Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 2078
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/21/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Deutch) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 334 - 390
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 627.711, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (3) is added to that
    7  section, to read:
    8         627.711 Notice of premium discounts for hurricane loss
    9  mitigation; uniform mitigation verification inspection form.—
   10         (2) By July 1, 2007, the Financial Services Commission
   11  shall develop by rule a uniform mitigation verification
   12  inspection form that shall be used by all insurers when
   13  submitted by policyholders for the purpose of factoring
   14  discounts for wind insurance. In developing the form, the
   15  commission shall seek input from insurance, construction, and
   16  building code representatives. Further, the commission shall
   17  provide guidance as to the length of time the inspection results
   18  are valid. An insurer shall accept as valid a uniform mitigation
   19  verification form certified by the Department of Financial
   20  Services or signed by:
   21         (a) A hurricane mitigation inspector employed by an
   22  approved My Safe Florida Home wind certification entity;
   23         (b) A building code inspector certified under s. 468.607;
   24         (c) A general or residential contractor licensed under s.
   25  489.111;
   26         (d) A professional engineer licensed under s. 471.015 who
   27  has passed the appropriate equivalency test of the Building Code
   28  Training Program as required by s. 553.841; or
   29         (e) A professional architect licensed under s. 481.213.
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   32         And the title is amended as follows:
   33         Delete lines 12 - 26
   34  and insert:
   35         the Legislative Budget Commission; amending s.
   36         627.711, F.S.; deleting provisions requiring an
   37         insurer to accept certain uniform mitigation
   38         verification forms; providing a criminal penalty for
   39         knowingly submitting a false or fraudulent mitigation
   40         form with the intent to receive an undeserved
   41         discount; providing an effective date.