Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1950
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             04/27/2009 04:29 PM       .                                
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       Senators Deutch and Richter moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 2056 and 2057
    4  insert:
    5         Section 8. 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 certified employed by
   22  the an approved My Safe Florida Home program wind certification
   23  entity;
   24         (b) A building code inspector certified under s. 468.607;
   25         (c) A general or residential contractor licensed under s.
   26  489.111;
   27         (d) A professional engineer licensed under s. 471.015 who
   28  has passed the appropriate equivalency test of the Building Code
   29  Training Program as required by s. 553.841; or
   30         (e) A professional architect licensed under s. 481.213; or
   31         (f) Any other individual or entity recognized by the
   32  insurer as possessing the necessary qualifications to properly
   33  complete a uniform mitigation verification form.
   34         (3) An individual or entity who knowingly provides or
   35  utters a false or fraudulent mitigation verification form with
   36  the intent to obtain or receive a discount on an insurance
   37  premium to which the individual or entity is not entitled
   38  commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as
   39  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
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   41  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   42         And the title is amended as follows:
   43         Delete line 80
   44  and insert:
   45         amount in any subsequent rate filing; amending s.
   46         627.711, F.S.; requiring that an insurer accept as
   47         valid a uniform mitigation verification form certified
   48         by the Department of Financial Services or signed by
   49         certain individuals or entities; providing a criminal
   50         penalty for knowingly submitting a false or fraudulent
   51         mitigation form with the intent to receive an
   52         undeserved discount; amending s.