Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 842
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/10/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Benacquisto) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 145 - 155
    4  and insert:
    5         b. Any major structure, as defined in s. 161.54(6)(a),
    6  which is newly constructed or rebuilt, repaired, restored, or
    7  remodeled to increase the total square footage of finished area
    8  by more than 25 percent pursuant to for which a permit is
    9  applied for on or after July 1, 2015, for new construction or
   10  substantial improvement as defined in s. 161.54(12) is not
   11  eligible for coverage by the corporation if the structure is
   12  seaward of the coastal construction control line established
   13  pursuant to s. 161.053 or is within the Coastal Barrier
   14  Resources System as designated by 16 U.S.C. ss. 3501-3510.
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   16  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   17  And the title is amended as follows:
   18         Delete lines 4 - 11
   19  and insert:
   20         627.351, F.S.; deleting a provision prohibiting
   21         certain improvements to major structures from being
   22         eligible for coverage by the Citizens Property
   23         Insurance Corporation; prohibiting coverage for major
   24         structures rebuilt, repaired, restored, or remodeled
   25         to increase the total square footage of finished area
   26         by a specified amount; reenacting s. 627.712(1), F.S.,
   27         relating to residential windstorm coverage, to
   28         incorporate the amendment made by