Florida Senate - 2017 SB 7026 By the Committee on Banking and Insurance 597-02426-17 20177026__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to a review under the Open Government 3 Sunset Review Act; amending s. 717.117, F.S., relating 4 to an exemption from public records requirements for 5 social security numbers and property identifiers, 6 contained in certain reports of unclaimed property, 7 which are held by the Department of Financial 8 Services; removing the scheduled repeal of the 9 exemption; providing an effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 717.117, Florida 14 Statutes, is amended to read: 15 717.117 Report of unclaimed property.— 16 (8)(a) As used in this subsection, the term “property 17 identifier” means the descriptor used by the holder to identify 18 the unclaimed property. 19 (b) Social security numbers and property identifiers 20 contained in reports required under this section, held by the 21 department, are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 22 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 23 (c) This exemption applies to social security numbers and 24 property identifiers held by the department before, on, or after 25 the effective date of this exemption. 26(d) This subsection is subject to the Open Government27Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand28repealed October 2, 2017, unless reviewed and saved from repeal29through reenactment by the Legislature.30 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2017.