Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 408
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/11/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget Subcommittee on General Government
       Appropriations (Jones) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 961 and 962
    4  insert:
    5         (l) The office may disapprove a rate for sinkhole coverage
    6  only if the rate is inadequate or the insurer charges an
    7  applicant or an insured a higher premium solely because of the
    8  applicant’s or the insured’s race, religion, sex, national
    9  origin, or marital status. Policies subject to this paragraph
   10  may not be counted in the calculation under s. 627.171(2).
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   13         And the title is amended as follows:
   14         Delete line 74
   15  and insert:
   16         use filing; authorizing the office to disapprove a
   17         rate filing because the coverage is inadequate or the
   18         insurer charges a higher premium due to certain
   19         discriminatory factors; deleting an obsolete
   20         provision;