SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1616
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 335954
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11 Senator Dockery moved the following amendment:
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18 311.125 Uniform Port Access Credential System.
19 (1) By July 1, 2004, each seaport identified in s.
20 311.09 and subject to the statewide minimum seaport security
21 standards set forth in s. 311.12 shall be required to use a
22 Uniform Port Access Credential Card that is to be utilized in
23 the operation of the state Uniform Port Access Credential
24 System as required herein. All Uniform Port Access Credential
25 Cards shall be issued by the Department of Highway Safety and
26 Motor Vehicles to the designated port authority, or recognized
27 governing board, of the requesting seaport for distribution to
28 the credential applicant.
29 (2)(a) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor
30 Vehicles, in consultation with the Department of Law
31 Enforcement, the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic
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Amendment No. ___ Barcode 335954
1 Development Council, the Florida Trucking Association, and the
2 United States Transportation and Security Administration shall
3 develop a Uniform Port Access Credential System for use in
4 on-site verification of access authority for all persons on a
5 seaport as defined in s. 311.12(2), utilizing the Uniform Port
6 Access Credential Card as authorized herein. Each seaport, in
7 a manner consistent with the "Port Security Standards
8 Compliance Plan" delivered to the Speaker of the House of
9 Representatives and the President of the Senate on December
10 11, 2000, pursuant to s. 311.12, and this section, is
11 responsible for granting, restricting, or modifying access
12 authority provided to each Uniform Port Access Credential Card
13 holder and promptly communicating the levels of access or
14 changes in the level of access to the department for its use
15 in administering the Uniform Port Access Credential
16 System. Each seaport is responsible for the proper operation
17 and maintenance of the Uniform Port Access Credential Card
18 reader and access verification utilizing the Uniform Port
19 Access Credential System at its location. The Uniform Port
20 Access Credential Card reader and Uniform Port Access
21 Credential System shall be utilized by each seaport to ensure
22 compliance with the access restrictions provided by s. 311.12.
23 (b) The system shall be designed to conform, as
24 closely as possible, with criteria established by the United
25 States Transportation Security Administration for a
26 Transportation Worker Identification Card, or similar
27 identification, as required by federal law. The system shall,
28 at a minimum, consist of:
29 1 A centralized, secure database for collecting and
30 maintaining fingerprints and other biometric means of
31 identity, and other information pertaining to personal
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1 identification of persons working on, or doing business at, a
2 Florida seaport as set forth in s. 311.12;
3 2 A methodology for receiving data from each port and
4 transmitting data to each port regarding access permissions;
5 3 Technology required for each gate and portal at each
6 seaport to be interactive with the Uniform Port Access
7 Credential System during all hours of operation;
8 4 The ability to identify persons who have violated
9 the access requirements of s. 311.12 and to deactivate the
10 access permissions of those persons; and
11 5 The ability to utilize the Uniform Port Access
12 Credential Card in a manner consistent herein.
13 Such system shall be designed to ensure the
14 credentialed cardholders' privacy in a manner consistent with
15 the state's security requirements as provided herein.
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