Florida camping ban correspondence

The Office of Open Government received the request below. Records maintained by the House on the House server will be searched for public records that meet the criteria of the request. Any such records will be provided to you in accordance with Article 1, Section 24(c) of the Florida Constitution; section 11.0431, Florida Statutes; and House Rules 14.1 and 14.2.

For your information, requests for public records that are maintained by a member, including text messages, social media posts, paper records, and emails to or from personal email accounts, must be submitted directly to the member.

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Office of Open Government

Florida House of Representatives

Please Note: The Florida Constitution requires disclosure of public records unless a Florida Statute exempts the records from the disclosure requirement. Most emails to and from House members and staff that were sent or received in connection with the transaction of legislative business are public records that will be made available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, the contents of your email and your email address are subject to public disclosure unless a specific statute exempts them from the Constitution’s disclosure requirements.

In response to the request below, records that are maintained by the House for the House/staff members listed in the request, i.e., email accounts and document drives, were searched for public records that meet the criteria of your request. Those searches yielded more than 1,600 emails. Before a response is provided, each record must be reviewed to determine whether it meets the definition of “public record” found in s. 11.0431(4), F.S., is responsive to the request, or contains exempt or confidential information that must be redacted. Reviewing such a large number of records will require a significant use of House resources.

The estimated cost of reviewing and processing the emails alone is $264.92. At least 75% of the estimate ($198.69) must be received as an initial payment before we process the emails any further. If the actual cost of producing a response to your request is more than your initial payment, the difference must be paid before any records are released. If full payment is not received after the records are reviewed, the initial payment will not be refunded and the records will not be released. However, if the actual cost is less than your initial payment, the difference will be refunded and the records will be provided.

Please note that partial responses will not be provided while we are reviewing and processing the records.

If you wish to proceed with the request as is, please reply so that we can provide additional payment information. If you wish to narrow or otherwise modify the request, please reply and provide specific search parameters for each part of the request.

Please note that chapter 119, F.S. does not apply to the legislative or judicial branches of Florida’s state government.

No further action will be taken on this request until we hear from you.

Kind regards,

Office of Open Government
Florida House of Representatives

Please Note: The Florida Constitution requires disclosure of public records unless a Florida Statute exempts the records from the disclosure requirement. Most emails to and from House members and staff that were sent or received in connection with the transaction of legislative business are public records that will be made available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, the contents of your email and your email address are subject to public disclosure unless a specific statute exempts them from the Constitution’s disclosure requirements.