Florida HB 247: Marriage and Family Therapists

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to public records; amending s. 2
119.071, F.S.; providing a public records exemption 3
for personal identifying and location information of 4
current and former municipal clerks and their staff 5
and the personal identifying and location information 6
of the spouses and children of such municipal clerks 7
and their staff; providing for future legislative 8
review and repeal of the exemption; providing for 9
retroactive application of the exemption; providing a 10
statement of public necessity; providing an effective 11
date. 12
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section 16
119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 17
119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of 18
public records.— 19
(4) AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION.— 20
(d)1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term: 21
a. "Home addresses" means the dwelling location at which 22
an individual resides and includes the physical address, mailing 23
address, street address, parcel identification number, plot 24
identification number, legal property description, neighborhood 25

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name and lot number, GPS coordinates, and any other descriptive 26
property information that may reveal the home address. 27
b. "Judicial assistant" means a court employee assigned to 28
the following class codes: 8140, 8150, 8310, and 8320. 29
c. "Telephone numbers" includes home telephone numbers, 30
personal cellular telephone numbers, personal pager telephone 31
numbers, and telephone numbers associated with personal 32
communications devices. 33
2.a. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of 34
birth, and photographs of active or former sworn law enforcement 35
personnel or of active or former civilian personnel employed by 36
a law enforcement agency, including correctional and 37
correctional probation officers, personnel of the Department of 38
Children and Families whose duties include the investigation of 39
abuse, neglect, exploitation, fraud, theft, or other criminal 40
activities, personnel of the Department of Health whose duties 41
are to support the investigation of child abuse or neglect, and 42
personnel of the Department of Revenue or local governments 43
whose responsibilities include revenue collection and 44
enforcement or child support enforcement; the names, home 45
addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and 46
places of employment of the spouses and children of such 47
personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 48
facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 49
from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 50

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Constitution. 51
b. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 52
and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative 53
personnel of the Department of Financial Services whose duties 54
include the investigation of fraud, theft, workers' compensation 55
coverage requirements and compliance, other related criminal 56
activities, or state regulatory requirement violations; the 57
names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and 58
places of employment of the spouses and children of such 59
personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 60
facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 61
from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 62
Constitution. 63
c. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 64
and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative 65
personnel of the Office of Financial Regulation's Bureau of 66
Financial Investigations whose duties include the investigation 67
of fraud, theft, other related criminal activities, or state 68
regulatory requirement violations; the names, home addresses, 69
telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of 70
the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and 71
locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 72
children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 73
24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 74
d. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 75

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and photographs of current or former firefighters certified in 76
compliance with s. 633.408; the names, home addresses, telephone 77
numbers, photographs