Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 654
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/20/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Bradley) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 22 - 53
    4  and insert:
    5         (4) DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS.—Information held by the
    6  Department of Military Affairs which is stored in a United
    7  States Department of Defense system of records, is transmitted
    8  using a United States Department of Defense network or
    9  communications device, or pertains to the United States
   10  Department of Defense pursuant to 10 U.S.C. s. 394 is exempt
   11  from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   12  Constitution. This exemption applies to information made exempt
   13  by this subsection which is held by the department before, on,
   14  or after the effective date of the exemption. This subsection is
   15  subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance
   16  with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2026,
   17  unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the
   18  Legislature.
   19         Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
   20  necessity that certain information held by the Department of
   21  Military Affairs which is stored in a United States Department
   22  of Defense system of records, is transmitted using a United
   23  States Department of Defense network or communications device,
   24  or pertains to the United States Department of Defense pursuant
   25  to 10 U.S.C. s. 394 be made exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida
   26  Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the State Constitution. The
   27  disclosure of such information could adversely affect national
   28  security and the safety of servicemembers and their families. A
   29  servicemember’s information should only be disclosed by consent,
   30  as provided in the Privacy Act of 1974. It is necessary that
   31  such sensitive information in the custody of the Department of
   32  Military Affairs be protected from disclosure to the same degree
   33  required under federal law. Therefore, the Legislature finds
   34  that it is a public necessity that such information be made
   35  exempt from public records requirements and that such exemption
   36  should be applied retroactively.
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   39  And the title is amended as follows:
   40         Delete lines 4 - 5
   41  and insert:
   42         records requirements for certain information held by
   43         the Department of Military Affairs