Florida Senate - 2014                                     SB 858
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and
       Domestic Security
       
       
       
       
       583-01657-14                                           2014858__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 288.985, F.S., which
    4         provides exemptions from public records and public
    5         meetings requirements for certain records and meetings
    6         of the Florida Defense Support Task Force; saving the
    7         exemptions from repeal under the Open Government
    8         Sunset Review Act; providing an effective date.
    9          
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 288.985, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   13  read:
   14         288.985 Exemptions from public records and public meetings
   15  requirements.—
   16         (1) The following records held by the Florida Defense
   17  Support Task Force are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a),
   18  Art. I of the State Constitution:
   19         (a) That portion of a record which relates to strengths and
   20  weaknesses of military installations or military missions in
   21  this state relative to the selection criteria for the
   22  realignment and closure of military bases and missions under any
   23  United States Department of Defense base realignment and closure
   24  process.
   25         (b) That portion of a record which relates to strengths and
   26  weaknesses of military installations or military missions in
   27  other states or territories and the vulnerability of such
   28  installations or missions to base realignment or closure under
   29  the United States Department of Defense base realignment and
   30  closure process, and any agreements or proposals to relocate or
   31  realign military units and missions from other states or
   32  territories.
   33         (c) That portion of a record which relates to the state’s
   34  strategy to retain its military bases during any United States
   35  Department of Defense base realignment and closure process and
   36  any agreements or proposals to relocate or realign military
   37  units and missions.
   38         (2) Meetings or portions of meetings of the Florida Defense
   39  Support Task Force, or a workgroup of the task force, at which
   40  records are presented or discussed which are exempt under
   41  subsection (1) are exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I
   42  of the State Constitution.
   43         (3) Any records generated during those portions of meetings
   44  which are closed to the public under subsection (2), including,
   45  but not limited to, minutes, tape recordings, videotapes,
   46  digital recordings, transcriptions, or notes, are exempt from s.
   47  119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   48         (4) Any person who willfully and knowingly violates this
   49  section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as
   50  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
   51         (5) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset
   52  Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
   53  on October 2, 2014, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   54  through reenactment by the Legislature.
   55         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2014.