Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1064
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Ring) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (142260) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 35 and 36
    5  insert:
    6         Section 2. Subsection (16) of section 626.854, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         626.854 “Public adjuster” defined; prohibitions.—The
    9  Legislature finds that it is necessary for the protection of the
   10  public to regulate public insurance adjusters and to prevent the
   11  unauthorized practice of law.
   12         (16)(a) A licensed contractor under part I of chapter 489,
   13  or a subcontractor, may not adjust a claim on behalf of an
   14  insured unless licensed and compliant as a public adjuster under
   15  this chapter. However, the contractor may discuss or explain a
   16  bid for construction or repair of covered property with the
   17  residential property owner who has suffered loss or damage
   18  covered by a property insurance policy, or the insurer of such
   19  property, if the contractor is doing so for the usual and
   20  customary fees applicable to the work to be performed as stated
   21  in the contract between the contractor and the insured.
   22         (b) Submission of an invoice to an insurer by a licensed
   23  contractor under part I of chapter 489 or a subcontractor which
   24  is accompanied by an agreement to a discount in order to
   25  expedite payment of the invoice does not constitute the
   26  adjustment of a claim.
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   29  And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete line 79
   31  and insert:
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