Florida Senate - 2026                                      SB 44
       
       
        
       By Senator Rouson
       
       
       
       
       
       16-00083-26                                             202644__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to electronic payment of public
    3         records fees; amending s. 119.07, F.S.; requiring an
    4         agency subject to ch. 119, F.S., to provide an
    5         electronic option for payment of fees associated with
    6         a public records request; providing an effective date.
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    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Present subsections (5) through (9) of section
   11  119.07, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (6)
   12  through (10), respectively, and a new subsection (5) is added to
   13  that section, to read:
   14         119.07 Inspection and copying of records; photographing
   15  public records; fees; exemptions.—
   16         (5) An agency shall provide an electronic option for the
   17  payment of any fee associated with a request to inspect or copy
   18  public records.
   19         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.