Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (690668) for SB 1950
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/01/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Richter) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1516 and 1517
    4  insert:
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    6         Section 11. Section 631.65, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    7  read:
    8         631.65 Prohibited advertisement or solicitation.—No person
    9  shall make, publish, disseminate, circulate, or place before the
   10  public, or cause, directly or indirectly, to be made, published,
   11  disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public, in a
   12  newspaper, magazine, or other publication, or in the form of a
   13  notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, or poster, or over any radio
   14  station or television station, or in any other way, any
   15  advertisement, announcement, or statement which uses the
   16  existence of the insurance guaranty association for the purpose
   17  of sales, solicitation, or inducement to purchase any form of
   18  insurance covered under this part. However, this section does
   19  not prohibit a duly licensed insurance agent from explaining the
   20  existence or function of the insurance guaranty association to
   21  policyholders, prospects, or applicants for coverage.
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   23  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   24         And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Delete lines 95 - 98
   26  and insert:
   27  authorizing the commission to adopt rules; amending s. 631.65,
   28  F.S.; providing that an insurance agent is not prohibited from
   29  explaining the existence or function of the insurance guaranty
   30  association; providing for the
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