Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1950
       
       Barcode 174150
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/17/2009           .                                
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       The Policy and Steering Committee on Ways and Means (Justice)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    4         Between lines 1692 and 1693
    5  insert:
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    7         Section 7. Subsection (2) of section 627.711, Florida
    8  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (3) is added to that
    9  section, to read:
   10         627.711 Notice of premium discounts for hurricane loss
   11  mitigation; uniform mitigation verification inspection form.—
   12         (2)(a) By July 1, 2007, the Financial Services Commission
   13  shall develop by rule a uniform mitigation verification
   14  inspection form that shall be used by all insurers when
   15  submitted by policyholders for the purpose of factoring
   16  discounts for wind insurance. In developing the form, the
   17  commission shall seek input from insurance, construction, and
   18  building code representatives. Further, the commission shall
   19  provide guidance as to the length of time the inspection results
   20  are valid. An insurer shall accept as valid a uniform mitigation
   21  verification form certified by the Department of Financial
   22  Services or signed by:
   23         (a) A hurricane mitigation inspector employed by an
   24  approved My Safe Florida Home wind certification entity;
   25         (b) A building code inspector certified under s. 468.607;
   26         (c) A general or residential contractor licensed under s.
   27  489.111;
   28         (d) A professional engineer licensed under s. 471.015 who
   29  has passed the appropriate equivalency test of the Building Code
   30  Training Program as required by s. 553.841; or
   31         (e) A professional architect licensed under s. 481.213.
   32         (3) An individual or entity who knowingly provides or
   33  utters a false or fraudulent mitigation verification form with
   34  the intent to obtain or receive a discount on an insurance
   35  premium to which the individual or entity is not entitled
   36  commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as
   37  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
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   39  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   40         And the title is amended as follows:
   41         Delete line 69
   42  and insert:
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   44  amount in any subsequent rate filing; amending s. 627.711, F.S.;
   45  deleting provisions requiring an insurer to accept certain
   46  uniform mitigation verification forms; providing a criminal
   47  penalty for knowingly submitting a false or fraudulent
   48  mitigation form with the intent to receive an undeserved
   49  discount; amending s.