((LATE FILED FOR: APRIL 24 THIRD READING ))Amendment
Bill No. CS/CS/CS/HB 1495
Amendment No. 836321
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative P. Taylor offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     Between lines 2634 and 2635, insert:
5     Section 22.  Subsection (7) is added to section 624.46226,
6Florida Statutes, to read:
7     624.46226  Public housing authorities self-insurance funds;
8exemption for taxation and assessments.--
9     (7)  Reinsurance companies complying with s. 624.610 may
10issue coverage directly to a public housing authority self-
11insuring its liabilities under this section. A public housing
12authority purchasing reinsurance shall be considered an insurer
13for the sole purpose of entering into such reinsurance
14contracts. Contracts of reinsurance issued to public housing
15authorities self-insuring under this section shall receive the
16same tax treatment as reinsurance contracts issued to insurance
17companies. However, the purchase of reinsurance coverage by a  
18public housing authority self-insuring under this section shall
19not be construed as authorization to otherwise act as an
20insurer.
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T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
25     Between lines 148 and 149, insert:
26amending s. 624.46226, F.S.; authorizing reinsurance companies
27to issue coverage directly to certain public housing authorities  
28under certain circumstances; specifying that a public housing
29authority is considered an insurer under certain circumstances;
30requiring that certain reinsurance contracts issued to public
31housing authorities receive the same tax treatment as contracts
32issued to insurance companies; providing construction;


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