Title: Applicants for President of a State University or Florida College System Institution

Summary: Defines "final group of applicants."

Full Text:
An act relating to applicants for president of a state university or Florida College System institution; amending s. 1004.098, F.S.; defining the term "final group of applicants"; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Present subsections (1), (2), and (3) of section 1004.098, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (2), (3), and ( 4), respectively, a new subsection (1) is added to that section, and paragraph (a) of present subsection (2) of that section is amended, to read: 1004.098 Applicants for president of a state university or Florida College System institution; public record sexemption; public meetings exemption.-(1) For the purposes of this section, the term "final group of applicants" means no fewer than two applicants who will receive final consideration for president of a state university or Florida College System inst itution. (3)(a)(2)(a) Any portion of a meeting held for the purpose of identifying or vetting applicants for president of a state university or a Florida College System institution, including any portion of a meeting which would disclose personal identifying information of such applicants which is otherwise HB 1419 2025 confidential and exempt under subsection (2) (1), is exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.