SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2516

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Campbell moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 10, between lines 26 and 27,

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17         Section 10.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

18  627.4025, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         627.4025  Residential coverage and hurricane coverage

20  defined.--

21         (2)  As used in policies providing residential

22  coverage:

23         (a)  "Hurricane coverage" is coverage for loss or

24  damage caused by the peril of windstorm during a hurricane if

25  such loss or damage occurs in a county in which the Division

26  of Emergency Management of the Department of Community

27  Affairs, based upon official forecasting information from the

28  National Weather Service, declares that the county sustained

29  winds that were part of the storm system.  The term includes

30  ensuing damage to the interior of a building, or to property

31  inside a building, caused by rain, snow, sleet, hail, sand, or

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2516

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 1  dust if the direct force of the windstorm first damages the

 2  building, causing an opening through which rain, snow, sleet,

 3  hail, sand, or dust enters and causes damage.

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 9  And the title is amended as follows:

10         On page 1, line 28, following the semicolon

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13         amending s. 627.4025, F.S.; redefining the term

14         "hurricane coverage" for purposes of

15         residential property insurance;

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