Ago

Honorable Mary Figg Representative

QUESTION:

1. Does s. 119.16, F.S., allow the governing board of a public hospital to close a meeting at which the public hospital's budget is discussed, if the claim is made that the budget is a trade secret, as defined in s. 688.002, F.S., or is part of a marketing plan?

2. Does the exemption from s. 119.07(1), F.S., for trade secrets and marketing plans allow a public hospital to exempt from Ch.119, F.S., any part of that hospital's budget document on the grounds that the budget itself is a trade secret or is part of a marketing plan?

SUMMARY:

1. Section…