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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to public records; amending s. 2
320.025, F.S.; expanding a public records exemption to 3
include all records pertaining to a registration 4
application submitted by any criminal conflict and 5
civil regional counsel office; providing for future 6
legislative review and repeal; providing a statement 7
of public necessity; providing a contingent effective 8
date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 320.025, Florida 13
Statutes, is amended, and subsection (4) is added to that 14
section, to read: 15
320.025 Registration certificate and license plate or 16
decal issued under fictitious name; applic ation.— 17
(3) This section constitutes an exception to other 18
statutes relating to falsification of public records, false 19
swearing, and similar matters. All records relating to the 20
registration application of the Attorney General's Medicaid 21
Fraud Control Unit, a law enforcement agency, or any state 22
public defender's office, or any office of criminal conflict and 23
civil regional counsel, and records necessary to carry out the 24
intended purpose of this section, are exempt from the provisions 25
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of s. 119.07(1), and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution 26
as long as the information is retained by the department. This 27
section does not prohibit other personations, fabrications, or 28
creations of false identifications by the Attorney General's 29
Medicaid Fraud Control Un it, or law enforcement or public 30
defender's officers, or a regional counsel office in the 31
official performance of covert operations. 32
(4) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset 33
Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repeale d 34
on October 2, 2027, unless reviewed and saved from repeal 35
through reenactment by the Legislature. 36
Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public 37
necessity that all records relating to the application for a 38
confidential registration certificate and registration license 39
plate or decal submitted by an office of criminal conflict and 40
civil regional counsel, and any other records necessary to carry 41
out the intended purpose of s. 320.025, Florida Statutes, be 42
made exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida Sta tutes, and s. 24(a), 43
Article I of the State Constitution. Investigations by an office 44
of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel may be 45
jeopardized by the registration of motor vehicles under the 46
office's name or under the names of the office's invest igators 47
in that persons under investigation may acquire such 48
registration information in order to seek retaliation against 49
the office or its investigators. Authorizing offices of criminal 50
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conflict and civil regional counsel to obtain confidential 51
registration certificates and registration license plates or 52
decals in the same manner as other law enforcement agencies 53
would better ensure the safety of the regional counsel offices' 54
investigators in performing their official duties. 55
Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date 56
that HB 383 or similar legislation takes effect , if such 57
legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an 58
extension thereof and becomes a law. 59