Florida Senate - 2007                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1866
                        Barcode 621250
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11  Senators Atwater and Deutch moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 70, lines 19-23, delete those lines
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17         Section 15.  Subsections (5) and (4) of section
18  627.70131, Florida Statutes, as amended by chapter 2007-1,
19  Laws of Florida, are amended to read:
20         627.70131  Insurer's duty to acknowledge communications
21  regarding claims; investigation.--
22         (4)  For purposes of this section, the term "claim"
23  means any of the following:
24         (a)  A claim under an insurance policy providing
25  residential coverage as defined in s. 627.4025(1);
26         (b)  A claim for structural or contents coverage under
27  a commercial property insurance policy if the insured
28  structure is 10,000 square feet or less; or
29         (c)  A claim for contents coverage under a commercial
30  tenants policy if the insured premises is 10,000 square feet
31  or less. "insurer" means any residential property insurer.
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    8:02 AM   05/01/07                             s1866c1c-25-j01

Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1866 Barcode 621250 1 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 2 And the title is amended as follows: 3 On page 4, line 1, after the semicolon, 4 5 insert: 6 defining the term "claim" for purposes of 7 provisions requiring that an insurer 8 acknowledge communications regarding claims; 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 8:02 AM 05/01/07 s1866c1c-25-j01