Section 1004.055, F.S. Certain records held by a state university or Florida College System institution which identify detection, investigation, or response practices for suspected or confirmed security incidents are confidential and exempt. Those portions of a public meeting which would reveal such data and information are exempt from s. 286.011, F.S. Section 1004.0962(2) and (5), F.S. A campus emergency response, as defined in the exemption, held by a public postsecondary institution or specified agencies is exempt from disclosure requirements. That portion of a public meeting which would reveal a campus emergency response is exempt from s. 286.011, F.S. Section 1004.098(1), F.S. Personal identifying information of an applicant for president of a state university or a Florida College System institution held by a state university or college is confidential and exempt, except that the age, race, and gender of all applicants who met the minimum qualifications established for the position who were considered and the personal identifying information of an applicant included in the final group of applicants, are no longer confidential and exempt beginning at the earlier of the date the final group of applicants to be considered is established or 21 days before the date of a meeting at which an interview of an applicant will be conducted or at which final action or a vote is to be taken on the offer of employment of an applicant as president. Section 1004.098(2), F.S. Any portion of a meeting held for the purpose of identifying or vetting applicants for president of a state university or Florida College System institution, including any portion of a meeting which would disclose personal identifying information of such applicants which is otherwise confidential and exempt under s. 1004.098(1) is exempt from open meetings requirements. A complete recording must be made of any portion of a meeting which is closed and the closed portion may not be held off the record. The recording of the closed portion is exempt. The exemption does not apply to portions of meetings held to establish qualifications for the position or for establishing any compensation framework to be offered to an applicant, or to any meeting held after a final group of applicants has been established. Section 1004.22(2), F.S. Materials relating to methods of manufacture or production, potential or actual trade secrets, potentially patentable material, business transactions, or proprietary information received, generated, ascertained or discovered during the course of research conducted within state universities are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1), except that a division of sponsored research shall make available, upon request, title and description of a research project, name of the researcher, and amount and source of funding for the project. Section 1004.24(4), F.S. The claims files of a self-insurance program adopted by the Board of Governors, or the board’s designee, pursuant to this section are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1), and are only for the use of the program in fulfilling its duties. Section 1004.28(5), F.S. Other than the auditor’s report, management letter, any records related to the expenditure of state funds, and any financial records related to the expenditure of private funds for travel, all records of a university direct-support organization and any supplemental data requested by the Board of Governors, the university board of trustees, the Auditor General, and the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shall be confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1). The identity of donors who desire to remain anonymous shall be protected, and that anonymity shall be maintained in the auditor’s report. Any portion of a meeting of the board of directors of the organization, or of the executive committee or other committees of such board, at which any proposal seeking research funding from the organization or a plan or program for either initiating or supporting research is discussed is exempt from s. 286.011, F.S. Section 1004.30, F.S. Certain records of university health services support organizations are made confidential; however, some records become public records at a specified time in the future. Any portion of a governing board or peer review panel or committee meeting during which a confidential and exempt contract, document, record, marketing plan, or trade secret is discussed is exempt from s. 286.011, as well as any records generated during the closed portion of a governing board or peer review panel or committee meeting which contain information relating to contracts, documents, records, marketing plans, or trade secrets which are made confidential and exempt by this section. A person may petition a court for release of certain documents upon a finding of compelling public interest for release. The organization may petition a court for continued confidentiality upon a showing of good cause. Section 1004.43(8), F.S. Proprietary confidential business information, as defined in the subsection, of the not-for-profit corporation organized pursuant to this section for the purpose of operating the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, and the corporation’s subsidiaries, is confidential and exempt from disclosure, except that the Auditor General, Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, and the Board of Governors must be given access and must maintain the confidentiality of the information so received. Section 1004.43(9), F.S. Meetings of the governing body of the not-for-profit corporation operating the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, or its subsidiaries are exempt from open meeting requirements except that meetings at which expenditures of dollars appropriated to the corporation by the state are discussed must remain open to the public. Section 1004.4472, F.S. Specified materials held by the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Inc., or its subsidiary, including certain donor information, as well as trade secrets, patentable material, proprietary information received or generated from research, and exempt information received from other states or the federal government, are confidential and exempt from disclosure requirements. Portions of meetings where confidential information is discussed are exempt from open meetings requirements. Section 1004.45(2)(h), F.S. Information that, if released, would identify donors who desire to remain anonymous, is confidential and exempt. Information which, if released, would identify prospective donors to the museum is confidential and exempt unless the direct-support organization has obtained the name from another source. Identities of such donors and prospective donors shall not be revealed in the auditor’s report. Section 1004.55(6), F.S. Records that relate to the client of a regional autism center are confidential and exempt from public disclosure. Personal identifying information of a donor or prospective donor who desires to remain anonymous is also confidential. Section 1004.70(6), F.S. Records of a Florida College System institution direct-support organization other than the auditor’s report, any information necessary for the auditor’s report, any information related to the expenditure of funds, and any supplemental data requested by the board of trustees, the Auditor General, and the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1). The identity of donors who desire to remain anonymous shall be protected, and that anonymity shall be maintained in the auditor’s report. Section 1004.71(6), F.S. The identity of a donor or prospective donor to a statewide Florida College System direct-support organization who desires to remain anonymous, and all information identifying such donor or prospective donor are confidential and exempt from disclosure. Such anonymity shall be maintained in the auditor’s report. Section 1004.78(2), F.S. Materials relating to methods of manufacture or production, potential or actual trade secrets, potentially patentable material, business transactions, or proprietary information received, generated, ascertained or discovered during the course of activities conducted within a Florida College System institution are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) provided that an institution shall make available, upon request, the title and description of a project, the name of the investigator and the amount and source of the funding provided for the project. (Florida Office of the Attorney General // © March 9, 2023)
