§1-B-5 | FEDERAL ENTITIES
However, if a board is created pursuant state law, the Sunshine Law applies even if federal officials serve on the board. See Inf. Op. to Markham, September 10, 1996 (technical oversight committee established by state agencies as part of settlement agreement in federal lawsuit subject to Sunshine Law); and Inf. Op. to Green, December 11, 1998 (tri-state river commission established pursuant to state and federal law is subject to the Sunshine Law). See also Inf. Op. to Knox, January 6, 2005 (St. Johns River Alliance, Inc., a non-profit corporation formed to help carry out the federal American Heritage Rivers Initiative and the associated intergovernmental Partnership Agreement among state, local and federal governmental entities, is subject to s. 286.011, F.S., requirements); and Roscow v. Abreu, No. 03-CA-1833 (Fla. 2d Cir. Ct. August 6, 2004), available in the Cases database at the open government site at MyFloridaLegal.com (committee created by the state department of transportation and composed of officials from state, local, and federal agencies was subject to the Sunshine Law because the committee was responsible for screening and evaluating potential corridors and alignments for a possible expansion of the Suncoast Parkway). Cf. Brown v. Denton, 152 So. 3d 8 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014) (closed-door federal mediation sessions which resulted in changes to pension benefits of city employees in certain unions constituted collective bargaining negotiations which should have been held in the Sunshine). (Florida Office of the Attorney General // © )
