Senate Bill sb1586c1

    Florida Senate - 2006                           CS for SB 1586

    By the Committee on Banking and Insurance





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to a review under the Open

  3         Government Sunset Review Act; amending s.

  4         626.921, F.S., relating to an exemption from

  5         public-records requirements for certain

  6         information concerning surplus lines insurance

  7         which is specific to a particular policy or

  8         policyholder and is submitted to the Department

  9         of Financial Services or the Florida Surplus

10         Lines Service Office; saving the exemption

11         provided for information submitted to the

12         Florida Surplus Lines Office from repeal under

13         the Open Government Sunset Review Act; revising

14         provisions authorizing the office to disclose

15         information to the department; deleting

16         provisions applying the exemption to

17         information the department receives from the

18         office; deleting provisions that provide for

19         the repeal of the exemption; providing an

20         effective date.

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

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24         Section 1.  Subsection (8) of section 626.921, Florida

25  Statutes, is amended to read:

26         626.921  Florida Surplus Lines Service Office.--

27         (8)(a)  Information furnished to the department under

28  s. 626.923 or contained in the records subject to examination

29  by the department under s. 626.930 is confidential and exempt

30  from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of

31  the State Constitution if the disclosure of the information

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    Florida Senate - 2006                           CS for SB 1586
    597-1808-06




 1  would reveal information specific to a particular policy or

 2  policyholder. The exemption does not apply to any proceeding

 3  instituted by the department or office against an agent or

 4  insurer.

 5         (b)  Information furnished to the Florida Surplus Lines

 6  Service Office under the Surplus Lines Law is confidential and

 7  exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art.

 8  I of the State Constitution if the disclosure of the

 9  information would reveal information specific to a particular

10  policy or policyholder. However, This exemption does not

11  prevent the disclosure of any information by the Florida

12  Surplus Lines Service Office may, in furtherance of its duties

13  and responsibilities, disclose such information to the

14  department, but the exemption applies to records obtained by

15  the department from the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office.

16  The exemption does not apply to any proceeding instituted by

17  the department or office against an agent or insurer. This

18  paragraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act

19  of 1995 in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand repealed

20  on October 2, 2006, unless reviewed and saved from repeal

21  through reenactment by the Legislature.

22         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2006.

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24          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
25                         Senate Bill 1586

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27  The committee substitute makes technical and clarifying
    changes to the bill.
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