Senate Bill sb2128

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 2128

    By Senator Garcia





    41-1351-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; amending s.

  3         110.201, F.S.; providing a public-records

  4         exemption for certain state employees' records;

  5         providing a finding of public necessity and an

  6         expiration date; providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (6) is added to section 110.201,

11  Florida Statutes, to read:

12         110.201  Personnel rules, records, and reports.--

13         (6)  The names, personal addresses, and social security

14  numbers of state employees are confidential and exempt from

15  the provisions of s. 119.07(1) to the extent that a state

16  governmental agency may not provide the names or addresses of

17  such persons in aggregate, compiled, or list form to any

18  person except to a public agency engaged in official business.

19  However, a state government agency may provide the names and

20  personal addresses of state employees to a bargaining agent as

21  defined in s. 447.203(12). Lists of names, personal addresses,

22  or social security numbers of state employees may be exchanged

23  by public agencies, but such lists may not be provided to, or

24  be open for inspection by, the public. Any person may view or

25  copy any individual's records from an agency, one record at a

26  time, or may obtain information by a separate written request

27  concerning a named individual for which information is

28  desired. This exemption is subject to the Open Government

29  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and expires on

30  October 2, 2006, unless reviewed and reenacted by the

31  Legislature.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 2128
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  1         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that it is a public

  2  necessity that the names, personal addresses, and social

  3  security numbers of state employees be held confidential in

  4  order to protect the employee's right to privacy under Section

  5  23 of Article I of the State Constitution.

  6         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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      for the names, addresses, and social security numbers of
11    state employees under specified conditions.

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