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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to a review under the Open Government 2
Sunset Review Act; amending s. 24.1051, F.S.; 3
providing for future legislative review and repeal of 4
an exemption from public record requirements relating 5
to the security of certain technologies, processes, 6
and practices; removing the scheduled repeal of 7
exemptions relating to information about lottery 8
games, personal identifying information of retailers 9
and vendors for purposes of background checks, and 10
certain financial information held by the Department 11
of the Lottery; providing an effective date. 12
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 24.10 51, Florida 16
Statutes, is amended to read: 17
24.1051 Exemptions from inspection or copying of public 18
records.— 19
(1)(a) The following information held by the department is 20
confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I 21
of the State Constitut ion: 22
1. Information that, if released, could harm the security 23
or integrity of the department, including: 24
a. Information relating to the security of the 25
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department's technologies, processes, and practices designed to 26
protect networks, computers, data p rocessing software, data, and 27
data systems from attack, damage, or unauthorized access. This 28
sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review 29
Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on 30
October 2, 2027, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through 31
reenactment by the Legislature. 32
b. Security information or information that would reveal 33
security measures of the department, whether physical or 34
virtual. 35
c. Information about lottery games, promotions, tickets, 36
and ticket stock, including information concerning the 37
description, design, production, printing, packaging, shipping, 38
delivery, storage, and validation of such games, promotions, 39
tickets, and stock. 40
d. Information concerning terminals, machines, and devices 41
that issue tickets. 42
2. Information that must be maintained as confidential in 43
order for the department to participate in a multistate lottery 44
association or game. 45
3. Personal identifying information obtained by the 46
department when processing background investig ations of current 47
or potential retailers or vendors. 48
4. Financial information about an entity which is not 49
publicly available and is provided to the department in 50
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connection with its review of the financial responsibility of 51
the entity pursuant to s. 24. 111 or s. 24.112, provided that the 52
entity marks such information as confidential. However, 53
financial information related to any contract or agreement, or 54
an addendum thereto, with the department, including the amount 55
of money paid, any payment structure o r plan, expenditures, 56
incentives, bonuses, fees, and penalties, shall be public 57
record. 58
(b) This exemption is remedial in nature, and it is the 59
intent of the Legislature that this exemption apply to 60
information held by the department before, on, or after May 14, 61
2019. 62
(c) Information made confidential and exempt under this 63
subsection may be released to other governmental entities as 64
needed in connection with the performance of their duties. The 65
receiving governmental entity shall maintain the confidential 66
and exempt status of such information. 67
(d) This subsection is subject to the Open Government 68
Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand 69
repealed on October 2, 2024, unless reviewed and saved from 70
repeal through reenactmen t by the Legislature. 71
Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024. 72