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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXII
PORTS AND HARBORS
Chapter 315
PORT FACILITIES FINANCING
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F.S. 315.18
315.18 Confidentiality of certain records held by deepwater ports.Any proposal or counterproposal exchanged between a deepwater port listed in s. 311.09(1) and any nongovernmental entity, relating to the sale, use, or lease of land or of port facilities, and any financial records submitted by any nongovernmental entity to such a deepwater port for the purpose of the sale, use, or lease of land or of port facilities, are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. However, 30 days before any such proposal or counterproposal is considered for approval by the governing body of such a deepwater port, the proposal or counterproposal shall cease to be exempt. If no proposal or counterproposal is submitted to the governing body for approval, such a proposal or counterproposal shall cease to be exempt 90 days after the cessation of negotiations.
History.s. 1, ch. 97-186; s. 1, ch. 2002-5; s. 11, ch. 2022-204.