Florida Senate - 2018 SB 7002
By the Committee on Criminal Justice
591-01287-18 20187002__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to a review under the Open Government
3 Sunset Review Act; amending s. 286.01141, F.S., which
4 provides an exemption from public meetings
5 requirements for portions of a meeting of a duly
6 constituted criminal justice commission at which
7 active criminal intelligence information or active
8 criminal investigative information being considered
9 by, or which may foreseeably come before, the
10 commission is discussed; removing the scheduled repeal
11 of the exemption; providing an effective date.
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13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15 Section 1. Section 286.01141, Florida Statutes, is amended
16 to read:
17 286.01141 Criminal justice commissions; public meetings
18 exemption.—
19 (1) As used in this section, the term:
20 (a) “Duly constituted criminal justice commission” means an
21 advisory commission created by municipal or county ordinance
22 whose membership is comprised of individuals from the private
23 sector and the public sector and whose purpose is to examine
24 local criminal justice issues.
25 (b) “Active” has the same meaning as provided in s.
26 119.011.
27 (c) “Criminal intelligence information” has the same
28 meaning as provided in s. 119.011.
29 (d) “Criminal investigative information” has the same
30 meaning as provided in s. 119.011.
31 (2) That portion of a meeting of a duly constituted
32 criminal justice commission at which members of the commission
33 discuss active criminal intelligence information or active
34 criminal investigative information that is currently being
35 considered by, or which may foreseeably come before, the
36 commission is exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the
37 State Constitution, provided that at any public meeting of the
38 criminal justice commission at which such matter is being
39 considered, the commission members publicly disclose the fact
40 that the matter has been discussed.
41 (3) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset
42 Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
43 on October 2, 2018, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
44 through reenactment by the Legislature.
45 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2018.