Bill Text: FL S0602 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: OGSR/Biometric Identification Information

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (N/A - Dead) 2011-04-29 - Read 2nd time -SJ 594 [S0602 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-S0602-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2011                                     SB 602
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Criminal Justice
       
       
       
       
       591-00934-11                                           2011602__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 119.071, F.S., which
    4         provides an exemption from public-records requirements
    5         for biometric identification information held by an
    6         agency; saving the exemption from repeal under the
    7         Open Government Sunset Review Act; removing the
    8         scheduled repeal of the exemption; providing an
    9         effective date.
   10  
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subsection (5) of section
   14  119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of
   16  public records.—
   17         (5) OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION.—
   18         (g)1. Biometric identification information held by an
   19  agency before, on, or after the effective date of this exemption
   20  is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   21  Constitution. As used in this paragraph, the term “biometric
   22  identification information” means:
   23         1.a. Any record of friction ridge detail;
   24         2.b. Fingerprints;
   25         3.c. Palm prints; and
   26         4.d. Footprints.
   27         2. This paragraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset
   28  Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
   29  on October 2, 2011, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   30  through reenactment by the Legislature.
   31         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2011.