1 | Representative Julien offered the following: |
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3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
4 | Between lines 140 and 141, insert: |
5 | Section 6. Subsection (1) of section 624.423, Florida |
6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
7 | 624.423 Serving process.- |
8 | (1) Service of process upon the Chief Financial Officer as |
9 | process agent of the insurer (under s. 624.422) shall be made by |
10 | serving a copy copies in triplicate of the process upon the |
11 | Chief Financial Officer or upon her or his assistant, deputy, or |
12 | other person in charge of her or his office. Upon receiving such |
13 | service, the Chief Financial Officer shall retain a record file |
14 | one copy in her or his office, return one copy with her or his |
15 | admission of service, and promptly forward one copy of the |
16 | process by registered or certified mail to the person last |
17 | designated by the insurer to receive the same, as provided under |
18 | s. 624.422(2). For purposes of this section, records may be |
19 | retained as paper or electronic copies. |
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22 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
23 | Remove line 28 and insert: |
24 | processes served; amending s. 624.423, F.S.; reducing the number |
25 | of copies to be served on the Chief Financial Officer or an |
26 | assistant as process agent of an insurer; providing that records |
27 | may be retained as paper or electronic copies; providing an |
28 | effective date. |