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The exact number of statutory exemptions to the open records law is hard to assess, but estimates exceed 200. [5] In response to criticisms that Florida's public records law had been undermined by the many exemptions, the Florida Legislature enacted the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995. Fla. Stat. § 119.15.
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 ).
Florida's law making government records open to public inspection dates to 1909, long before similar measures emerged in many other states. It added a Sunshine Law requiring public meetings in 1967.
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.
A trial court opened a big exception to Florida's public records laws for Gov. Ron DeSantis. Will conservative appellate courts go along?
Sunshine Review worked with the National Taxpayers Union [5] to develop information on state spending, and with the Lucy Burns Institute which runs the WikiFOIA project. [6] Sunshine Review developed a ten-point transparency checklist to evaluate if government websites proactively and voluntarily disclose information to the public and media. [7]
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To find out, Coolidge and Hodges made public records requests for documents that might shed light on the paid leaves and resignations. City officials, as our lawyer would say, were unresponsive ...