approved account subject to the approval of the Senate Operations and Management Committee and the Speaker of the House.” SECTION 5. Article 3, Chapter 4, Title 12 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: 124355. (A) For the purposes of this section: “Section (1) shall mean a person whose personally ‘Eligible person’ identifiable information was obtained by a third party from a compromised computer system maintained by a state agency, board, committee, or commission. (2) shall mean financial losses incurred ‘Eligible expenses’ by an eligible person directly related to the misappropriation of the eligible personally identifiable information that was person’s obtained by a third party from a compromised computer system maintained by a state agency, board, committee, or commission. Expenses for services provided by private entities to assist eligible persons with financial losses are not eligible expenses to the extent such services are offered through the State or a state-supported program free of charge. (3) shall mean actual losses, including, but ‘Financial losses’ not limited to, lost wages, and other costs incurred attorneys’ fees, by an eligible person related to correcting his credit history or credit rating, or costs or judgements related to any criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding brought against the eligible person resulting from the misappropriation of the personally victim’s identifiable information not recovered from any other source. Costs associated with the purchase of identity theft protection and identity theft resolution services as defined in Section 124352(A)(2) and Section 124352(A)(3) are not financial losses. (4) shall mean an individual, corporation, firm, ‘Person’ association, joint venture, partnership, limited liability corporation, or any other business entity. (5) identifiable means information ‘Personally information’ that can be used to uniquely identify, contact, or locate a single person or can be used with other sources to uniquely identify a single individual, including, but not limited to, social security numbers, debit card numbers, and credit card numbers. (B) There is established in the State Treasury the Department of Revenue Identity Theft Reimbursement Fund which must be maintained separately from the general fund of the State and all other funds. The proceeds of the fund must be utilized to reimburse eligible expenses incurred by an eligible person. The
approved account subject to the approval of the Senate Operations and Management Committee and the Speaker of the House.” SECTION 5. Article 3, Chapter 4, Title 12 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: “Section 124355. (A) For the purposes of this section: (1) ‘Eligible person’ shall mean a person whose personally identifiable information was obtained by a third party from a compromised computer system maintained by a state agency, board, committee, or commission. (2) ‘Eligible expenses’ shall mean financial losses incurred by an eligible person directly related to the misappropriation of the eligible person’s personally identifiable information that was obtained by a third party from a compromised computer system maintained by a state agency, board, committee, or commission. Expenses for services provided by private entities to assist eligible persons with financial losses are not eligible expenses to the extent such services are offered through the State or a state-supported program free of charge. (3) ‘Financial losses’ shall mean actual losses, including, but not limited to, lost wages, attorneys’ fees, and other costs incurred by an eligible person related to correcting his credit history or credit rating, or costs or judgements related to any criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding brought against the eligible person resulting from the misappropriation of the victim’s personally identifiable information not recovered from any other source. Costs associated with the purchase of identity theft protection and identity theft resolution services as defined in Section 124352(A)(2) and Section 124352(A)(3) are not financial losses. (4) ‘Person’ shall mean an individual, corporation, firm, association, joint venture, partnership, limited liability corporation, or any other business entity. (5) ‘Personally identifiable information’ means information that can be used to uniquely identify, contact, or locate a single person or can be used with other sources to uniquely identify a single individual, including, but not limited to, social security numbers, debit card numbers, and credit card numbers. (B) There is established in the State Treasury the Department of Revenue Identity Theft Reimbursement Fund which must be maintained separately from the general fund of the State and all other funds. The proceeds of the fund must be utilized to reimburse eligible expenses incurred by an eligible person. The
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