The Florida Senate

¹267.076  Confidentiality of certain donor information related to publicly owned house museums designated as National Historic Landmarks.--Information that would identify a donor or prospective donor to a publicly owned house museum designated by the United States Department of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark who desires to remain anonymous is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2012, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

History.--s. 1, ch. 2007-213.

¹Note.--Section 2, ch. 2007-213, provides that "[t]he Legislature finds that it is a public necessity that information that would identify a donor or prospective donor to a publicly owned house museum designated by the United States Department of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark who desires to remain anonymous be made confidential and exempt from public records requirements. In order to protect Florida's historic resources, it is a public necessity to promote the giving of gifts to, and the raising of private funds for, the acquisition, renovation, rehabilitation, and operation of publicly owned house museums designated by the United States Department of the Interior as National Historic Landmarks. An essential element of a robust plan of promoting the giving of private gifts and the raising of private funds is the need to protect the identity of prospective and actual donors who desire to remain anonymous. If the identity of prospective and actual donors who desire to remain anonymous is subject to disclosure, there is a chilling effect on donations because donors are concerned about disclosure of personal information leading to theft and, in particular, identity theft, including personal safety and security. Therefore, the Legislature finds that it is a public necessity to make confidential and exempt from public records requirements information that would identify a donor or prospective donor to a publicly owned house museum designated by the United States Department of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark who wishes to remain anonymous."