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Dear Mr. Salzman:

On behalf of the Indian Rocks Beach City Commission, you ask substantially the following question:

Are e-mails sent by city commissioners that contain undisclosed or blind recipients and their e-mail addresses public records subject to disclosure and how should such records be maintained?

This office has stated that e-mail messages made or received by agency employees or officials in connection with official business are public records and are subject to disclosure in the absence of an exemption.1 In Attorney General's Opinion 96-34, this office was asked to determine whether…