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Florida House Bill H0943

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1010 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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1414 A bill to be entitled 1
1515 An act relating to public records; creating s. 2
1616 215.5587, F.S.; providing an exemption from public 3
17-records requirements for certain information in 4
18-applications and home inspection reports submitted by 5
19-applicants to the Department of Financial Services as 6
20-a part of the My Safe Florida Home Program; providing 7
21-retroactive applicability; providing for future 8
22-legislative review and repeal of the exemption; 9
23-providing a statement of public necessity; providing 10
24-an effective date. 11
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26-Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13
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28- Section 1. Section 215.5587, Florida Statutes, is created 15
29-to read: 16
30- 215.5587 My Safe Florida Home Program; public records 17
31-exemption.— 18
32- (1) All of the following information contained in 19
33-applications and home inspection reports submitted by applicants 20
34-as part of the My Safe Florida Home Program under s. 215.5586 is 21
35-exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 22
36-Constitution: 23
37- (a) The components of the applicant's mailing address 24
38-other than the city, zip code, and the applicant's name. 25
17+records requirements for applications and home 4
18+inspection reports submitted by applicants to the 5
19+Department of Financial Services as a part of the My 6
20+Safe Florida Home Program; providing retroactive 7
21+applicability; providing for future legislative review 8
22+and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of 9
23+public necessity; providing an effective date. 10
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25+Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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27+ Section 1. Section 215.5587, Florida Statutes, is created 14
28+to read: 15
29+ 215.5587 My Safe Florida Home Program; public records 16
30+exemption.— 17
31+ (1) Applications and home inspection reports submitted by 18
32+applicants as part of the My Safe Florida Home Program under s. 19
33+215.5586 are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of 20
34+the State Constitution. 21
35+ (2) This exemption applies retroactively to applicat ions 22
36+and home inspection reports submitted before, on, or after the 23
37+effective date of this exemption. 24
38+ (3) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset 25
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51- (b) Any phone number or e -mail address provided by the 26
52-applicant. 27
53- (c) Detailed descriptions and pictures of the inside and 28
54-outside of applicant's homes. 29
55- (2) This exemption applies retroactively to applications 30
56-and home inspection reports submitted before, on, or after the 31
57-effective date of this exemption. 32
58- (3) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset 33
59-Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed 34
60-on October 2, 2029, unless reviewed and saved from repeal 35
61-through reenactment by the Legislature. 36
62- Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public 37
63-necessity that the following information contained in 38
64-applications and home inspection reports submitted by applicants 39
65-as part of the My Safe Florida Home Program be made exempt from 40
66-s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the 41
67-State Constitution: an applicant's name, certain components of 42
68-his or her mailing address, an applicant's phone number or e -43
69-mail address, as well as descriptions and pictures of the inside 44
70-and outside of an applicant's home. The Legislature further 45
71-finds that it is a public necessity that the public record 46
72-exemption be applied retroactively. More than 99 percent of all 47
73-home inspections and grant applications are completed 48
74-electronically or by phone. Under current law, My Safe Florida 49
75-Home Program applications and home inspection reports are public 50
51+Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed 26
52+on October 2, 2029, unless re viewed and saved from repeal 27
53+through reenactment by the Legislature. 28
54+ Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public 29
55+necessity that My Safe Florida Home Program applications and 30
56+home inspection reports be made exempt from s. 119.07(1), 31
57+Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the State 32
58+Constitution. More than 99 percent of all home inspections and 33
59+grant applications are completed electronically or by phone. 34
60+Under current law, My Safe Florida Home Program applications and 35
61+home inspection reports are public records and can be obtained 36
62+by anyone for any purpose. These documents contain personal 37
63+information, including, but not limited to, names, e -mail 38
64+addresses, mailing addresses, and telephone numbers. This 39
65+information is unique to each individual and, when combined with 40
66+other personal identifying information, can be used for identity 41
67+theft, consumer scams, unwanted solicitations, or other invasive 42
68+contact. Additionally, the My Safe Florida Home Program 43
69+applications and home inspection reports cont ain detailed 44
70+descriptions and pictures of the inside and outside of 45
71+applicants' homes, including private areas, points of entry, and 46
72+other vulnerabilities. The public availability of these records 47
73+puts participants in the My Safe Florida Home Program at 48
74+increased risk of home invasions and reduces privacy in their 49
75+homes. Such risk may be significantly limited by making My Safe 50
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88-records and can be ob tained by anyone for any purpose. This 51
89-information is unique to each individual and can be used for 52
90-identity theft, consumer scams, unwanted solicitations, or other 53
91-invasive contact. Additionally, My Safe Florida Home Program 54
92-applications and home inspecti on reports contain detailed 55
93-descriptions and pictures of the inside and outside of 56
94-applicants' homes, including private areas, points of entry, and 57
95-other vulnerabilities. The public availability of this 58
96-information puts participants in the My Safe Florida Home 59
97-Program at increased risk of home invasions and reduces privacy 60
98-in their homes. These risks may be significantly limited by 61
99-making such information contained in My Safe Florida Home 62
100-Program applications and home inspection reports exempt from 63
101-public record requirements. 64
102- Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 65
88+Florida Home Program applications and home inspection reports 51
89+exempt from public record requirements. 52
90+ Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 53