Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 220
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/17/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Brandes) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 37 - 79
    4  and insert:
    5  institution held by a state university or a Florida College
    6  System institution is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1)
    7  and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
    8         (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the personal identifying
    9  information of an applicant included in the final group of
   10  applicants for president of a state university or a Florida
   11  College System institution is no longer confidential and exempt
   12  from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution
   13  beginning at the earlier of the date the final group of
   14  applicants to be considered for president is established or 21
   15  days before the date of a meeting at which an interview of an
   16  applicant will be conducted or at which final action or a vote
   17  is to be taken on the offer of the employment of an applicant as
   18  president.
   19         (2)(a) Any portion of a meeting held for the purpose of
   20  identifying or vetting applicants for president of a state
   21  university or a Florida College System institution, including
   22  any portion of a meeting which would disclose personal
   23  identifying information of such applicants which is otherwise
   24  confidential and exempt under subsection (1), is exempt from s.
   25  286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   26         (b) A complete recording must be made of any portion of a
   27  meeting which is closed pursuant to paragraph (a), and any
   28  closed portion of such meeting may not be held off the record.
   29  The recording of the closed portion of a meeting is exempt from
   30  s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   31         (c) The public meeting exemption provided in paragraph (a)
   32  does not apply to:
   33         1. Any portion of a meeting held for the purpose of
   34  establishing qualifications for the position or establishing any
   35  compensation framework to be offered to an applicant for
   36  president of a state university or a Florida College System
   37  institution.
   38         2. Any meeting that is held after a final group of
   39  applicants for president of a state university or a Florida
   40  College System institution has been established.
   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, 2026, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   44  through reenactment by the Legislature.
   45         Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
   46  necessity that any personal identifying information of an
   47  applicant for president of a state university or a Florida
   48  College System institution held by a state university or a
   49  Florida College System institution be made confidential and
   50  exempt from
   51  
   52  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   53  And the title is amended as follows:
   54         Delete lines 7 - 15
   55  and insert:
   56         institution held by a state university or a Florida
   57         College System institution; specifying that personal
   58         identifying information of applicants who are in the
   59         final group of applicants is no longer confidential
   60         and exempt at a time certain; providing an exemption
   61         from public meeting requirements for any portion of a
   62         meeting held for the purpose of identifying or vetting
   63         applicants for president of a state university or a
   64         Florida College System institution, including any
   65         portion of a meeting which would disclose certain
   66         identifying information