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| 10 | 10 | | 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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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to a review under the Open Government 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sunset Review Act; amending s. 119.071, F.S., which 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | provides an exemption from public record requirements 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | for property photographs and personal identifying 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | information provided to specified entities for the 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | purpose of disaster recovery assistance; removing the 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | scheduled repeal date of the exemption; providing an 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | effective date. 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be It Enacted by the Legisl ature of the State of Florida: 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (5) of section 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | public records.— 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (5) OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION. — 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (f)1. The following information held by the Department of 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Commerce, the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, a county, a 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | municipality, or a local housing finance agency is confidential 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Constitution: 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | a. Medical history records and information related to 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | health or property insurance provided by an applicant for or a 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | participant in a federal, state, or local housing assistance 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | program. 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | b. Property photographs and personal identifying 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | information of an applicant for or a participant in a federal, 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | state, or local housing assistance program for the purpose of 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | disaster recovery assistance for a presidentially declared 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | disaster. 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2. Governmental entities or their agents shall have access 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | to such confidential and exempt records and information for the 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | purpose of auditing federal, state, or local housing programs or 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | housing assistance programs. 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 3. Such confidential and exempt records and information 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | may be used in any administrative or judicial proceeding, 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | provided such records are kept confidential and exempt unless 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | otherwise ordered by a court. 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | 4. Sub-subparagraph 1.b. is subject to the Open Government 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | repealed on October 2, 2025, unless rev iewed and saved from 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025. 44 |
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