| 1 | Representative T. Williams offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 4 | Remove lines 2863-3121 and insert: |
| 5 | 627.711 Notice of premium discounts for hurricane loss |
| 6 | mitigation; uniform mitigation verification inspection form.-- |
| 7 | (2) By July 1, 2007, the Financial Services Commission |
| 8 | shall develop by rule a uniform mitigation verification |
| 9 | inspection form that shall be used by all insurers when |
| 10 | submitted by policyholders for the purpose of factoring |
| 11 | discounts for wind insurance. In developing the form, the |
| 12 | commission shall seek input from insurance, construction, and |
| 13 | building code representatives. Further, the commission shall |
| 14 | provide guidance as to the length of time the inspection results |
| 15 | are valid. An insurer shall accept as valid a uniform mitigation |
| 16 | verification form certified by the Department of Financial |
| 17 | Services or signed by: |
| 18 | (a) A hurricane mitigation inspector employed by an |
| 19 | approved My Safe Florida Home wind certification entity; |
| 20 | (b) A building code inspector certified under s. 468.607; |
| 21 | (c) A general or residential contractor licensed under s. |
| 22 | 489.111; |
| 23 | (d) A professional engineer licensed under s. 471.015 who |
| 24 | has passed the appropriate equivalency test of the Building Code |
| 25 | Training Program as required by s. 553.841; or |
| 26 | (e) A professional architect licensed under s. 481.213. |
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| 29 | D I R E C T O R Y A M E N D M E N T |
| 30 | Remove lines 2861-2862 and insert: |
| 31 | Section 49. Subsection (2) of section 627.711, Florida |
| 32 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
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| 35 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 36 | Remove lines 197-208 and insert: |
| 37 | s. 627.711, F.S., removing a testing requirement; repealing |
| 38 | s. 718.113(6), F.S., relating to |