Senate Bill sb0470

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                   SB 470

    By Senator Wise





    6-428-02                                                See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to participation in insurance

  3         plans; amending ss. 255.05, 287.055, and

  4         287.057, F.S.; prohibiting requiring

  5         contractors or subcontractors under certain

  6         contracts to participate, or be penalized for

  7         nonparticipation, in certain insurance plans;

  8         providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (10) is added to section 255.05,

13  Florida Statutes, to read:

14         255.05  Bond of contractor constructing public

15  buildings; form; action by materialmen.--

16         (10)  No party to a contract to which this section

17  applies shall require a contractor or a subcontractor to

18  participate, and no party shall be penalized for not

19  participating, in an insurance plan controlled by an owner or

20  contractor under which plan an owner or contractor, or an

21  agent of the owner or contractor, obtains insurance coverage

22  for contractors and subcontractors relating to a project or

23  group of related projects, including, but not limited to,

24  workers' compensation, employer's liability, general

25  liability, or builder's risk insurance.

26         Section 2.  Subsection (12) is added to section

27  287.055, Florida Statutes, to read:

28         287.055  Acquisition of professional architectural,

29  engineering, landscape architectural, or surveying and mapping

30  services; definitions; procedures; contingent fees prohibited;

31  penalties.--

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                   SB 470
    6-428-02                                                See HB




  1         (12)  No party to a contract to which this section

  2  applies shall require a contractor or a subcontractor to

  3  participate, and no party shall be penalized for not

  4  participating, in an insurance plan controlled by an owner or

  5  contractor under which plan an owner or contractor, or an

  6  agent of the owner or contractor, obtains insurance coverage

  7  for contractors and subcontractors relating to a project or

  8  group of related projects, including, but not limited to,

  9  workers' compensation, employer's liability, general

10  liability, or builder's risk insurance.

11         Section 3.  Subsection (25) is added to section

12  287.057, Florida Statutes, to read:

13         287.057  Procurement of commodities or contractual

14  services.--

15         (25)  No party to a contract to which this section

16  applies shall require a contractor or a subcontractor to

17  participate, and no party shall be penalized for not

18  participating, in an insurance plan controlled by an owner or

19  contractor under which plan an owner or contractor, or an

20  agent of the owner or contractor, obtains insurance coverage

21  for contractors and subcontractors relating to a project or

22  group of related projects, including, but not limited to,

23  workers' compensation, employer's liability, general

24  liability, or builder's risk insurance.

25         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

26  law.

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                   SB 470
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  2                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Prohibits parties to contracts for public building
  4    construction, professional architectural, engineering,
      landscape architectural, or surveying and mapping
  5    services, or procurement of commodities or contractual
      services from requiring a contractor or a subcontractor
  6    to participate, or be penalized for not participating, in
      an insurance plan controlled by an owner or contractor
  7    under which plan insurance, such as workers'
      compensation, employer's liability, general liability, or
  8    builder's risk insurance, is obtained for contractors and
      subcontractors.
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