Florida 2024 2024 Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill S7006 Introduced / Bill

Filed 12/06/2023

 Florida Senate - 2024 SB 7006  By the Committee on Regulated Industries 580-01778-24 20247006__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to a review under the Open Government 3 Sunset Review Act; amending s. 119.0713, F.S., which 4 provides an exemption from public records requirements 5 for certain information held by a utility owned or 6 operated by a unit of local government; removing the 7 scheduled repeal of the exemption; amending s. 8 286.0113, F.S., which provides an exemption from 9 public meetings requirements for certain portions of 10 meetings held by a utility owned or operated by a unit 11 of local government; removing the scheduled repeal of 12 the exemption; providing an effective date. 13 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15 16 Section 1.Subsection (5) of section 119.0713, Florida 17 Statutes, is amended to read: 18 119.0713Local government agency exemptions from inspection 19 or copying of public records. 20 (5)(a)The following information held by a utility owned or 21 operated by a unit of local government is exempt from s. 22 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution: 23 1.Information related to the security of the technology, 24 processes, or practices of a utility owned or operated by a unit 25 of local government that are designed to protect the utilitys 26 networks, computers, programs, and data from attack, damage, or 27 unauthorized access, which information, if disclosed, would 28 facilitate the alteration, disclosure, or destruction of such 29 data or information technology resources. 30 2.Information related to the security of existing or 31 proposed information technology systems or industrial control 32 technology systems of a utility owned or operated by a unit of 33 local government, which, if disclosed, would facilitate 34 unauthorized access to, and alteration or destruction of, such 35 systems in a manner that would adversely impact the safe and 36 reliable operation of the systems and the utility. 37 3.Customer meter-derived data and billing information in 38 increments less than one billing cycle. 39 (b)This exemption applies to such information held by a 40 utility owned or operated by a unit of local government before, 41 on, or after the effective date of this exemption. 42 (c)This subsection is subject to the Open Government 43 Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand 44 repealed on October 2, 2024, unless reviewed and saved from 45 repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 46 Section 2.Subsection (3) of section 286.0113, Florida 47 Statutes, is amended to read: 48 286.0113General exemptions from public meetings. 49 (3)(a)That portion of a meeting held by a utility owned or 50 operated by a unit of local government which would reveal 51 information that is exempt under s. 119.0713(5) is exempt from 52 s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution. All 53 exempt portions of such a meeting must be recorded and 54 transcribed. The recording and transcript of the meeting are 55 exempt from disclosure under s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I 56 of the State Constitution unless a court of competent 57 jurisdiction, following an in camera review, determines that the 58 meeting was not restricted to the discussion of data and 59 information made exempt by this section. In the event of such a 60 judicial determination, only the portion of the recording or 61 transcript which reveals nonexempt data and information may be 62 disclosed to a third party. 63 (b)This subsection is subject to the Open Government 64 Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand 65 repealed on October 2, 2024, unless reviewed and saved from 66 repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 67 Section 3.This act shall take effect October 1, 2024.