Florida Senate - 2019                   (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7026
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Criminal Justice
       
       
       
       
       
       591-02119-19                                          20197026pb
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 790.0601, F.S.,
    4         relating to an exemption from public records
    5         requirements for personal identifying information of
    6         an individual who has applied for a license to carry a
    7         concealed weapon or firearm through a tax collector
    8         appointed by the Department of Agriculture and
    9         Consumer Services to receive applications and fees;
   10         abrogating the scheduled repeal of the exemption;
   11         providing an effective date.
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   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Section 790.0601, Florida Statutes, is amended
   16  to read:
   17         790.0601 Public records exemption for concealed weapons.—
   18         (1) Personal identifying information of an individual who
   19  has applied for or received a license to carry a concealed
   20  weapon or firearm pursuant to s. 790.06 held by the Division of
   21  Licensing of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
   22  is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art.
   23  I of the State Constitution. This exemption applies to such
   24  information held by the division before, on, or after the
   25  effective date of this section.
   26         (2) Personal identifying information of an individual who
   27  has applied for a license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm
   28  pursuant to s. 790.0625 which is held by a tax collector
   29  appointed by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
   30  to receive applications and fees is confidential and exempt from
   31  s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   32  This exemption applies to such information held by the tax
   33  collector before, on, or after the effective date of this
   34  subsection.
   35         (3) Information made confidential and exempt by this
   36  section shall be disclosed:
   37         (a) With the express written consent of the applicant or
   38  licensee or his or her legally authorized representative.
   39         (b) By court order upon a showing of good cause.
   40         (c) Upon request by a law enforcement agency in connection
   41  with the performance of lawful duties, which shall include
   42  access to any automated database containing such information
   43  maintained by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
   44  Services.
   45         (4) Subsection (2) is subject to the Open Government Sunset
   46  Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
   47  on October 2, 2019, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   48  through reenactment by the Legislature.
   49         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2019.