Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1072
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/17/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Hutson) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (2) of
    6  section 98.075, Florida Statutes, as amended by CS/SB 1070,
    7  enacted in the 2017 Regular Session, to read:
    8         98.075 Registration records maintenance activities;
    9  ineligibility determinations.—
   10         (2) DUPLICATE REGISTRATION.—
   11         (c) Information received by the department from another
   12  state, through an interstate agreement or a membership in a
   13  nongovernmental entity that is solely composed of state
   14  government election officials for the sole purpose of sharing
   15  and exchanging information in order to verify voter registration
   16  information, which is confidential or exempt pursuant to the
   17  laws of that state, is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a),
   18  Art. I of the State Constitution. This paragraph is subject to
   19  the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s.
   20  119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2022, unless
   21  reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the
   22  Legislature.
   23         Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
   24  necessity that information received by the Department of State
   25  from another state through an interstate agreement entered into
   26  under s. 98.075(2), Florida Statutes, or through a membership in
   27  a nongovernmental entity that is solely composed of state
   28  government election officials for the sole purpose of sharing
   29  and exchanging information in order to verify voter registration
   30  information, which is confidential or exempt pursuant to the
   31  laws of that state be made exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida
   32  Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the State Constitution.
   33  Participating in interstate agreements or nongovernmental
   34  entities to share and exchange information with other states in
   35  order to verify voter registration information is critical to
   36  ensuring the accuracy of the statewide voter registration
   37  system. Maintaining an accurate statewide voter registration
   38  system is critical to fair elections in this state. Without the
   39  public records exemption, the department will be unable to
   40  receive information from other states which might otherwise be
   41  confidential or exempt pursuant to the laws of those states,
   42  which would impair the ability of the department and supervisors
   43  of elections to maintain accurate voter rolls. As a result, the
   44  effective and efficient administration of the statewide voter
   45  registration system would be hindered.
   46         Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date that
   47  CS/SB 1070 or similar legislation takes effect, if such
   48  legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an
   49  extension thereof and becomes a law.
   50  
   51  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   52  And the title is amended as follows:
   53         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   54  and insert:
   55                        A bill to be entitled                      
   56         An act relating to public records; amending s. 98.075,
   57         F.S.; creating a public records exemption for certain
   58         information received by the Department of State from
   59         another state, through an interstate agreement or a
   60         membership in a nongovernmental entity whose
   61         membership is solely composed of state government
   62         election officials for the sole purpose of sharing and
   63         exchanging information in order to verify voter
   64         registration information, which is confidential or
   65         exempt pursuant to the laws of that state; providing
   66         for future legislative review and repeal of the
   67         exemption; providing a statement of public necessity;
   68         providing a contingent effective date.