Bill Text: FL S7048 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: OGSR/Manufacturer's Formula/Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Failed) 2021-04-30 - Died in Messages [S7048 Detail]
Download: Florida-2021-S7048-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2021 SB 7048 By the Committee on Agriculture 575-02388-21 20217048__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to a review under the Open Government 3 Sunset Review Act; amending s. 601.76, F.S., which 4 provides an exemption from public records requirements 5 for a manufacturer’s formula filed with the Department 6 of Agriculture and Consumer Services; removing the 7 scheduled repeal of the exemption; providing an 8 effective date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1. Section 601.76, Florida Statutes, is amended to 13 read: 14 601.76 Manufacturer to furnish formula and other 15 information.—Any formula required to be filed with the 16 Department of Agriculture shall be deemed a trade secret as 17 defined in s. 812.081, is confidential and exempt from s. 18 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, and 19 may be divulged only to the Department of Agriculture or to its 20 duly authorized representatives or upon court order when 21 necessary in the enforcement of this law. A person who receives 22 such a formula from the Department of Agriculture under this 23 section shall maintain the confidentiality of the formula.This24section is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in25accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2,262021, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment27by the Legislature.28 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2021.