The validity of this template has been confirmed multiple times, e.g. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Template:PD-FLGov and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2009_April_12#Template:FLGovernment and elsewhere! The Florida constitution states:
"(a) Every person has the right to inspect or copy any public record made or received in connection with the official business of any public body, officer, or employee of the state, or persons acting on their behalf, except with respect to records exemptedpursuant to this section or specifically made confidential by this Constitution. This section specifically includes the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government and each agency or department created thereunder; counties, municipalities, and districts; and each constitutional officer, board, and commission, or entity created pursuant to law or this Constitution." parts (c) and (d), define the records exempted.
BTW, this template has been deleted before: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Log/delete&page=Template:PD-FLGov .-- Elvey ( talk) 20:50, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Seeking consensus for http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Template:PD-FLGov&diff=289389443&oldid=286415241. Please be WP:bold, and/or speak for or against. I don't think inserting a quotation from the Florida Constitution to clarify things is controversial, so I didn't seek consensus before making the edit. See this DRV Re. Phillipbrutus.jpg for more info ; many XFDs and DRVs based on this template have been ruled Keep.
Support, of course. I have attempted to rectify what may have been a problem with the template, namely employment of a definition of what public documents the sunshine clause of the constitution put in the public domain that may have ben narrower than the definition actually in the sunshine clause. -- Elvey ( talk) 21:22, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Update: The consensus is that this template is valid on Wikpedia Commons, but the admins here are ******** (censored); images using this tag should be uploaded to commons.-- Elvey ( talk) 20:23, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
Should this template also include trademark, as the court case that decided this cites an attorney general's decision that says not state government agency may have a trademark. かんぱい! Scapler ( talk) 20:11, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
The template was far more informative in evidencing the legal basis for and broad applicability of the template when it read thus:
This file is part of the "public record made or received in connection with the official business of any public body, officer, or employee of the state, or persons acting on their behalf, [which includes the work of] the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government and each agency or department created thereunder; counties, municipalities, and districts; and each constitutional officer, board, and commission, or entity created pursuant to [Florida] law or [its] Constitution" (Florida Constitution, § 24) such as "[a] document[], paper[], letter[], map[], book[], tape[], photograph[], film[], sound recording[], data processing [program], or other material, regardless of the physical form, characteristics, or means of transmission, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by any ['state, county, district, authority, or municipal officer, department, division, board, bureau, commission, or other separate unit of government created or established by law' of the State of Florida]" (definition of public work at Fla. Stat. § 119.011(11)), and does not fall into any of the various categories of works for which the legislature has specifically permitted copyright to be claimed (see, e.g., "§ 24.105(10), Fla. Stat. (2003) [authorizing the Department of the Lottery to hold copyrights]; § 601.101, Fla. Stat. (2003) [permitting the Department of Citrus to hold legal title to copyrights]; § 1004.23, Fla. Stat. (2002) [authorizing universities to secure copyrights in certain works]" [summaries in original]). It is consequently in the public domain according to court interpretation of the Florida Constitution, Article I, § 24(a) and Florida Statutes, § 119.01. See Microdecisions, Inc. v. Abe Skinner ( Findlaw): "Florida's Constitution and its statutes do not permit public records to be copyrighted unless the legislature specifically states they can be".
Restore?-- Elvey ( talk) 00:56, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
The validity of this template has been confirmed multiple times, e.g. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Template:PD-FLGov and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2009_April_12#Template:FLGovernment and elsewhere! The Florida constitution states:
"(a) Every person has the right to inspect or copy any public record made or received in connection with the official business of any public body, officer, or employee of the state, or persons acting on their behalf, except with respect to records exemptedpursuant to this section or specifically made confidential by this Constitution. This section specifically includes the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government and each agency or department created thereunder; counties, municipalities, and districts; and each constitutional officer, board, and commission, or entity created pursuant to law or this Constitution." parts (c) and (d), define the records exempted.
BTW, this template has been deleted before: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Log/delete&page=Template:PD-FLGov .-- Elvey ( talk) 20:50, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Seeking consensus for http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Template:PD-FLGov&diff=289389443&oldid=286415241. Please be WP:bold, and/or speak for or against. I don't think inserting a quotation from the Florida Constitution to clarify things is controversial, so I didn't seek consensus before making the edit. See this DRV Re. Phillipbrutus.jpg for more info ; many XFDs and DRVs based on this template have been ruled Keep.
Support, of course. I have attempted to rectify what may have been a problem with the template, namely employment of a definition of what public documents the sunshine clause of the constitution put in the public domain that may have ben narrower than the definition actually in the sunshine clause. -- Elvey ( talk) 21:22, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Update: The consensus is that this template is valid on Wikpedia Commons, but the admins here are ******** (censored); images using this tag should be uploaded to commons.-- Elvey ( talk) 20:23, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
Should this template also include trademark, as the court case that decided this cites an attorney general's decision that says not state government agency may have a trademark. かんぱい! Scapler ( talk) 20:11, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
The template was far more informative in evidencing the legal basis for and broad applicability of the template when it read thus:
This file is part of the "public record made or received in connection with the official business of any public body, officer, or employee of the state, or persons acting on their behalf, [which includes the work of] the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government and each agency or department created thereunder; counties, municipalities, and districts; and each constitutional officer, board, and commission, or entity created pursuant to [Florida] law or [its] Constitution" (Florida Constitution, § 24) such as "[a] document[], paper[], letter[], map[], book[], tape[], photograph[], film[], sound recording[], data processing [program], or other material, regardless of the physical form, characteristics, or means of transmission, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by any ['state, county, district, authority, or municipal officer, department, division, board, bureau, commission, or other separate unit of government created or established by law' of the State of Florida]" (definition of public work at Fla. Stat. § 119.011(11)), and does not fall into any of the various categories of works for which the legislature has specifically permitted copyright to be claimed (see, e.g., "§ 24.105(10), Fla. Stat. (2003) [authorizing the Department of the Lottery to hold copyrights]; § 601.101, Fla. Stat. (2003) [permitting the Department of Citrus to hold legal title to copyrights]; § 1004.23, Fla. Stat. (2002) [authorizing universities to secure copyrights in certain works]" [summaries in original]). It is consequently in the public domain according to court interpretation of the Florida Constitution, Article I, § 24(a) and Florida Statutes, § 119.01. See Microdecisions, Inc. v. Abe Skinner ( Findlaw): "Florida's Constitution and its statutes do not permit public records to be copyrighted unless the legislature specifically states they can be".
Restore?-- Elvey ( talk) 00:56, 5 March 2014 (UTC)