Bill Text: FL S0600 | 2019 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Public Records/Meter-derived Data and Billing Information
Spectrum:
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-01 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 591 (Ch. 2019-38) [S0600 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S0600-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2019 CS for SB 600
By the Committee on Innovation, Industry, and Technology; and
Senators Gibson and Bean
580-02752-19 2019600c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to public records; amending s.
3 119.0713, F.S.; exempting from public records
4 requirements customer meter-derived data and billing
5 information in increments of less than one billing
6 cycle which is held by certain utilities; providing a
7 statement of public necessity; providing an effective
8 date.
9
10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
11
12 Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 119.0713, Florida
13 Statutes, is amended to read:
14 119.0713 Local government agency exemptions from inspection
15 or copying of public records.—
16 (5)(a) The following information held by a utility owned or
17 operated by a unit of local government is exempt from s.
18 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution:
19 1. Information related to the security of the technology,
20 processes, or practices of a utility owned or operated by a unit
21 of local government that are designed to protect the utility’s
22 networks, computers, programs, and data from attack, damage, or
23 unauthorized access, which information, if disclosed, would
24 facilitate the alteration, disclosure, or destruction of such
25 data or information technology resources.
26 2. Information related to the security of existing or
27 proposed information technology systems or industrial control
28 technology systems of a utility owned or operated by a unit of
29 local government, which, if disclosed, would facilitate
30 unauthorized access to, and alteration or destruction of, such
31 systems in a manner that would adversely impact the safe and
32 reliable operation of the systems and the utility.
33 3. Customer meter-derived data and billing information in
34 increments less than one billing cycle.
35 (b) This exemption applies to such information held by a
36 utility owned or operated by a unit of local government before,
37 on, or after the effective date of this exemption.
38 (c) This subsection is subject to the Open Government
39 Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand
40 repealed on October 2, 2024 2021, unless reviewed and saved from
41 repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
42 Section 2. (1) The Legislature finds that it is a public
43 necessity that customer meter-derived data and billing
44 information in increments less than one billing cycle held by a
45 utility that is owned or operated by a unit of local government
46 be exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a),
47 Article I of the State Constitution.
48 (2) The Legislature finds that safeguarding customer meter
49 derived data and billing information in increments of less than
50 one billing cycle is of the utmost importance. Smart meters,
51 which can record and transmit detailed data on a customer’s use
52 of utility services, present unique security concerns. These
53 concerns were addressed in a report released in October 2010 by
54 the United States Department of Energy titled “Data Access and
55 Privacy Issues Related to Smart Grid Technologies.” The report
56 recommended that customer data be protected from release to
57 third parties. This detailed customer data can be used to
58 specifically identify minute-by-minute usage patterns, including
59 the exact appliance or service being used. This information
60 creates significant security issues for both businesses and
61 homeowners.
62 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
