Florida Statute 337.168 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXVI
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Chapter 337
CONTRACTING; ACQUISITION, DISPOSAL, AND USE OF PROPERTY

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F.S. 337.168

337.168 Confidentiality of official estimates and bid analysis and monitoring system.—

(1) A document or electronic file revealing the official cost estimate of the department of a project is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) until the contract for the project has been executed or until the project is no longer under active consideration.

(2) The bid analysis and monitoring system of the department is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1). This exemption applies to all system documentation, input, computer processes and programs, electronic data files, and output, but does not apply to the actual source documents, unless otherwise exempted under other provisions of law.

History.—s. 5, ch. 83-4; s. 3, ch. 89-21; s. 108, ch. 90-360; s. 163, ch. 96-406; s. 11, ch. 2014-223; s. 12, ch. 2023-197.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 337.168

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 337.168.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 337.168

Total Results: 4

State, Department of Transportation v. Rosier Construction Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-04-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 899 So. 2d 1187, 2005 WL 856033

Snippet: reveal any information protected under section 337.168(1), Florida Statutes (2003), and comply with the

Fla. Soc of Newspaper Editors, Inc. v. Fla., Psc

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-04-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 543 So. 2d 1262

Snippet: intent prevails (there the exemptions under section 337.168). The Newspapers have not demonstrated that these

DOT v. Groves-Watkins Constructors

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1988-08-18T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 530 So. 2d 912

Snippet: of the confidentiality of the estimate. See § 337.168, Fla. Stat. (1985) (exempting the official cost

Capeletti Bros., Inc. v. DOT

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1986-11-30T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 499 So. 2d 855

Snippet: Law. We find no merit to this argument. Section 337.168 expressly exempts DOT's official cost estimates….2d 171 (Fla. 1977). The exemptions in section 337.168 were enacted after the Sunshine Law and constitute