Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1004
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/19/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Dean) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
    6  119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of
    8  public records.—
    9         (3) SECURITY.—
   10         (a)1. As used in this paragraph, the term “security system
   11  plan” includes all:
   12         a. Records, information, photographs, audio and visual
   13  presentations, schematic diagrams, surveys, recommendations, or
   14  consultations or portions thereof relating directly to the
   15  physical security of the facility or revealing security systems;
   16         b. Threat assessments conducted by any agency or any
   17  private entity;
   18         c. Threat response plans;
   19         d. Emergency evacuation plans;
   20         e. Sheltering arrangements; or
   21         f. Manuals for security personnel, emergency equipment, or
   22  security training.
   23         2. A security system plan or portion thereof for:
   24         a. Any property owned by or leased to the state or any of
   25  its political subdivisions; or
   26         b. Any privately owned or leased property
   27  
   28  held by an agency is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1)
   29  and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This exemption
   30  is remedial in nature, and it is the intent of the Legislature
   31  that this exemption apply to security system plans held by an
   32  agency before, on, or after the effective date of this
   33  paragraph.
   34         3. Information made confidential and exempt by this
   35  paragraph may be disclosed by the custodian of public records
   36  to:
   37         a. To the property owner or leaseholder; or
   38         b. In furtherance of the official duties and
   39  responsibilities of the agency holding the information; Another
   40  state or federal agency to prevent, detect, guard against,
   41  respond to, investigate, or manage the consequences of any
   42  attempted or actual act of terrorism, or to prosecute those
   43  persons who are responsible for such attempts or acts
   44         c. To another local, state, or federal agency in
   45  furtherance of that agency’s official duties and
   46  responsibilities; or
   47         d. Upon a showing of good cause before a court of competent
   48  jurisdiction.
   49         Section 2. Section 281.301, Florida Statutes, is amended,
   50  to read:
   51         281.301 Security systems; records and meetings exempt from
   52  public access or disclosure.—
   53         (1) Information relating to the security systems for any
   54  property owned by or leased to the state or any of its political
   55  subdivisions, and information relating to the security systems
   56  for any privately owned or leased property which is in the
   57  possession of any agency as defined in s. 119.011(2), including
   58  all records, information, photographs, audio and visual
   59  presentations, schematic diagrams, surveys, recommendations, or
   60  consultations or portions thereof relating directly to or
   61  revealing such systems or information, and all meetings relating
   62  directly to or that would reveal such systems or information are
   63  confidential and exempt from ss. 119.07(1) and 286.011 and other
   64  laws and rules requiring public access or disclosure.
   65         (2) Information made confidential and exempt by this
   66  section may be disclosed:
   67         (a) To the property owner or leaseholder;
   68         (b) In furtherance of the official duties and
   69  responsibilities of the agency holding the information;
   70         (c) To another local, state, or federal agency in the
   71  furtherance of that agency’s official duties and
   72  responsibilities; or
   73         (d) Upon a showing of good cause before a court of
   74  competent jurisdiction.
   75         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
   76  
   77  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   78  And the title is amended as follows:
   79         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   80  and insert:
   81                        A bill to be entitled                      
   82         An act relating to security system plans; amending s.
   83         119.071, F.S.; revising exceptions to a public records
   84         exemption; amending s. 281.301, F.S.; providing
   85         exceptions to a public records exemption; providing an
   86         effective date.