SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1607, 2nd Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 685238
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Holzendorf moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 38. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (1)
18 of section 28.101, Florida Statutes; to read:
19 28.101 Petitions and records of dissolution of
20 marriage; additional charges.--
21 (1) When a party petitions for a dissolution of
22 marriage, in addition to the filing charges in s. 28.241, the
23 clerk shall collect and receive:
24 (e) A charge of $50. Monthly, the clerk shall transfer
25 the moneys collected under this paragraph to the authorized
26 insurer or eligible surplus lines insurer, selected under
27 chapter 287, for the issuance of a policy of insurance to
28 provide child-support payments when the payor's employment has
29 been involuntarily terminated. The $50 charge may be reduced
30 to the actual premium amount for such policy as determined
31 through the competitive-bidding process in chapter 287.
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1 1. The policy required by this paragraph must provide
2 for the payment of child-support amounts due to the child or
3 to the child's parent or legal guardian. Payments must be
4 made, after a reasonable waiting period of no longer than 7
5 days, on behalf of the obligated person when the obligated
6 person has become unemployed by reason of involuntary
7 unemployment. As used in this paragraph, the term "involuntary
8 unemployment" means unemployment due to a strike, lockout,
9 individual or mass layoff, or loss of income due to business
10 failure or bankruptcy. Payments must be equal to the monthly
11 or weekly support payments and must be paid in accordance with
12 the terms of the divorce decree or other order of the court
13 for the term of involuntary unemployment, but payments may not
14 be made for a period of more than 13 weeks. The 13 weeks need
15 not be consecutive; however, this is the maximum number of
16 weeks payable on behalf of the obligated person for the total
17 of all periods of involuntary unemployment.
18 2. In addition to the costs collected for the payment
19 of the insurance premium, the clerk may collect an additional
20 fee of $4 to cover the administrative cost of collecting and
21 transmitting the insurance premium.
22 3. The Department of Management Services shall select
23 an insurer or eligible surplus lines insurer to provide the
24 insurance required under this paragraph, and such selection
25 must comply with the provisions of chapter 287. The department
26 shall notify each county clerk of the insurer or surplus lines
27 insurer selected to provide the insurance and the necessary
28 information for transmittal of the moneys collected to pay the
29 premiums for such insurance.
30 4. The clerk shall furnish to such insurer or surplus
31 insurer the name and address of each person ordered to pay
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1 child support and each person entitled to receive such
2 payments. The insurer or surplus lines insurer selected shall
3 furnish a certificate of insurance, an explanation of the
4 coverage, and claim-filing instructions to the person entitled
5 to receive the child-support payments.
6 5. The insurer or surplus lines insurer providing the
7 insurance required under this paragraph is responsible for
8 notifying the obligor, obligee, the Department of Revenue in
9 the Title IV-D cases, and the local depository in the county
10 which entered the order that child support payments are being
11 made by an insurer.
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17 And the title is amended as follows:
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21 amending s. 28.101, F.S.; providing an
22 additional charge when a party petitions for a
23 dissolution of marriage; providing for the
24 disposition of the charge for the payment of a
25 policy of insurance to provide child-support
26 payments when the payor's employment has been
27 involuntarily terminated; providing for
28 selection of insurer by competitive bidding;
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