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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 383

        By the Committee on State Administration and
    Representative Brummer





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to a public records exemption

  3         for bank account numbers or debit, charge, or

  4         credit card numbers obtained by agencies;

  5         amending s. 119.07, F.S., which provides an

  6         exemption from public records requirements for

  7         bank account numbers or debit, charge, or

  8         credit card numbers given to an agency for the

  9         purpose of payment of fee or debt; reenacting

10         such exemption and removing the October 2,

11         2001, repeal thereof scheduled under the Open

12         Government Sunset Review Act of 1995; providing

13         an effective date.

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

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17         Section 1.  Notwithstanding the October 2, 2001, repeal

18  of said paragraph scheduled pursuant to the Open Government

19  Sunset Review Act of 1995, paragraph (z) of subsection (3) of

20  section 119.07, Florida Statutes, is reenacted and amended to

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22         119.07  Inspection, examination, and duplication of

23  records; exemptions.--

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25         (z)  Bank account numbers or debit, charge, or credit

26  card numbers given to an agency for the purpose of payment of

27  any fee or debt owing are confidential and exempt from

28  subsection (1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

29  However, such numbers may be used by an agency, as needed, in

30  any administrative or judicial proceeding, provided such

31  numbers are kept confidential and exempt, unless otherwise

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 383

    688-154-01






  1  ordered by the court.  This paragraph is subject to the Open

  2  Government Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s.

  3  119.15, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2001, unless

  4  reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the

  5  Legislature.

  6         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2001.

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      Reenacts the public records exemption for bank account
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      an agency for the purpose of payment of fee or debt, and
12    removes the October 2, 2001, repeal thereof scheduled
      under the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995.
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