Senate Bill sb1218

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1218

    By Senator Aronberg





    27-730A-04                                          See HB 229

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to use of social security

  3         numbers in public postsecondary education;

  4         creating s. 1004.09, F.S.; prohibiting certain

  5         uses of a student's social security number by

  6         state universities and community colleges;

  7         providing exceptions; requiring the development

  8         and implementation of a plan by each state

  9         university and community college; providing for

10         injunctive relief; providing an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Section 1004.09, Florida Statutes, is

15  created to read:

16         1004.09  Improper use of social security numbers.--

17         (1)  No state university or community college shall:

18         (a)  Use a social security number as an identification

19  number to identify a student.

20         (b)  Publicly post or publicly display in any manner a

21  student's social security number. "Publicly post" or "publicly

22  display" means to intentionally communicate or otherwise make

23  available to the general public. This paragraph does not apply

24  to records of the clerks of court which are governed by the

25  provisions of s. 119.07(3)(ff).

26         (c)  Print a student's social security number on any

27  identification document issued by a state university or

28  community college. An identification document includes, but is

29  not limited to, a professional license, student identification

30  card, driver's license, Medicaid card, or health insurance

31  card.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1218
    27-730A-04                                          See HB 229




 1         (d)  Require a student to transmit his or her social

 2  security number over the Internet unless the connection is

 3  secure and the social security number is encrypted.

 4         (e)  Require a student to use his or her social

 5  security number to access an Internet website unless a

 6  password or unique personal identification number or other

 7  authentication device is also required to access the Internet

 8  website.

 9         (2)  Each state university and community college shall

10  develop a plan to implement the requirements of subsection (1)

11  which shall apply to students enrolled after July 1, 2005. The

12  plan shall include provisions for educating staff regarding

13  the proper and improper uses of social security numbers. The

14  plan shall be submitted to the Governor, the President of the

15  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by

16  February 1, 2005, and shall be implemented no later than July

17  1, 2005.

18         (3)  Beginning July 1, 2005, any affected student may

19  petition the circuit court for an order directing compliance

20  with this section. 

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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