Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 450
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/07/2019           .                                
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       The Committee on Innovation, Industry, and Technology (Gibson)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (110020) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 31 - 64
    5  and insert:
    6  Article I of the State Constitution and that the recording and
    7  transcript of such a meeting be made confidential and exempt
    8  from disclosure under s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the
    9  State Constitution:
   10         (a) Information related to the security of the technology,
   11  processes, or practices of the utility which are designed to
   12  protect the utility’s networks, computers, programs, and data
   13  from attack, damage, or unauthorized access, and which
   14  information, if disclosed, would facilitate the alteration,
   15  disclosure, or destruction of such data or information
   16  technology resources.
   17         (b) Information related to the security of existing or
   18  proposed information technology systems or industrial control
   19  technology systems of the utility, and which information, if
   20  disclosed, would facilitate unauthorized access to and
   21  alteration or destruction of such systems in a manner that would
   22  adversely impact the safe and reliable operation of the systems
   23  and utility.
   24         (2) The Legislature finds that, as utility system
   25  infrastructure becomes more connected and integrated through
   26  information and communications technology, the exposure to
   27  damage from attacks through such technology grows. These attacks
   28  may result in the disruption of utility services and damage to
   29  utility systems. Maintaining safe and reliable utility systems
   30  is vital to protecting the public health and safety and to
   31  ensuring the economic well-being of this state.
   32         (3) The Legislature finds that the public and private harm
   33  in disclosing the information made exempt by this act outweighs
   34  any public benefit derived from the disclosure of such
   35  information. The protection of information and communications
   36  made exempt by this act will ensure that utilities have greater
   37  safeguards to protect against security threats and will bolster
   38  efforts to develop more resilient information technology systems
   39  and industrial control technology systems.
   40         (4) Therefore, the Legislature finds that it is a public
   41  necessity to make such information exempt from public meetings
   42  requirements and to make the recording and transcript thereof
   43  confidential and exempt from public records requirements.
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   46  And the title is amended as follows:
   47         Delete line 72
   48  and insert:
   49         An act relating to public records and public meetings;
   50         amending s.