Florida Senate - 2021                   (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7042
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Agriculture
       
       
       
       
       
       575-02234-21                                          20217042pb
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 601.10, F.S., which
    4         relates to a public records exemption for trade secret
    5         information provided to the Department of Citrus;
    6         removing the scheduled repeal of the exemption;
    7         providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 601.10, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         601.10 Powers of the Department of Citrus.—The department
   14  shall have and shall exercise such general and specific powers
   15  as are delegated to it by this chapter and other statutes of the
   16  state, which powers shall include, but are not limited to, the
   17  following:
   18         (8)(a) To prepare and disseminate information of importance
   19  to citrus growers, handlers, shippers, processors, and industry
   20  related and interested persons and organizations relating to
   21  department activities and the production, handling, shipping,
   22  processing, and marketing of citrus fruit and processed citrus
   23  products. For referendum and other notice and informational
   24  purposes, the department may prepare and maintain, from the best
   25  available sources, a citrus grower mailing list. Such list shall
   26  be a public record available as other public records but is not
   27  subject to the purging provisions of s. 283.55.
   28         (b) Any information provided to the department which
   29  constitutes a trade secret as defined in s. 812.081 is
   30  confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I
   31  of the State Constitution. This paragraph is subject to the Open
   32  Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and
   33  shall stand repealed on October 2, 2021, unless reviewed and
   34  saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   35         (c) Any nonpublished reports or data related to studies or
   36  research conducted, caused to be conducted, or funded by the
   37  department under s. 601.13 is confidential and exempt from s.
   38  119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2021.