Florida 2023 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0879 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to public records and meetings; 2
16	16	creating s. 468.1336, F.S.; providing an exemption 3
17	17	from public meetings requirements for certain portions 4
18	18	of meetings of the Audiology and Speech -language 5
19	19	Pathology Interstate Compact Commission and its 6
20	20	executive committee; providing an exemption from 7
21	21	public records requirements for recordings, minutes, 8
22	22	and records generated during exempt portions of such 9
23	23	meetings; providing for future legislative review and 10
24	24	repeal of the exemptions; providing statements of 11
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28	28	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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30	30	Section 1. Section 468.1336, Flori da Statutes, is created 17
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32	32	468.1336 Audiology and Speech -language Pathology 19
33	33	Interstate Compact Commission; public meetings and public 20
34	34	records exemptions.— 21
35	35	(1) Any portion of a meeting of the Audiology and Speech -22
36	36	language Pathology Interstate Comp act Commission or its 23
37	37	executive committee in which any of the following information is 24
38	38	discussed is exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the 25
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51	51	State Constitution: 26
52	52	(a) Noncompliance of a member state with its obligations 27
53	53	under the compact; 28
54	54	(b) The employment, compensation, discipline, or other 29
55	55	matters, practices, or procedures related to specific employees 30
56	56	or other matters related to the commission's internal personnel 31
57	57	practices and procedures; 32
58	58	(c) Current, threatened, or reasonably anticipated 33
59	59	litigation; 34
60	60	(d) Negotiation of contracts for the purchase, lease, or 35
61	61	sale of goods, services, or real estate; 36
62	62	(e) Accusing any person of a crime or formally censuring 37
63	63	any person; 38
64	64	(f) Trade secrets or commercial or financial information 39
65	65	that is privileged or confidential; 40
66	66	(g) Information of a personal nature if disclosure would 41
67	67	constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy; 42
68	68	(h) Investigative records compiled for law enforcement 43
69	69	purposes; 44
70	70	(i) Information relating to any investigat ive reports 45
71	71	prepared by or on behalf of or for use by the commission or 46
72	72	executive committee when investigating or determining compliance 47
73	73	with the compact; or 48
74	74	(j) Matters specifically exempted from disclosure by 49
75	75	federal or state practice laws. 50
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88	88	(2) Recordings, minutes, and records generated during any 51
89	89	portion of an exempt meeting are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 52
90	90	24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 53
91	91	(3) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset 54
92	92	Review Act in accordance with s. 119 .15 and shall stand repealed 55
93	93	on October 2, 2028, unless reviewed and saved from repeal 56
94	94	through reenactment by the Legislature. 57
95	95	Section 2. (1) The Legislature finds that it is a public 58
96	96	necessity that any portion of a meeting of the Audiology and 59
97	97	Speech-language Pathology Interstate Compact Commission or its 60
98	98	executive committee in which any information in s. 468.1336(1), 61
99	99	Florida Statutes, is discussed be made exempt from s. 286.011, 62
100	100	Florida Statutes, and s. 24(b), Article I of the State 63
101	101	Constitution. 64
102	102	(2) The Audiology and Speech -language Pathology Interstate 65
103	103	Compact requires that any portion of a meeting in which any 66
104	104	information in s. 468.1336(1), Florida Statutes, is discussed be 67
105	105	closed to the public. In the absence of a public meetings 68
106	106	exemption, this state would be prohibited from becoming a member 69
107	107	state of the compact. Thus, this state would be unable to 70
108	108	effectively and efficiently administer the compact. 71
109	109	(3) The Legislature also finds that it is a public 72
110	110	necessity that the recordings, minutes, an d records generated 73
111	111	during any portion of a meeting in which any information in s. 74
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125	125	s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the 76
126	126	State Constitution. Release of such informatio n would negate the 77
127	127	public meetings exemption. As such, the Legislature finds that 78
128	128	the public records exemption is a public necessity. 79
129	129	Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date 80
130	130	that HB 877 or similar legislation takes effect , if such 81
131	131	legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an 82
132	132	extension thereof and becomes law. 83