TBD | Section 2-B-1 | Sunshine Manual (FL)

The definition of “agency” for purposes of Ch. 119, F.S., is not limited to governmental entities. A “public or private agency, person, partnership, corporation, or business entity acting on behalf of any public agency” is also subject to the requirements of the Public Records Act. See also Art. I, s. 24(a), Fla. Const., providing that the constitutional right of access to public records extends to “any public body, officer, or employee of the state, or persons acting on their behalf....” (e.s.)

Thus, the Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the records of an employee advisory committee, established pursuant to special law to make recommendations to a public hospital authority, are subject to Ch. 119, F.S., and Art. I, s. 24(a), Fla. Const. AGO 96-32. And see Inf. Op. to Nicoletti, November 18, 1987, stating that the Loxahatchee Council of Governments, Inc., formed by eleven public agencies to study and make recommendations on local governmental issues was an “agency” for purposes of Ch. 119, F.S.

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