SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 405
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 102500
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11  Senator Latvala moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment 
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15            page 3, line 2, delete those lines
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18         (b)  Information furnished to the Florida Surplus Lines
19  Service Office under the Surplus Lines Law is confidential and
20  exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art.
21  I of the State Constitution if the disclosure of the
22  information would reveal information specific to a particular
23  policy or policyholder. This exemption does not prevent the
24  disclosure of any information by the Florida Surplus Lines
25  Service Office to the department, but the exemption applies to
26  records obtained by the department from the Florida Surplus
27  Lines Service Office. The exemption does not apply to any
28  proceeding instituted by the department against an agent or
29  insurer. This paragraph is subject to the Open Government
30  Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s. 119.15, and
31  shall stand repealed on October 2, 2006, unless reviewed and
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 405
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 102500
 1  saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
 2         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that it is a public
 3  necessity that certain records of the Department of Insurance
 4  and the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office be held
 5  confidential and exempt. The disclosure of surplus lines
 6  policy information submitted to the Department of Insurance or
 7  to the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office, to the extent
 8  that such information reveals information specific to a
 9  particular policy or policyholder, would be harmful to
10  insurers or agents due to the economic value of such
11  information if revealed to competitors. Such information may
12  also reveal economic information about the policyholder that
13  would be harmful as an invasion of privacy of the
14  policyholder. Accordingly, it is a public necessity that such
15  information be held confidential and exempt.
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