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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).
The Florida Public Records Law states, it is the policy of this state that all state, county, and municipal records shall at all times be open for a personal inspection by any person. — Fla. Stat. sec. 119.01 (1) (1995) The statute expansively defines "public record" to include all. documents, papers, letters, maps, books, tapes, photographs ...
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]
Last year, the Florida Legislature passed a bill making much of public universities' hiring search for presidents secret. Florida Man is often funny, but what he's doing to the Sunshine Law ...
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 ...
Worried that Florida's long-lauded government transparency laws are in "a state of crisis," open access advocates are pursuing legislation they hope will turn the tides.
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, intended ...
Damien Gilliams was jailed after the Florida Supreme Court rejected his appeal of 2021 convictions and sentence on Sunshine Law and perjury charges.