Florida Senate - 2012         (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL) SPB 7026
       
       
       
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Banking and Insurance
       
       
       
       
       597-00506-12                                          20127026__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 324.242, F.S., relating
    4         to a public records exemption for personal identifying
    5         information and policy numbers in personal injury
    6         protection and property damage liability insurance
    7         policies; saving the exemption from repeal under the
    8         Open Government Sunset Review Act; deleting a
    9         provision providing for the repeal of the exemption;
   10         providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 324.242, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   15  read:
   16         324.242 Personal injury protection and property damage
   17  liability insurance policies; public records exemption.—
   18         (1) The following information regarding personal injury
   19  protection and property damage liability insurance policies held
   20  by the department is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1)
   21  and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution:
   22         (a) Personal identifying information of an insured or
   23  former insured; and
   24         (b) An insurance policy number.
   25         (2) Upon receipt of a written request and a copy of a crash
   26  report as required under s. 316.065, s. 316.066, or s. 316.068,
   27  the department shall release the policy number for a policy
   28  covering a vehicle involved in a motor vehicle accident to:
   29         (a) Any person involved in such accident;
   30         (b) The attorney of any person involved in such accident;
   31  or
   32         (c) A representative of the insurer of any person involved
   33  in such accident.
   34         (3) This exemption applies to personal identifying
   35  information of an insured or former insured and insurance policy
   36  numbers held by the department before, on, or after October 11,
   37  2007 the effective date of this section.
   38         (4) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset
   39  Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
   40  on October 2, 2012, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   41  through reenactment by the Legislature.
   42         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.