Florida Senate - 2020                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1492
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Brandes moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 601 and 602
    4  insert:
    5         Section 20. Section 627.70132, Florida Statutes, is amended
    6  to read:
    7         627.70132 Notice of property insurance windstorm or
    8  hurricane claim.—A claim, supplemental claim, or reopened claim
    9  under an insurance policy that provides property insurance, as
   10  defined in s. 624.604, for loss or damage caused by the peril of
   11  windstorm or hurricane is barred unless notice of the initial
   12  claim was given to the insurer in accordance with the terms of
   13  the policy within 2 years after the date of loss. A,
   14  supplemental claim, or reopened claim under an insurance policy
   15  that provides property insurance, as defined in s. 624.604, is
   16  barred unless notice of the supplemental claim or reopened claim
   17  was given to the insurer in accordance with the terms of the
   18  policy within 3 years after the date of loss hurricane first
   19  made landfall or the windstorm caused the covered damage. This
   20  section does not apply to sinkhole loss claims, which are
   21  subject to the time limitation under s. 627.706(5). For purposes
   22  of this section, the term “supplemental claim” or “reopened
   23  claim” means any additional claim for recovery from the insurer
   24  for losses from the same hurricane or windstorm which the
   25  insurer has previously adjusted pursuant to the initial claim.
   26  This section does not affect any applicable limitation on civil
   27  actions provided in s. 95.11 for claims, supplemental claims, or
   28  reopened claims timely filed under this section.
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   30  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   31  And the title is amended as follows:
   32         Between lines 82 and 83
   33  insert:
   34         amending s. 627.70132, F.S.; decreasing the timeframe
   35         in which an initial notice of loss or damage caused by
   36         certain perils must be given to a property insurer;
   37         revising claims on which a specified time limitation
   38         on providing notice of supplemental claims and
   39         reopened claims applies; providing applicability;
   40         revising the definition of the terms “supplemental
   41         claim” and “reopened claim”;