FL S1434

Requires custodians of public records to provide requested records, a good faith time and cost estimate, or a denial with statutory citation within 3 business days of receiving a request; failure to do so prohibits the agency from imposing any costs or fees for the request

Expands the definition of "actual cost of duplication" to include clerical and supervisory assistance and information technology costs, capped at the base hourly rate of the lowest paid capable personnel, while prohibiting agencies from charging any costs for requests requiring less than 30 minutes to prepare or for redacting exempt information

Requires fee reductions or waivers for public purposes such as nonprofit activities, journalism, and academic research, with no charges for the first 10 hours of estimated compliance time for qualifying requests

Establishes enhanced penalties for agencies found to have intentionally disregarded public access rights, including a civil penalty of twice the amount awarded under the attorney fees provision plus $200 per day of unlawful denial, and mandates courts award reasonable attorney fees and enforcement costs against agencies that violate the law

Adds a 10-year sunset review cycle for public records exemptions, requiring the Legislature to reenact exemptions 10 years after their initial reenactment or face automatic repeal