Bill Text: FL S7026 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: OGSR/Reports of Unclaimed Property/Department of Financial Services

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-19 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7045 (Ch. 2017-33) [S7026 Detail]

Download: Florida-2017-S7026-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2017                                    SB 7026
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Banking and Insurance
       
       
       
       
       
       597-02426-17                                          20177026__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 717.117, F.S., relating
    4         to an exemption from public records requirements for
    5         social security numbers and property identifiers,
    6         contained in certain reports of unclaimed property,
    7         which are held by the Department of Financial
    8         Services; removing the scheduled repeal of the
    9         exemption; providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 717.117, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         717.117 Report of unclaimed property.—
   16         (8)(a) As used in this subsection, the term “property
   17  identifier” means the descriptor used by the holder to identify
   18  the unclaimed property.
   19         (b) Social security numbers and property identifiers
   20  contained in reports required under this section, held by the
   21  department, are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
   22  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   23         (c) This exemption applies to social security numbers and
   24  property identifiers held by the department before, on, or after
   25  the effective date of this exemption.
   26         (d) This subsection is subject to the Open Government
   27  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand
   28  repealed October 2, 2017, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   29  through reenactment by the Legislature.
   30         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2017.