Bill Text: FL S1462 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public Meetings/Commission on Public Safety in Urban and Inner-City Communities

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2023-05-05 - Died in Criminal Justice [S1462 Detail]

Download: Florida-2023-S1462-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1462
       
       
        
       By Senator Powell
       
       
       
       
       
       24-01308-23                                           20231462__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public meetings; providing an
    3         exemption from public meetings requirements for
    4         portions of meetings of the Commission on Public
    5         Safety in Urban and Inner-City Communities at which
    6         exempt or confidential and exempt information is
    7         discussed; providing for future legislative review and
    8         repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of
    9         public necessity; providing a contingent effective
   10         date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Any portion of a meeting of the Commission on
   15  Public Safety in Urban and Inner-City Communities, as created by
   16  SB ____, 2023 Regular Session, or similar legislation, at which
   17  exempt or confidential and exempt information is discussed is
   18  exempt from s. 286.011, Florida Statutes, and s. 24(b), Article
   19  I of the State Constitution. This section is subject to the Open
   20  Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15,
   21  Florida Statutes, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2028,
   22  unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the
   23  Legislature.
   24         Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
   25  necessity that any portion of a meeting of the Commission on
   26  Public Safety in Urban and Inner-City Communities at which
   27  exempt or confidential and exempt information is discussed be
   28  made exempt from s. 286.011, Florida Statutes, and s. 24(b),
   29  Article I of the State Constitution. The purpose of the
   30  commission is to investigate system failures and the causes and
   31  reasons for high crime and gun violence incidents in urban and
   32  inner-city neighborhoods and communities and to develop
   33  recommendations for system improvements. In order to fulfill its
   34  directive, the commission must be able to discuss exempt or
   35  confidential and exempt information that it receives as part of
   36  its investigation. The public meetings exemption will allow the
   37  commission to review and discuss exempt or confidential and
   38  exempt information that will be useful in forming meaningful
   39  recommendations for system improvements. As such, it is a
   40  necessity that those portions of meetings at which exempt or
   41  confidential and exempt information is discussed be made exempt
   42  from public meetings requirements. If such portions of those
   43  meetings are not closed, the public records exemption would be
   44  negated. Thus, the Legislature finds that the public meetings
   45  exemption is a public necessity in order to ensure the effective
   46  and efficient administration of the Commission on Public Safety
   47  in Urban and Inner-City Communities.
   48         Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date that
   49  SB ____ or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
   50  is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
   51  thereof and becomes a law.