| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to a review under the Open Government |
| 3 | Sunset Review Act; amending s. 627.0628, F.S.; clarifying |
| 4 | the public records exemption for a trade secret used in |
| 5 | designing and constructing a hurricane loss model and |
| 6 | provided by a private company to the Florida Commission on |
| 7 | Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology, the Office of |
| 8 | Insurance Regulation, or an appointed consumer advocate to |
| 9 | specify that the exemption applies to trade secrets as |
| 10 | defined in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act; requiring a |
| 11 | recording of a closed meeting of the commission or of a |
| 12 | rate proceeding on an insurer's rate filing at which |
| 13 | confidential and exempt trade secrets are discussed; |
| 14 | creating a public records exemption for the recording of |
| 15 | the closed meeting; providing for future legislative |
| 16 | review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement |
| 17 | of public necessity; providing an effective date. |
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| 19 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 21 | Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (3) of section |
| 22 | 627.0628, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 23 | 627.0628 Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection |
| 24 | Methodology; public records exemption; public meetings |
| 25 | exemption.- |
| 26 | (3) ADOPTION AND EFFECT OF STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES.- |
| 27 | (f)1. A trade secret, as defined in s. 688.002 812.081, |
| 28 | that is used in designing and constructing a hurricane loss |
| 29 | model and that is provided pursuant to this section, by a |
| 30 | private company, to the commission, office, or consumer advocate |
| 31 | appointed pursuant to s. 627.0613, is confidential and exempt |
| 32 | from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State |
| 33 | Constitution. |
| 34 | 2.a. That portion of a meeting of the commission or of a |
| 35 | rate proceeding on an insurer's rate filing at which a trade |
| 36 | secret made confidential and exempt by this paragraph is |
| 37 | discussed is exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the |
| 38 | State Constitution. The closed meeting must be recorded and no |
| 39 | portion of the closed meeting may be off the record. |
| 40 | b. The recording of a closed portion of a meeting is |
| 41 | exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State |
| 42 | Constitution. |
| 43 | c.3. This subparagraph paragraph is subject to the Open |
| 44 | Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15, and |
| 45 | shall stand repealed on October 2, 2015 2010, unless reviewed |
| 46 | and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. |
| 47 | Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public |
| 48 | necessity to make exempt from public records requirements the |
| 49 | recording generated during those portions of a meeting of the |
| 50 | Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology or |
| 51 | of a rate proceeding on an insurer's rate filing at which |
| 52 | confidential and exempt trade secrets are discussed. Release of |
| 53 | such recordings would compromise the discussions which took |
| 54 | place during the closed meeting and would negate the public |
| 55 | meetings exemption. Further, current law already provides a |
| 56 | public records exemption for trade secrets. As such, release of |
| 57 | the recording generated during those closed portions of meetings |
| 58 | would compromise the current protections already afforded trade |
| 59 | secrets. |
| 60 | Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010. |