| 1 | Representative Long offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 2634 and 2635, insert: |
| 5 | Section 22. By February 1, 2010, the Office of Program |
| 6 | Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shall submit a |
| 7 | report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the |
| 8 | President of the Senate, the Commissioner of Insurance, the |
| 9 | Chief Financial Officer, and the Governor reviewing the laws |
| 10 | governing public adjusters as defined in s. 626.854, Florida |
| 11 | Statutes. The report shall include a review of relevant |
| 12 | Citizens Property Insurance Corporation claims and statistics |
| 13 | involving public adjusters, public adjuster claims submission |
| 14 | practices, and a review of the laws of this state and rules |
| 15 | governing public adjusters. The report shall also review state |
| 16 | laws governing public adjusters throughout the United States. |
| 17 | The review shall encompass a review of both catastrophe and |
| 18 | noncatastrophe related claims, with a specific focus on new and |
| 19 | supplemental or reopened catastrophe claims originated in 2009 |
| 20 | which relate to hurricanes that occurred in 2004 and 2005. The |
| 21 | study shall review the effects on consumers of the laws of this |
| 22 | state relating to public adjusters. |
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| 26 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 27 | Between lines 148 and 149, insert: |
| 28 | requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government |
| 29 | Accountability to submit a report to the Legislature, |
| 30 | Commissioner of Insurance, Chief Financial Officer, and Governor |
| 31 | reviewing laws governing public adjuster; specifying review |
| 32 | requirements; |