Florida Senate - 2014                              CS for SB 650
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Governmental Oversight and Accountability;
       and Judiciary
       
       
       
       
       585-02562-14                                           2014650c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 733.604, F.S., which
    4         provides exemptions from public records requirements
    5         for the inventories of an estate or elective estate
    6         filed with the clerk of court or the accountings filed
    7         with the clerk of court in an estate proceeding;
    8         saving the exemptions from repeal under the Open
    9         Government Sunset Review Act; providing an effective
   10         date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 733.604, Florida
   15  Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         733.604 Inventories and accountings; public records
   17  exemptions.—
   18         (1)(a) Unless an inventory has been previously filed, a
   19  personal representative shall file a verified inventory of
   20  property of the estate, listing it with reasonable detail and
   21  including for each listed item its estimated fair market value
   22  at the date of the decedent’s death.
   23         (b)1. Any inventory of an estate, whether initial, amended,
   24  or supplementary, filed with the clerk of the court in
   25  conjunction with the administration of an estate is confidential
   26  and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   27  Constitution.
   28         2. Any inventory of an elective estate, whether initial,
   29  amended, or supplementary, filed with the clerk of the court in
   30  conjunction with an election made in accordance with part II of
   31  chapter 732 is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
   32  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   33         3. Any accounting, whether interim, final, amended, or
   34  supplementary, filed with the clerk of court in an estate
   35  proceeding is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
   36  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   37         4. Any inventory or accounting made confidential and exempt
   38  by subparagraph 1., subparagraph 2., or subparagraph 3. shall be
   39  disclosed by the custodian for inspection or copying:
   40         a. To the personal representative;
   41         b. To the personal representative’s attorney;
   42         c. To an interested person as defined in s. 731.201; or
   43         d. By court order upon a showing of good cause.
   44         5. These exemptions apply to any inventory or accounting
   45  filed before, on, or after July 1, 2009.
   46         6. This paragraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset
   47  Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
   48  on October 2, 2014, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   49  through reenactment by the Legislature.
   50         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.