed Internet searches
   59  of them. Because of threats made against internal auditing
   60  personnel, agencies have had to institute security measures such
   61  as posting pictures of individuals who have made threats against
   62  personnel, placing security cameras, and calling law
   63  enforcement. As a result, such personnel and their
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   65  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   66  And the title is amended as follows:
   67         Delete lines 5 - 7
   68  and insert:
   69         location information of current or former agency
   70         personnel whose duties include conducting internal
   71         audits, and