HOUSE AMENDMENT
    705-149AX-32-1                              Bill No. CS/HB 521
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Green offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 3, between lines 11 and 12,
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17         Section 3.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
18  655.059, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         655.059  Access to books and records; confidentiality;
20  penalty for disclosure.--
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22         (b)  The books and records pertaining to the deposit
23  accounts and loans of depositors, borrowers, members, and
24  stockholders of any financial institution shall be kept
25  confidential by the financial institution and its directors,
26  officers, and employees and shall not be released except upon
27  express authorization of the account holder as to her or his
28  own accounts, loans, or voting rights.  However, information
29  relating to any loan made by a financial institution may be
30  released without the borrower's authorization in a manner
31  prescribed by the board of directors for the purpose of
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    File original & 9 copies    04/25/01                          
    hbd0001                     07:17 pm         00521-0075-972073

HOUSE AMENDMENT 705-149AX-32-1 Bill No. CS/HB 521 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 meeting the needs of commerce and for fair and accurate credit 2 information. Information may also be released, without the 3 authorization of a member or depositor but in a manner 4 prescribed by the board of directors, to verify or corroborate 5 the existence or amount of a customer's or member's account 6 when such information is reasonably provided to meet the needs 7 of commerce and to ensure accurate credit information. In 8 addition, a financial institution, affiliate, and its 9 subsidiaries, and any holding company of the financial 10 institution or subsidiary of such holding company, may furnish 11 to one another information relating to their customers or 12 members, subject to the requirement that each corporation 13 receiving information that is confidential maintain the 14 confidentiality of such information and not provide or 15 disclose such information to any unaffiliated person or 16 entity. Notwithstanding this paragraph, nothing in this 17 subsection shall prohibit a financial institution from 18 disclosing financial information as referenced in this 19 subsection as permitted by Public Law 106-102(1999), as set 20 forth in 15 U.S.C.A., s. 6802, as amended. 21 22 23 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 24 And the title is amended as follows: 25 On page 1, line 9, after the semicolon, 26 27 insert: 28 amending s. 655.059, F.S.; authorizing certain 29 disclosures permitted by certain federal law; 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 04/25/01 hbd0001 07:17 pm 00521-0075-972073