Florida Senate - 2013                                    SB 1680
       
       
       
       By Senator Altman
       
       
       
       
       16-00944-13                                           20131680__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public records and public meetings
    3         exemptions; amending s. 383.412, F.S.; eliminating
    4         requirements that the closed portion of a meeting of
    5         the State Child Abuse Death Review Committee or a
    6         local committee at which specified identifying
    7         information is discussed be recorded, that no portion
    8         of such closed meeting be off the record, and that the
    9         recording be maintained by the state committee or a
   10         local committee; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 383.412, Florida
   15  Statutes, is reenacted and subsection (3) of that section is
   16  amended to read:
   17         383.412 Public records and public meetings exemptions.—
   18         (2)(a) Any information that reveals the identity of the
   19  surviving siblings, family members, or others living in the home
   20  of a deceased child who is the subject of review by and which
   21  information is held by the State Child Abuse Death Review
   22  Committee or a local committee is confidential and exempt from
   23  s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   24         (b) Information made confidential or exempt from s.
   25  119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution that is
   26  obtained by the State Child Abuse Death Review Committee or a
   27  local committee shall retain its confidential or exempt status.
   28         (3)(a) Portions of meetings of the State Child Abuse Death
   29  Review Committee or a local committee at which information made
   30  confidential and exempt pursuant to subsection (2) is discussed
   31  are exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State
   32  Constitution. The closed portion of a meeting must be recorded,
   33  and no portion of the closed meeting may be off the record. The
   34  recording shall be maintained by the State Child Abuse Death
   35  Review Committee or a local committee.
   36         (b) A The recording of a closed portion of a meeting is
   37  exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   38  Constitution.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.