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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to a public records exemption; amending s. | ||
| 3 | 119.07, F.S.; providing an exemption from public records | ||
| 4 | requirements for the names, home addresses, telephone | ||
| 5 | numbers, social security numbers, and photographs of | ||
| 6 | children who participate in government-sponsored | ||
| 7 | recreation programs or camps, the names and locations of | ||
| 8 | the schools attended by such children, and the names, home | ||
| 9 | addresses, telephone numbers, and social security numbers | ||
| 10 | of the parents or guardians of such children; providing | ||
| 11 | for future review and repeal of the exemption; providing a | ||
| 12 | statement of public necessity; providing an effective | ||
| 13 | date. | ||
| 14 | |||
| 15 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 17 | Section 1. Paragraph (hh) is added to subsection (3) of | ||
| 18 | section 119.07, Florida Statutes, to read: | ||
| 19 | 119.07 Inspection, examination, and duplication of | ||
| 20 | records; exemptions.-- | ||
| 21 | (3) | ||
| 22 | (hh) The names, home addresses, telephone numbers, social | ||
| 23 | security numbers, and photographs of children who participate in | ||
| 24 | government-sponsored recreation programs or camps; the names and | ||
| 25 | locations of the schools attended by such children; and the | ||
| 26 | names, home addresses, telephone numbers, and social security | ||
| 27 | numbers of parents or guardians of children who participate in | ||
| 28 | government-sponsored recreation programs or camps are exempt | ||
| 29 | from subsection (1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State | ||
| 30 | Constitution. | ||
| 31 | Section 2. Paragraph (hh) of subsection (3) of s. 119.07, | ||
| 32 | Florida Statutes, is subject to the Open Government Sunset | ||
| 33 | Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s. 119.15, Florida | ||
| 34 | Statutes, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2009, unless | ||
| 35 | reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the | ||
| 36 | Legislature. | ||
| 37 | Section 3. The Legislature finds that it is a public | ||
| 38 | necessity that the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, | ||
| 39 | social security numbers, and photographs of children who | ||
| 40 | participate in government-sponsored recreation programs or | ||
| 41 | camps, the names and locations of the schools attended by such | ||
| 42 | children, and the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, and | ||
| 43 | social security numbers of the parents or guardians of such | ||
| 44 | children be held confidential and exempt from public records | ||
| 45 | requirements because revealing such information could create the | ||
| 46 | opportunity for the stalking, harassment, abduction, or abuse of | ||
| 47 | such children. | ||
| 48 | Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. | ||