Florida Senate - 2016                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 592
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             02/10/2016 08:54 AM       .                                
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       Senator Richter moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 256 - 303
    4  and insert:
    5         o. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
    6  and photographs of current or former emergency medical
    7  technicians or paramedics certified under chapter 401; the
    8  names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and
    9  places of employment of the spouses and children of such
   10  emergency medical technicians or paramedics; and the names and
   11  locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
   12  children of such emergency medical technicians or paramedics are
   13  exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   14  Constitution. This sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open
   15  Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and
   16  shall stand repealed on October 2, 2021, unless reviewed and
   17  saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   18         3. An agency that is the custodian of the information
   19  specified in subparagraph 2. and that is not the employer of the
   20  officer, employee, justice, judge, or other person specified in
   21  subparagraph 2. shall maintain the exempt status of that
   22  information only if the officer, employee, justice, judge, other
   23  person, or employing agency of the designated employee submits a
   24  written request for maintenance of the exemption to the
   25  custodial agency.
   26         4. The exemptions in this paragraph apply to information
   27  held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of the
   28  exemption.
   29         5. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
   30  paragraph, this paragraph is subject to the Open Government
   31  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand
   32  repealed on October 2, 2017, unless reviewed and saved from
   33  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   34         Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
   35  necessity to exempt from public records requirements the home
   36  addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of
   37  current or former nonsworn investigative personnel of the
   38  Department of Financial Services whose duties include the
   39  investigation of fraud, theft, workers’ compensation coverage
   40  requirements and compliance, other related criminal activities,
   41  or state regulatory requirement violations; the names, home
   42  addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of
   43  employment of the spouses and children of such personnel; and
   44  the names and locations of schools and day care facilities
   45  attended by the children of such personnel. The efforts of such
   46  personnel can lead to arrests and prosecutions for crimes up to
   47  and including first degree felony violations and can also result
   48  in the loss of commerce and property, the assessment of monetary
   49  fines, or the suspension or loss of professional licenses. The
   50  department has documented numerous instances of personnel who
   51  have been threatened and who have feared repercussions as a
   52  result of carrying out their duties. These threats have included
   53  weapons being brandished, verbal threats made to harm them or
   54  their family members, harassment, and intimidation. The
   55  Legislature finds that the release of such personal identifying
   56  and location information might place these nonsworn
   57  investigative personnel of the department and their family
   58  members in danger of physical and emotional harm from
   59  disgruntled individuals who have contentious reactions to
   60  actions taken by such personnel, or whose business or
   61  professional practices have come under the scrutiny of such
   62  personnel. The Legislature further finds that the harm that may
   63  result from the release of such personal identifying and
   64  location information outweighs any public benefit that may be
   65  derived from the disclosure of the information.
   66         Section 3. The Legislature finds that it is a public
   67  necessity that the home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of
   68  birth, and photographs of current or former emergency medical
   69  technicians or paramedics certified under chapter 401, Florida
   70  Statutes; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of
   71  birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of
   72  such emergency medical technicians or paramedics; and the names
   73  and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
   74  children of such emergency medical technicians or paramedics be
   75  made confidential and exempt from public records requirements.
   76  The Legislature finds that the release of such identifying and
   77  location information may place such emergency medical
   78  technicians or paramedics and their family members in danger of
   79  physical and emotional harm from disgruntled individuals who
   80  have contentious reactions to actions carried out by the
   81  emergency medical technicians or paramedics. The Legislature
   82  further finds that the harm that may result from the release of
   83  such identifying and location information outweighs any public
   84  benefit derived from disclosure of such information.
   85  
   86  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   87  And the title is amended as follows:
   88         Delete lines 9 - 11
   89  and insert:
   90         personnel; providing an exemption from public records
   91         requirements for certain identifying information of
   92         current or former emergency medical technicians or
   93         paramedics certified under ch. 401, F.S., and the
   94         spouses and children of such medical technicians or
   95         paramedics; providing for future review and repeal of
   96         the exemptions; providing statements of public
   97         necessity; providing an effective date.