House Bill 1015e3

                                          HB 1015, Third Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Department of Highway Safety

  3         and Motor Vehicles; repealing s. 322.142(5) and

  4         (6), F.S., relating to color photographic or

  5         digital imaged licenses; eliminating provisions

  6         permitting the Department of Highway Safety and

  7         Motor Vehicles to sell certain information

  8         related to driver's licenses and other

  9         information; amending s. 282.3091, F.S.;

10         creating a Task Force on Privacy and

11         Technology; providing for membership; providing

12         for a report; providing duties; providing for

13         funding; providing for repeal; providing an

14         effective date.

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16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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18         Section 1.  Subsections (5) and (6) of section 322.142,

19  Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are repealed.

20         Section 2.  Subsection (8) is added to section

21  282.3091, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:

22         282.3091  State Technology Council; creation.--

23         (8)  The council shall create a Task Force on Privacy

24  and Technology. The task force shall include professionals in

25  the fields of communications, government, law enforcement,

26  law, marketing, technology, and financial services, including,

27  but not limited to, the Society of Consumer Affairs

28  Professionals in Business, the Florida Retail Federation, and

29  the Office of Statewide Prosecution. The task force shall

30  study and make recommendations by February 1, 2000, in a

31  report to the Legislature and the Governor regarding:


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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






                                          HB 1015, Third Engrossed



  1         (a)  Privacy issues under the Constitutions and laws of

  2  the United States and the State of Florida, the Public Records

  3  Act, and the advent of the use of advanced technologies.

  4         (b)  Technology fraud, including, but not limited to,

  5  the illegal use of citizens' identities and credit.

  6         (c)  Balancing the traditional openness of public

  7  records in the state with the need to protect the privacy and

  8  identity of individuals.

  9         (d)  The sale of public records to private individuals

10  and companies.

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12  In order to carry out its duties and responsibilities, the

13  task force shall hold a summit to gather the best available

14  knowledge regarding these issues. The council shall staff the

15  task force as necessary. The members of the task force shall

16  serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for

17  reasonable and necessary expenses of attending the summit and

18  performing duties of the task force, including per diem and

19  travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061. Such expenses shall

20  be reimbursed from funds of the Department of Highway Safety

21  and Motor Vehicles. This subsection is repealed July 1, 2000.

22         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

23  law.

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