Bill Text: FL S0426 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Consumer Protection/Consumer Reports/Inmates [CPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Commerce [S0426 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0426-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 426 
 
By Senator Bullard 
39-00402-10                                            2010426__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to consumer protection; amending s. 
3         501.005, F.S.; requiring the Department of Corrections 
4         to provide each inmate in a correctional facility the 
5         opportunity to place a security freeze on his or her 
6         consumer report; requiring the department, at the 
7         request of the inmate, to provide the appropriate 
8         forms to the inmate to initiate the security freeze 
9         process; requiring that the inmate pay all fees and 
10         expenses incurred in the application for a security 
11         freeze; providing an effective date. 
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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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15         Section 1. Subsection (18) is added to section 501.005, 
16  Florida Statutes, to read: 
17         501.005 Consumer report security freeze.— 
18         (18) The Department of Corrections shall provide each 
19  inmate in a correctional facility the opportunity to place a 
20  security freeze on his or her consumer report pursuant to this 
21  section. The department shall, at the request of the inmate, 
22  provide the appropriate forms to the inmate to initiate the 
23  security freeze process. All fees and expenses incurred in the 
24  application for a security freeze shall be paid by the inmate. 
25         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.