HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                        Bill No. SB 24-E, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Paul offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 1, between lines 28 and 29 of the bill
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17         Section 2.  Paragraph (ff) of subsection (3) of section
18  119.07, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
19         (1)  Until January 1, 2006, if a social security
20  number, made confidential and exempt pursuant to s. 119.072,
21  created pursuant to CS/HB 1673 passed during the 2002 regular
22  legislative session, or a complete bank account, debit,
23  charge, or credit card number made exempt pursuant to s.
24  119.07(ee), created pursuant to HB 1675 passed during the 2002
25  regular legislative session, is or has been included in a
26  court file, such number may be included as part of the court
27  record available for public inspection and copying unless
28  redaction is requested by the holder of such number, or by the
29  holder's attorney or legal guardian, in a signed, legibly
30  written request specifying the case name, case number,
31  document heading, and page number. The request must be
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    File original & 9 copies    05/02/02                          
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HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 24-E, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 delivered by mail, facsimile, electronic transmission, or in 2 person to the clerk of the court. The clerk of the court does 3 not have a duty to inquire beyond the written request to 4 verify the identity of a person requesting redaction. A fee 5 may not be charged for the redaction of a social security 6 number or a bank account, debit, charge, or credit card number 7 pursuant to such request. 8 (2) Any person who prepares or files a document to be 9 recorded in the official records by the county recorder as 10 provided in chapter 28, Florida Statutes, may not include a 11 person's social security number or complete bank account, 12 debit, charge, or credit card number in that document unless 13 otherwise expressly required by law. Until January 1, 2006, if 14 a social security number or a complete bank account, debit, 15 charge or credit card number is or has been included in a 16 document presented to the county recorder for recording in the 17 official records of the county, such number may be made 18 available as part of the official record available for public 19 inspection and copying. Any person, or his or her attorney or 20 legal guardian, may request that a county recorder remove from 21 an image or copy of an official record placed on a county 22 recorder's publicly available Internet website, or a publicly 23 available Internet website used by a county recorder to 24 display public records outside the office or otherwise made 25 electronically available outside the county recorder's office 26 to the general public, his or her social security number or 27 complete account, debit, charge, or credit card number 28 contained in that official record. Such request must be 29 legibly written, signed by the requestor, and delivered by 30 mail, facsimile, electronic transmission, or in person to the 31 county recorder. The request must specify the identification 2 File original & 9 copies 05/02/02 hsa0005 05:41 pm E0024-0071-512087
HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 24-E, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 page number of the document that contains the number to be 2 redacted. The county recorder does not have a duty to inquire 3 beyond the written request to verify the identity of a person 4 requesting redaction. A fee may not be charged for redacting 5 such numbers. 6 (3) Upon the effective date of this act, subsections 7 (3) and (4) of s. 119.072, do not apply to the clerks of the 8 court or the county recorder with respect to court records and 9 official records. 10 (4) On January 1, 2006, and thereafter, the clerk of 11 the court and the county recorder must keep complete bank 12 account, debit, charge, and credit card numbers exempt as 13 provided for in s. 119.07(3)(ee), and must keep social 14 security numbers confidential and exempt as provided for in s. 15 119.072, without any person having to request redaction. 16 Section 3. Subsection (5) of s. 119.072, created by 17 CS/HB 1673, passed in the 2002 regular session, is hereby 18 repealed. 19 20 21 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 22 And the title is amended as follows: 23 On page 1, lines 2 through 5, 24 remove: all of said lines 25 26 and insert: 27 An act relating to court records and official 28 records maintained by the clerk of the court or 29 the county recorder; providing a process for 30 removal from official records certain specified 31 armed forces military separation forms; 3 File original & 9 copies 05/02/02 hsa0005 05:41 pm E0024-0071-512087
HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 24-E, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 providing requirements with respect thereto; 2 requiring the county recorder to provide 3 written notice; providing for the redaction of 4 a social security number, and of a complete 5 bank account, debit, charge, or credit card 6 number that is part of a court record or 7 official record; prohibiting a person preparing 8 or filing an official record from including a 9 person's social security number or a complete 10 bank account, debit, charge, or credit card 11 number in that document unless otherwise 12 expressly required by law; providing for the 13 redaction of such information; providing for 14 the nonapplicability of subsections (3) and (4) 15 of s. 119.072, created by CS/HB 1673, passed in 16 the 2002 regular session, to clerks of the 17 court and to county recorders with regard to 18 court records and official records; repealing 19 subsection (5) of s. 119.072; providing an 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 File original & 9 copies 05/02/02 hsa0005 05:41 pm E0024-0071-512087