Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 552
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/16/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Hooper) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 22 - 64
    4  and insert:
    5  Department of Economic Opportunity under s. 288.9962 or pursuant
    6  to a federal broadband access grant program implemented by the
    7  Department of Economic Opportunity is confidential and exempt
    8  from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution
    9  if such information is not otherwise publicly available and the
   10  release of such information would reveal:
   11         a. The location or capacity of communications network
   12  facilities;
   13         b. Communications network areas, including geographical
   14  maps indicating actual or proposed locations of network
   15  infrastructure or facilities;
   16         c. The features, functions, and capabilities of
   17  communications network infrastructure and facilities;
   18         d. Security, including cybersecurity, of the design,
   19  construction, and operation of the communications network and
   20  associated services and products;
   21         e. Specific customer locations; or
   22         f. Sources of funding or in-kind contributions for a
   23  project.
   24         2. This exemption does not apply to any required functions
   25  of the department under s. 288.9962 relating to publishing a
   26  description of the proposed unserved areas to be served and the
   27  proposed broadband Internet speeds of the areas to be served as
   28  provided by the applicant and approved by the department.
   29         3. This paragraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset
   30  Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
   31  on October 2, 2028, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   32  through reenactment by the Legislature.
   33         Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
   34  necessity that certain information relating to communications
   35  services locations, project proposals, and challenges submitted
   36  to the Department of Economic Opportunity under the Broadband
   37  Opportunity Program or pursuant to a federal broadband access
   38  grant program implemented by the department be made confidential
   39  and exempt from public records requirements. Such information
   40  contains security information and proprietary business
   41  information of communications services providers. The disclosure
   42  of sensitive information relating to the location, capacity,
   43  features, functions, and security of these networks could result
   44  in the identification of vulnerabilities in such networks and
   45  allow a security breach that could damage the networks or
   46  disrupt the networks’ safe and reliable operation, adversely
   47  impacting the public health and safety of this state. Further,
   48  the disclosure of such information would adversely affect the
   49  business interests and compromise the network security of the
   50  communications services providers and their networks. Therefore,
   51  the Legislature finds that it is a public necessity that certain
   52  information relating to communications services locations,
   53  project proposals, and challenges submitted to the Department of
   54  Economic Opportunity under the Broadband Opportunity Program or
   55  pursuant to a federal broadband access grant program implemented
   56  by the department be
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   58  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   59  And the title is amended as follows:
   60         Delete line 8
   61  and insert:
   62         Opportunity Program or pursuant to a federal broadband
   63         access grant program implemented by the department;
   64         providing applicability; providing for future
   65         legislative