HB 775

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to consumer protection; amending s.
3	501.005, F.S.; requiring the Department of Corrections to
4	provide each inmate in a correctional facility the
5	opportunity to place a security freeze on his or her
6	consumer report; requiring the department, at the request
7	of the inmate, to provide the appropriate forms to the
8	inmate to initiate the security freeze process; requiring
9	that the inmate pay all fees and expenses incurred in the
10	application for a security freeze; providing an effective
11	date.
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13	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15	Section 1.  Subsection (18) is added to section 501.005,
16	Florida Statutes, to read:
17	501.005  Consumer report security freeze.-
18	(18)  The Department of Corrections shall provide each
19	inmate in a correctional facility the opportunity to place a
20	security freeze on his or her consumer report pursuant to this
21	section. The department shall, at the request of the inmate,
22	provide the appropriate forms to the inmate to initiate the
23	security freeze process. All fees and expenses incurred in the
24	application for a security freeze shall be paid by the inmate.
25	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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