SECTION 364.107. Public records exemption; Lifeline Assistance Plan participants.
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1(1) 2Personal identifying information of a participant in a telecommunications carrier’s Lifeline Assistance Plan under s. 17364.1018held by the Public Service Commission is confidential and exempt from s. 30119.07(1)31and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
40(2) 41Information made confidential and exempt under subsection (1) may be released to the applicable telecommunications carrier for purposes directly connected with eligibility for, verification related to, or auditing of a Lifeline Assistance Plan.
74(3)(a) 75An officer or employee of a telecommunications carrier shall not intentionally disclose information made confidential and exempt under subsection (1), except as:
971. 98Authorized by the customer;
1022. 103Necessary for billing purposes;
1073. 108Required by subpoena, court order, or other process of court;
1184. 119Necessary to disclose to an agency as defined in s. 129119.011130or a governmental entity for purposes directly connected with implementing service for, or verifying eligibility of, a participant in a Lifeline Assistance Plan or auditing a Lifeline Assistance Plan; or
1605. 161Otherwise authorized by law.
165(b) 166Nothing in this section precludes a telecommunications carrier from disclosing information made confidential and exempt under subsection (1) to the extent such information is otherwise publicly available or from disclosing to a customer his or her own account record through telephonic means.
208(4) 209Any officer or employee of a telecommunications carrier or of the Public Service Commission who intentionally discloses information in violation of this section commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 244775.082245or s. 247775.083248.
