| 1 | Representative Gannon offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: |
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| 6 | Section 1. Paragraph (hh) is added to subsection (3) of |
| 7 | section 119.07, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 8 | 119.07 Inspection, examination, and duplication of |
| 9 | records; exemptions.-- |
| 10 | (3) |
| 11 | (hh) Any information that would identify or help to locate |
| 12 | a child who participates in government-sponsored recreation |
| 13 | programs or camps or the parents or guardians of such child, |
| 14 | including, but not limited to, the name, home address, telephone |
| 15 | number, social security number, or photograph of the child; the |
| 16 | names and locations of schools attended by such child; and the |
| 17 | names, home addresses, and social security numbers of parents or |
| 18 | guardians of such child is exempt from subsection (1) and s. |
| 19 | 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. Information made exempt |
| 20 | pursuant to this paragraph may be disclosed by court order upon |
| 21 | a showing of good cause. This exemption applies to records held |
| 22 | before, on, or after the effective date of this exemption |
| 23 | Section 2. Paragraph (hh) of subsection (3) of s. 119.07, |
| 24 | Florida Statutes, is subject to the Open Government Sunset |
| 25 | Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s. 119.15, Florida |
| 26 | Statutes, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2009, unless |
| 27 | reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the |
| 28 | Legislature. |
| 29 | Section 3. The Legislature finds that it is a public |
| 30 | necessity that any information that would identify or help to |
| 31 | locate a child who participates in government-sponsored |
| 32 | recreation programs or camps or the parents or guardians of such |
| 33 | child, including, but not limited to, the name, home address, |
| 34 | telephone number, social security number, and photograph of such |
| 35 | child, the names and locations of the schools attended by such |
| 36 | child, and the names, home addresses, and social security |
| 37 | numbers of the parents or guardians of such child, be held |
| 38 | exempt from public records requirements because revealing such |
| 39 | information could create the opportunity for stalking, |
| 40 | harrassment, abduction, or abuse of such children. Information |
| 41 | that identifies a child in a government-sponsored recreation |
| 42 | program or camp could be used directly to locate that child. |
| 43 | Information that identifies a parent or guardian of such a child |
| 44 | could be used indirectly to lead to the location of the child. |
| 45 | As the public availability of this information could create the |
| 46 | opportunity for stalking, harrassment, abduction, or abuse of |
| 47 | these children, it would be contrary to the state's compelling |
| 48 | interest in preserving the public safety to permit the release |
| 49 | of such information. Protecting such personal identifying |
| 50 | information of these children and their parents or guardians |
| 51 | helps to minimize the opportunity for stalking, harrassment, |
| 52 | abduction, or abuse and thus it is a public necessity that such |
| 53 | information be held confidential and exempt from public records |
| 54 | requirements. |
| 55 | Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |
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| 58 | ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================= |
| 59 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
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| 61 | A bill to be entitled |
| 62 | An act relating to a public records exemption; amending s. |
| 63 | 119.07, F.S.; providing an exemption from public records |
| 64 | requirements for information that would identify or help |
| 65 | to locate a child who participates in government-sponsored |
| 66 | recreation programs or camps or the parents of guardians |
| 67 | of such child, including, but not limited to, the name, |
| 68 | home address, telephone number, social security number, |
| 69 | and photograph of such child, the names and locations of |
| 70 | schools attended by such child, and the names, home |
| 71 | addresses, telephone numbers, and social security numbers |
| 72 | of the parents or guardians of such child; providing for |
| 73 | disclosure of such information by court order upon a |
| 74 | showing of good cause; providing for retroactive effect of |
| 75 | the exemption; providing for future review and repeal of |
| 76 | the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity; |
| 77 | providing an effective date. |