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Florida Sunshine Law. Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law, commonly called the Sunshine Law, passed in 1967. It requires that all meetings of any state, county, or municipal board or commission in Florida be open to the public, and declares that actions taken at closed meetings are not binding (Section 286.011, Florida Statutes).
Freedom of information legislation (Florida) The open government laws in Florida are focused on three areas: [1] Statutory public records ↓ (codified at Fla. Stat. secs. 119.01 to 119.15 (1995)), Statutory public meetings ↓ (the Florida Sunshine Law, codified at Fla. Stat. secs. 286.011 to 286.012 (1991)), Judicial access decisional law ↓.
So much for Florida’s long history of government in the sunshine, which goes all the way back to 1967 and beyond. Florida’s open-government laws are under attack, as we have noted for years.
For example, Florida's Sunshine Law creates both a statutory and constitutional right to access whereas many states only provide the statutory right. [2] Additionally, while a state may have strong legislation the state's compliance with its own laws may negatively impact the public's ability to access records. [11]
Osceola County has lost its appeal of a ruling that it held a meeting during the COVID-19 pandemic that violated Florida’s Sunshine Law. Now, after another county meeting for Hurricane Idalia, a ...
Florida has long been known for sunshine -- not only the warm rays that brighten its beaches but also the light of public scrutiny afforded by some of the nation's strongest meetings and records laws.
The report said investigators couldn’t find evidence that Islamorada Village Council members violated Florida’s Government in the Sunshine Law. ‘Total lack of transparency.’
v. t. e. The Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. L. 94–409, 90 Stat. 1241, enacted September 13, 1976, 5 U.S.C. § 552b) is a U.S. law passed in 1976 that affects the operations of the federal government, Congress, federal commissions, and other legally constituted federal bodies. It is one of a number of Freedom of Information Acts ...