SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 312, 2nd Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Rossin moved the following amendment to House

12  amendment (661825):

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 3, line 11,

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18         Section 4.  Section 626.094, Florida Statutes, is

19  amended to read:

20         626.094  "Insurance agency" defined.--An "insurance

21  agency" is a business location at which an individual, firm,

22  partnership, corporation, association, or other entity, except

23  for an employee of the individual, firm, partnership,

24  corporation, association, or other entity, and other than an

25  insurer as defined by s. 624.03 or an adjuster as defined by

26  s. 626.101, engages in any activity or employs individuals to

27  engage in any activity which by law may be performed only by a

28  licensed insurance agent or solicitor. A foreign firm,

29  partnership, corporation, association, or other entity which

30  is owned or controlled by a resident of this state or a

31  business entity within this state, which uses or employs a

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 312, 2nd Eng.

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 1  nonresident agent licensed under s. 626.741 and which

 2  furnishes advertising or solicitation materials which are

 3  distributed in this state or uses unlicensed personnel to

 4  initiate customer contact with a nonresident agent, shall not

 5  be deemed an insurance agency for purposes of s. 626.753.

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 9  And the title is amended as follows:

10         On page 3, line 26, after the first semicolon

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13         amending s. 626.094, F.S.; excluding certain

14         corporations from the definition of insurance

15         agency under certain circumstances for purposes

16         of sharing commissions;

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