TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – A measure aimed at strengthening Florida’s public records laws moved easily through a Senate committee on Thursday, coincidentally the same day former Gov. Reubin Askew died.
He had led the campaign to pass Florida’s 1976 Sunshine Amendment, which required financial disclosure by all public officials, candidates and employees.
The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Jeremy Ring, pleases open government advocates as an ambitious effort that would limit fees for record searches, define records that are confidential or exempt in keeping with existing court decisions and require private contractors for government…
