Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 242
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/20/2014           .                                
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       (Simmons) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 242 - 246
    4  and insert:
    5         (12) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
    6  shall investigate any complaints received concerning violations
    7  of this section. If, after investigating any complaint, the
    8  department finds that there has been a violation of this
    9  section, the department may bring an action to impose an
   10  administrative penalty. A consumer reporting agency that
   11  willfully fails to comply with any requirement imposed under
   12  this section is subject to an administrative penalty in the
   13  amount of $500 for each violation, imposed by the department. An
   14  administrative proceeding that could result in the entry of an
   15  order imposing an administrative penalty must be conducted in
   16  accordance with chapter 120. The administrative penalty shall be
   17  deposited in the General Inspection Trust Fund.
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   20  And the title is amended as follows:
   21         Delete lines 30 - 31
   22  and insert:
   23         violates a security freeze; requiring the Department
   24         of Agriculture and Consumer Services to investigate
   25         complaints regarding the violation of a security
   26         freeze; providing penalties and civil remedies for the
   27         violation of a security freeze; providing written
   28         disclosure