Bill Text: FL S0858 | 2014 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: OGSR/Florida Defense Support Task Force
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-20 - Chapter No. 2014-185 [S0858 Detail]
Download: Florida-2014-S0858-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: OGSR/Florida Defense Support Task Force
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-20 - Chapter No. 2014-185 [S0858 Detail]
Download: Florida-2014-S0858-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2014 CS for SB 858 By the Committees on Governmental Oversight and Accountability; and Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security 585-02218-14 2014858c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to a review under the Open Government 3 Sunset Review Act; amending s. 288.985, F.S., which 4 provides exemptions from public records and public 5 meetings requirements for certain records and meetings 6 of the Florida Defense Support Task Force; removing 7 the penalty; removing superfluous language; saving the 8 exemptions from repeal under the Open Government 9 Sunset Review Act; providing an effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Section 288.985, Florida Statutes, is amended to 14 read: 15 288.985 Exemptions from public records and public meetings 16 requirements.— 17 (1) The following records held by the Florida Defense 18 Support Task Force are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), 19 Art. I of the State Constitution: 20 (a) That portion of a record which relates to strengths and 21 weaknesses of military installations or military missions in 22 this state relative to the selection criteria for the 23 realignment and closure of military bases and missions under any 24 United States Department of Defense base realignment and closure 25 process. 26 (b) That portion of a record which relates to strengths and 27 weaknesses of military installations or military missions in 28 other states or territories and the vulnerability of such 29 installations or missions to base realignment or closure under 30 the United States Department of Defense base realignment and 31 closure process, and any agreements or proposals to relocate or 32 realign military units and missions from other states or 33 territories. 34 (c) That portion of a record which relates to the state’s 35 strategy to retain its military bases during any United States 36 Department of Defense base realignment and closure process and 37 any agreements or proposals to relocate or realign military 38 units and missions. 39 (2)(a) Meetings or portions of meetings of the Florida 40 Defense Support Task Force, or a workgroup of the task force, at 41 which records are presented or discussed thatwhichare exempt 42 under subsection (1) are exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), 43 Art. I of the State Constitution. 44 (b)(3)Any records generated during those portions of 45 meetings thatwhichare exemptclosed to the publicunder 46 paragraph (a)subsection (2), including, but not limited to,47minutes, tape recordings, videotapes, digital recordings,48transcriptions, or notes,are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 49 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 50(4) Any person who willfully and knowingly violates this51section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as52provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.53(5) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset54Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed55on October 2, 2014, unless reviewed and saved from repeal56through reenactment by the Legislature.57 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2014.