Senate Bill sb1218c3

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    Florida Senate - 2004             CS for CS for CS for SB 1218

    By the Committees on Governmental Oversight and Productivity;
    Judiciary; Education; and Senators Aronberg and Bullard




    302-2436-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the use of social security

  3         numbers in public postsecondary education;

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

  5         uses of student social security numbers by

  6         state universities, community colleges, and

  7         public postsecondary technical centers;

  8         requiring each state university, community

  9         college, and public postsecondary technical

10         center to review policies and procedures and

11         submit a plan; requiring each state university,

12         community college, and public postsecondary

13         technical center to annually document

14         compliance in a report; providing for

15         injunctive relief; providing an effective date.

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

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19         Section 1.  Section 1004.09, Florida Statutes, is

20  created to read:

21         1004.09  Improper use of social security numbers.--

22         (1)  No state university, community college, or public

23  postsecondary technical center shall:

24         (a)  Require a student to transmit his or her social

25  security number over the Internet unless the connection is

26  secure and the social security number is encrypted.

27         (b)  Require a student to use his or her social

28  security number to access an Internet website unless a

29  password or unique personal identification number or other

30  authentication device is also required to access the Internet

31  website.

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 1         (2)  Each state university, community college, and

 2  public postsecondary technical center shall review its

 3  policies and procedures relating to social security numbers

 4  and other student identifying information and submit a plan

 5  that minimizes the opportunity for student identity theft. The

 6  plan shall describe how subsection (1) is to be implemented.

 7  The plan shall also include provisions for educating staff

 8  regarding the proper and improper uses of social security

 9  numbers and other student identifying information. Each state

10  university shall submit the plan to the Governor, the Board of

11  Governors, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the

12  House of Representatives by February 1, 2005, and shall

13  implement the plan no later than July 1, 2005. Each community

14  college and public postsecondary technical center shall submit

15  the plan to the Governor, the State Board of Education, the

16  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of

17  Representatives by February 1, 2005, and shall implement the

18  plan no later than July 1, 2005.

19         (3)  Each state university shall annually submit a

20  report documenting compliance with the provisions of ss.

21  119.0721 and 1002.22 to the Board of Governors, and each

22  community college and public postsecondary technical center

23  shall annually submit a report documenting compliance with the

24  provisions of ss. 119.0721 and 1002.22 to the State Board of

25  Education.

26         (4)  Beginning December 1, 2005, any affected student

27  may petition the circuit court for an order directing

28  compliance with this section.

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

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 1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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 4  Removes certain prohibitions on use of social security numbers
    because social security numbers are already confidential and
 5  exempt pursuant to s. 119.0721, F.S., and universities,
    community colleges, and postsecondary technical centers are
 6  already required to comply with that provision.

 7  Requires each state university, community college, and public
    postsecondary technical center to review its policies and
 8  procedures relating to social security numbers and other
    student identifying numbers and to submit a plan that
 9  minimizes the opportunity for student identity theft.

10  Requires submission of compliance reports.

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