Bill Text: FL S1264 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Electronic Payment of Public Records Fees

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2023-05-05 - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability [S1264 Detail]

Download: Florida-2023-S1264-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1264
       
       
        
       By Senator Rouson
       
       
       
       
       
       16-00651-23                                           20231264__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to electronic payment of public
    3         records fees; amending s. 119.07, F.S.; requiring an
    4         agency subject to ch. 119, F.S., to provide an
    5         electronic option for payment of fees associated with
    6         a public records request; providing an effective date.
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    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Present subsections (5) through (9) of section
   11  119.07, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (6)
   12  through (10), respectively, and a new subsection (5) is added to
   13  that section, to read:
   14         119.07 Inspection and copying of records; photographing
   15  public records; fees; exemptions.—
   16         (5) An agency must provide an electronic option for the
   17  payment of any fee associated with a request to inspect or copy
   18  public records.
   19         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.