Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 416
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/13/2014           .                                
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       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 265 and 266
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. Paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of section
    6  627.706, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         627.706 Sinkhole insurance; catastrophic ground cover
    8  collapse; definitions.—
    9         (2) As used in ss. 627.706-627.7074, and as used in
   10  connection with any policy providing coverage for a catastrophic
   11  ground cover collapse or for sinkhole losses, the term:
   12         (f) “Professional engineer” means an engineer a person, as
   13  defined in s. 471.005, who has a bachelor’s degree or higher in
   14  engineering. A professional engineer must also have experience
   15  and expertise in the identification of sinkhole activity or as
   16  well as other potential causes of structural damage.
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   19  And the title is amended as follows:
   20         Delete line 19
   21  and insert:
   22         policyholder; providing applicability; amending s.
   23         627.706, F.S.; revising the definition of
   24         “professional engineer”; requiring the