Bill Text: FL S0578 | 2016 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Public Records/Florida State Boxing Commission
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-11 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 381 (Ch. 2016-21) [S0578 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S0578-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2016 CS for CS for SB 578 By the Committees on Governmental Oversight and Accountability; and Regulated Industries; and Senator Hutson 585-02228-16 2016578c2 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to public records; amending s. 3 548.062, F.S.; providing an exemption from public 4 records requirements with respect to certain 5 proprietary confidential business information obtained 6 by the Florida State Boxing Commission; extending the 7 period for legislative review and repeal of the 8 exemption; providing a statement of public necessity; 9 providing an effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 548.062, 14 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 15 548.062 Public records exemption.— 16 (2) Proprietary confidential business information provided 17 by a promoterin the written report requiredtobe filed with18 the commissionafter a matchor obtained by the commission 19 through an audit of the promoter’s books and records pursuant to 20 s. 548.06 is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 21 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. Information made 22 confidential and exempt by this subsection may be disclosed to 23 another governmental entity in the performance of its duties and 24 responsibilities. 25 (3) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset 26 Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed 27 on October 2, 20212019, unless reviewed and saved from repeal 28 through reenactment by the Legislature. 29 Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public 30 necessity that proprietary confidential business information 31 provided by a promoter to the Florida State Boxing Commission be 32 made confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida 33 Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the State Constitution. The 34 disclosure of proprietary confidential business information 35 could injure a promoter in the marketplace by giving the 36 promoter’s competitors insights into the promoter’s financial 37 status and business plan, thereby putting the promoter at a 38 competitive disadvantage. The Legislature also finds that the 39 harm to a promoter in disclosing proprietary confidential 40 business information significantly outweighs any public benefit 41 derived from the disclosure of such information. Therefore, 42 extending the public records exemption to proprietary 43 confidential business information provided by a promoter to the 44 commission, no matter if the information is provided in a report 45 or otherwise, ensures that the public records exemption is 46 maintained and not undermined. For these reasons, the 47 Legislature declares that any proprietary confidential business 48 information provided by a promoter to the Florida State Boxing 49 Commission is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida 50 Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the State Constitution. 51 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016. 52