| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to termination of insurance appointments; |
| 3 | amending s. 626.471, F.S.; increasing a period of advance |
| 4 | written notice of intention to terminate required to be |
| 5 | provided by appointing entities to appointees under a |
| 6 | contract; deleting an exception to provide otherwise by |
| 7 | contract; providing an effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 626.471, Florida |
| 12 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 13 | 626.471 Termination of appointment.-- |
| 14 | (1) Subject to an appointee's contract rights, an |
| 15 | appointing entity may terminate its appointment of any appointee |
| 16 | at any time. Except when termination is upon a ground which |
| 17 | would subject the appointee to suspension or revocation of his |
| 18 | or her license and appointment under s. 626.611 or s. 626.621, |
| 19 | under any and except as provided by contract between an the |
| 20 | appointing entity and an the appointee entered into or amended |
| 21 | on or after July 1, 2006, the appointing entity shall give at |
| 22 | least 120 60 days' advance written notice of its intention to |
| 23 | terminate such appointment to the appointee, either by delivery |
| 24 | thereof to the appointee in person or by mailing it, postage |
| 25 | prepaid, addressed to the appointee at his or her last address |
| 26 | of record with the appointing entity. Notice so mailed shall be |
| 27 | deemed to have been given when deposited in a United States |
| 28 | Postal Service mail depository. |
| 29 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |