Florida Senate - 2019                                    SB 1652
       
       
        
       By Senator Gruters
       
       
       
       
       
       23-01379B-19                                          20191652__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Consumer Fraud, Identity Theft,
    3         and Skimmer Working Group; creating s. 570.233, F.S.;
    4         creating the Consumer Fraud, Identity Theft, and
    5         Skimmer Working Group as an advisory committee adjunct
    6         to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
    7         for a specified purpose; specifying the membership of
    8         the working group; providing meeting requirements;
    9         requiring the working group to submit a specified plan
   10         to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified
   11         date; providing an effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Section 570.233, Florida Statutes, is created to
   16  read:
   17         570.233 Consumer Fraud, Identity Theft, and Skimmer Working
   18  Group.—
   19         (1) The Consumer Fraud, Identity Theft, and Skimmer Working
   20  Group is created as an advisory committee adjunct to the
   21  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for the express
   22  purpose of developing a plan to combat identity theft, credit
   23  card fraud, and consumer financial fraud at retail petroleum
   24  facilities in this state.
   25         (2) The working group is composed of the following members:
   26         (a) One representative of the Department of Agriculture and
   27  Consumer Services, who shall be the chair of the working group,
   28  appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture.
   29         (b) One representative of the Department of Legal Affairs
   30  appointed by the Attorney General.
   31         (c) One assistant state attorney appointed by the Attorney
   32  General.
   33         (d) One representative of the Department of Financial
   34  Services appointed by the Chief Financial Officer.
   35         (e) One representative appointed by the Governor.
   36         (f) One representative from the Department of Law
   37  Enforcement appointed by the executive director of the
   38  Department of Law Enforcement.
   39         (g) One representative appointed by the President of the
   40  Senate.
   41         (h) One representative appointed by the Speaker of the
   42  House of Representatives.
   43         (i) One of each of the following, appointed by the
   44  Commissioner of Agriculture:
   45         1. An active law enforcement officer;
   46         2. A person who has been a victim of identity theft;
   47         3. A person representing the credit reporting agencies; and
   48         4. A representative of a major credit card company.
   49         (3) The working group is subject to s. 570.232.
   50         (4) The working group shall meet and conduct meetings as
   51  necessary, but at least four times per year, to complete a plan
   52  to combat identity theft, credit card fraud, and consumer
   53  financial fraud at retail petroleum facilities in this state.
   54  The working group shall submit the plan to the Governor, the
   55  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
   56  Representatives by December 31, 2021.
   57         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.