House Bill 2075c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999             CS/HB 2075

        By the Committee on Business Regulation & Consumer Affairs
    and Representative Bitner





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to insurance; amending s.

  3         626.022, F.S.; providing an exception from

  4         certain insurance licensing requirements for

  5         certified public accountants acting within the

  6         scope of their profession; providing an

  7         effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (1) of

12  section 626.022, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:

13         626.022  Scope of part.--

14         (1)  This part applies as to insurance agents,

15  solicitors, service representatives, adjusters, and insurance

16  agencies; as to any and all kinds of insurance; and as to

17  stock insurers, mutual insurers, reciprocal insurers, and all

18  other types of insurers, except that:

19         (d)  This part does not apply to a certified public

20  accountant licensed under chapter 473 who is acting within the

21  scope of the practice of public accounting as defined in s.

22  473.302, provided the activities of the certified public

23  accountant are limited to advising a client of the necessity

24  of obtaining insurance, the amount of insurance needed, or the

25  line of coverage needed, and provided the certified public

26  accountant does not directly or indirectly receive or share in

27  any commission, referral fee, or solicitor's fee.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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