SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1188
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 173974
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11  Senator Holzendorf moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 4, line 1, through
15            page 20, line 25, delete those lines
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17  and insert:  
18         Section 1.  Paragraph (f) of subsection (37) of section
19  440.02, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
20         Section 2.  Limitation on construction industry
21  business activities; penalties.--
22         (1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of chapter
23  440, Florida Statutes, with respect to persons and entities
24  actively engaged in the construction industry, a corporation,
25  partnership, sole proprietorship, or independent contractor
26  that fails to maintain coverage or is otherwise without
27  coverage required by chapter 440, Florida Statutes, may not
28  enter into a contract, subcontract, or other business
29  relationship, for the purposes of construction, with another
30  corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or independent
31  contractor.
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1188 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 173974 1 (2) Any sole proprietor or partner of a business 2 actively engaged in the construction industry who violates 3 subsection (1) shall immediately forfeit any election of 4 exclusion or election of exemption available under chapter 5 440, Florida Statutes, and may not elect or receive an 6 exclusion or exemption from the requirements of chapter 440, 7 Florida Statutes, for a period of 5 years following the date 8 of the violation. 9 (3) Any corporate officer of a corporation actively 10 engaged in the construction industry who violates subsection 11 (1) shall immediately forfeit any election of exclusion or 12 election of exemption available under chapter 440, Florida 13 Statutes, and may not elect or receive an exclusion or 14 exemption from the requirements of chapter 440, Florida 15 Statutes, for a period of 5 years following the date of the 16 violation. 17 18 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 19 20 21 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 22 And the title is amended as follows: 23 On page 1, lines 2-20, delete those lines 24 25 and insert: 26 An act relating to insurance; repealing s. 27 440.02(37)(f), F.S., relating to the definition 28 of the term "catastrophic injury"; prohibiting 29 a corporation or other business entity that 30 fails to maintain coverage under ch. 440, F.S., 31 from entering into a construction contract; 2 1:47 PM 05/02/01 s1188c1c-02j03
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1188 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 173974 1 amending s. 440.13, 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 1:47 PM 05/02/01 s1188c1c-02j03