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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 2247

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Insurance offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 3, between lines 4 & 5 of the bill

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17         Section 3.  Subsection (1) of section 628.729, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         628.729  Member's share of assets on voluntary

20  dissolution.--

21         (1)  Upon any voluntary dissolution of a domestic

22  mutual insurance holding company, its assets remaining after

23  discharge of its indebtedness, if any, and expenses of

24  administration, shall be distributed to existing persons who

25  were its members at any time within the 3-year period

26  preceding the date such liquidation was authorized or ordered,

27  or date of last termination of the insurer's certificate of

28  authority, whichever date is earlier; except, if the

29  department has reason to believe that those in charge of the

30  management of the mutual insurance holding company have caused

31  or encouraged the reduction of the number of members of the

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 2247

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)





 1  insurer in anticipation of liquidation and for the purpose of

 2  reducing thereby the number of persons who may be entitled to

 3  share in distribution of the insurer's assets, the department

 4  may enlarge the 3-year 5-year qualification period by such

 5  additional time as the department may deem to be reasonable.

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 9  And the title is amended as follows:

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13         amending s. 628.729, F.S.; revising the

14         qualification period;

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