The Florida Senate

365.174  Proprietary confidential business information.--

(1)  All proprietary confidential business information submitted by a provider to the board or the department, including the name and billing or service addresses of service subscribers, and trade secrets as defined by s. 812.081, is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. Statistical abstracts of information collected by the board or the department may be released or published, but only in a manner that does not identify or allow identification of subscribers or their service numbers or of revenues attributable to any provider.

(2)  As used in this section, "proprietary confidential business information" means customer lists, customer numbers, and other related information, technology descriptions, technical information, or trade secrets, including trade secrets as defined in s. 812.081, and the actual or developmental costs of E911 systems that are developed, produced, or received internally by a provider or by a provider's employees, directors, officers, or agents.

(3)  This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand repealed on October 1, 2004, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

History.--s. 1, ch. 99-202.