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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to public records and meetings; 2
creating s. 468.1336, F.S.; providing an exemption 3
from public meetings requirements for certain portions 4
of meetings of the Audiology and Speech -language 5
Pathology Interstate Compact Commission and its 6
executive committee; providing an exemption from 7
public records requirements for recordings, minutes, 8
and records generated during exempt portions of such 9
meetings; providing for future legislative review and 10
repeal of the exemptions; providing statements of 11
public necessity; providing a contingent effective 12
date. 13
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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Section 1. Section 468.1336, Flori da Statutes, is created 17
to read: 18
468.1336 Audiology and Speech -language Pathology 19
Interstate Compact Commission; public meetings and public 20
records exemptions.— 21
(1) Any portion of a meeting of the Audiology and Speech -22
language Pathology Interstate Comp act Commission or its 23
executive committee in which any of the following information is 24
discussed is exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the 25
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State Constitution: 26
(a) Noncompliance of a member state with its obligations 27
under the compact; 28
(b) The employment, compensation, discipline, or other 29
matters, practices, or procedures related to specific employees 30
or other matters related to the commission's internal personnel 31
practices and procedures; 32
(c) Current, threatened, or reasonably anticipated 33
litigation; 34
(d) Negotiation of contracts for the purchase, lease, or 35
sale of goods, services, or real estate; 36
(e) Accusing any person of a crime or formally censuring 37
any person; 38
(f) Trade secrets or commercial or financial information 39
that is privileged or confidential; 40
(g) Information of a personal nature if disclosure would 41
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy; 42
(h) Investigative records compiled for law enforcement 43
purposes; 44
(i) Information relating to any investigat ive reports 45
prepared by or on behalf of or for use by the commission or 46
executive committee when investigating or determining compliance 47
with the compact; or 48
(j) Matters specifically exempted from disclosure by 49
federal or state practice laws. 50
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(2) Recordings, minutes, and records generated during any 51
portion of an exempt meeting are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 52
24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 53
(3) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset 54
Review Act in accordance with s. 119 .15 and shall stand repealed 55
on October 2, 2028, unless reviewed and saved from repeal 56
through reenactment by the Legislature. 57
Section 2. (1) The Legislature finds that it is a public 58
necessity that any portion of a meeting of the Audiology and 59
Speech-language Pathology Interstate Compact Commission or its 60
executive committee in which any information in s. 468.1336(1), 61
Florida Statutes, is discussed be made exempt from s. 286.011, 62
Florida Statutes, and s. 24(b), Article I of the State 63
Constitution. 64
(2) The Audiology and Speech -language Pathology Interstate 65
Compact requires that any portion of a meeting in which any 66
information in s. 468.1336(1), Florida Statutes, is discussed be 67
closed to the public. In the absence of a public meetings 68
exemption, this state would be prohibited from becoming a member 69
state of the compact. Thus, this state would be unable to 70
effectively and efficiently administer the compact. 71
(3) The Legislature also finds that it is a public 72
necessity that the recordings, minutes, an d records generated 73
during any portion of a meeting in which any information in s. 74
468.1336(1), Florida Statutes, is discussed be made exempt from 75
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s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the 76
State Constitution. Release of such informatio n would negate the 77
public meetings exemption. As such, the Legislature finds that 78
the public records exemption is a public necessity. 79
Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date 80
that HB 877 or similar legislation takes effect , if such 81
legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an 82
extension thereof and becomes law. 83