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Senator Justice moved the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete lines 138 through 151

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and insert:

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     Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 627.711, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     627.711  Notice of premium discounts for hurricane loss

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mitigation; uniform mitigation verification inspection form.--

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     (2)  By July 1, 2007, the Financial Services Commission

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shall develop by rule a uniform mitigation verification

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inspection form that shall be used by all insurers when submitted

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by policy owners for the purpose of factoring discounts for wind

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insurance. In developing the form, the commission shall seek

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input from insurance, construction, and building code

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representatives. Further, the commission shall provide guidance

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as to the length of time the inspection results are valid. An

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insurer shall accept as valid a uniform mitigation verification

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form certified by the Department of Financial Services or signed

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by:

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     (a) A hurricane mitigation inspector employed by an

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approved My Safe Florida Home wind certification entity;

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     (b) A building code inspector certified under s. 468.607;

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     (c) A general or residential contractor licensed under s.

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489.111;

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     (d) A professional engineer licensed under s. 471.015 who

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has passed the appropriate equivalency test of the Building Code

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training program as required by s. 553.841; or

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     (e) A professional architect licensed under s. 481.213.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete lines 15 and 16

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and insert:

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requiring insurers to accept as valid uniform mitigation

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verification forms certified by the department or signed

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by certain professionals; providing an effective date.

4/28/2008  4:54:00 PM     16-08783A-08