Purpose


he purpose of the proposed amendments to Rule 12-19.005, F.A.C. (Confidentiality of Reports; Disclosure of Information), is to: (1) clarify that when the Department receives a written request for a report of large currency transactions from a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency or a prosecutorial agency, the Office of Financial Regulation, or the Department of Financial Services, the Department is authorized to provide the report, or the information contained within it, to the requesting agency; (2) update the information on where these agencies may submit a written request for reports of large currency transactions that are filed with the Department; and (3) removes the provision regarding the access to reports of large currency transactions by agents or employees of the Department that is redundant of subsection 12-22.003(1), F.A.C.