Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 566
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/30/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Richter) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 521 - 540
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 18. The Legislature finds that it is a public
    6  necessity that financial information comprising a trade secret
    7  as defined in s. 812.081, Florida Statutes, be made exempt or
    8  confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and
    9  s. 24(a), Article I of the State Constitution. The Legislature
   10  recognizes that in many instances, businesses are required to
   11  provide financial information for regulatory or other purposes
   12  to governmental entities and that disclosure of such information
   13  to competitors of those businesses would be detrimental to the
   14  businesses. The Legislature’s intent is to protect trade secret
   15  information of a confidential nature concerning entities,
   16  including, but not limited to, a formula, pattern, device,
   17  combination of devices, or compilation of information used to
   18  protect or further a business advantage over those who do not
   19  know or use it, the disclosure of which would injure the
   20  affected entity in the marketplace.
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   23  And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Delete lines 40 - 44
   25  and insert:
   26         technical changes; providing a statement of public
   27         necessity;