PTO Bulletin 19-03 IProperty Tax Oversight I Bulletin: PTO 19-03
To: Property Appraisers, Tax Collectors, Clerks of the Court, Boards of
County Commissioners, Taxing Authorities, and Interested Parties
From: Property Tax Oversight Program
Date: July 1, 2019
Bulletin: PTO 19-03
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
PROPERTY TAX INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN
Agency personnel information exemptions from inspection or copying of
public records
The 2019 Legislature enacted chapter 2019-12, Laws of Florida, (SB 248) effective July 1, 2019.
Section 1 of the law amends section 119.071(4)(d), Florida Statutes, regarding agency personnel
information that is exempt from public disclosure, to define the term "home addresses" for
purposes of public records exemptions for personal identifying and location information of agency
personnel and their family members.
The new law provides:
119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of public records.—
(4) AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION.—
(d)1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term:
a. "Home addresses" means the dwelling location at which an individual resides and
includes the physical address, mailing address, street address, parcel identification
number, plot identification number, legal property description, neighborhood name and
lot number, GPS coordinates, and any other descriptive property information that may
reveal the home address.
Property appraisers and custodians of public records must redact that portion of the records where
the exemption applies. Property appraisers indicate a record is exempt from public disclosure by
placing a confidentiality code in their CAMA systems and on the tax roll,as s. 193.114(2)(u),F.S.,
requires.
For more information,please see PTO Bulletin 07-17 on the Department's Revenue Law Library,
which also addresses amendments to s. 119.071(4), F.S.
The Department of Revenue has provided this bulletin for your general information. Please
distribute to your staff who may be affected by the changes in the law. If you have questions about
its contents, please send them to DORPTO@floridarevenue.com.