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HB 7019

OGSR/Department of Military Affairs

VERSION H 7019 Filed · BACK TO THE SUMMARY · OFFICIAL RECORD

underlined language is being added; struck language is being deleted. Line numbers are the Legislature's own — the same ones amendments cite.

1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to a review under the Open Government
3 Sunset Review Act; amending s. 119.0712, F.S., which
4 provides an exemption from public record requirements
5 for certain information held by the Department of
6 Military Affairs stored in a United States Department
7 of Defense system of records, transmitted using a
8 United States Department of Defense network or
9 communications device, or pertaining to the United
10 States Department of Defense; extending the scheduled
11 repeal date of the exemption; providing an effective
12 date.
14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
16 Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 119.0712, Florida
17 Statutes, is amended to read:
18 119.0712 Executive branch agency-specific exemptions from
19 inspection or copying of public records.—
20 (4) DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS.—Information held by
21 the Department of Military Affairs that is stored in a United
22 States Department of Defense system of records, transmitted
23 using a United States Department of Defense network or
24 communications device, or pertaining to the United States
25 Department of Defense, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. s. 394, is exempt
26 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
27 Constitution. Any information not made exempt by this subsection
28 may be disclosed only after the department makes any redactions
29 in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. This
30 exemption applies to information made exempt by this subsection
31 which is held by the department before, on, or after the
32 effective date of the exemption. This subsection is subject to
33 the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s.
34 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2031 2026, unless
35 reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the
36 Legislature.
37 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.