Senate Bill sb1230

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1230

    By Senator Klein





    28-960A-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public records; amending s.

  3         119.07, F.S.; providing an exemption from

  4         public-records requirements for bank account

  5         numbers and debit, charge, and credit card

  6         numbers held by a state agency; providing a

  7         finding of public necessity; repealing s.

  8         119.07(3)(z), F.S., relating to an exemption

  9         from public-records requirements for bank

10         account numbers or debit, charge, or credit

11         card numbers given to an agency for purposes of

12         payment of a fee or debt; providing an

13         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.  Paragraph (ee) is added to subsection (3)

18  of section 119.07, Florida Statutes, as amended by section 1

19  of chapter 2001-364, Laws of Florida, to read:

20         119.07  Inspection, examination, and duplication of

21  records; exemptions.--

22         (3)

23         (ee)  Bank account numbers and debit, charge, and

24  credit card numbers held by an agency are exempt from

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

26  This exemption applies to bank account numbers and debit,

27  charge, and credit card numbers held by an agency before, on,

28  or after the effective date of this exemption.

29         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that it is a public

30  necessity that bank account numbers and debit, charge, and

31  credit card numbers held by an agency be kept exempt from

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1230
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  1  public disclosure because such numbers are of a sensitive and

  2  personal nature. Public disclosure of such numbers could

  3  create the opportunity for theft or fraud, thereby

  4  jeopardizing the financial safety of an individual.

  5  Additionally, revealing such numbers could interfere with an

  6  individual's willingness to pay a financial debt owed to an

  7  agency due to the lack of protective measures securing the

  8  release of such numbers through a public-records request.

  9         Section 3.  Paragraph (z) of subsection (3) of section

10  119.07, Florida Statutes, as amended by section 1 of chapter

11  2001-364, Laws of Florida, is repealed.

12         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

13  law.

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16                          SENATE SUMMARY

17    Exempts bank account numbers and debit, charge, and
      credit card numbers held by a state agency from
18    disclosure under the public-records law. Repeals an
      exemption from the public-records law provided for bank
19    account numbers or debit, charge, or credit card numbers
      given to a state agency for purposes of payment of a fee
20    or debt.

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