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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

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

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11  Representative(s) Lacasa and Atwater offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 69, between lines 29 and 30,

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17         Section 4.  Subsection (4) of section 627.3511, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         627.3511  Depopulation of Residential Property and

20  Casualty Joint Underwriting Association.--

21         (4)  AGENT BONUS.--When the Residential Property and

22  Casualty Joint Underwriting Association enters into a

23  contractual agreement for a take-out plan that provides a

24  bonus to the insurer, the producing agent of record of the

25  association policy is entitled to retain any unearned

26  commission on such policy, and the insurer shall either:

27         (a)  Pay to the producing agent of record of the

28  association policy, for the first year, an amount that is the

29  greater of equal to the insurer's usual and customary

30  commission for the type of policy written of a fee equal to

31  the if the term of the association policy was in excess of 6

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  1  months, or one-half of such usual and customary commission if

  2  the term of the association policy was 6 months or less; or

  3         (b)  Offer to allow the producing agent of record of

  4  the association policy to continue servicing the policy for a

  5  period of not less than 1 year and offer to pay the agent the

  6  greater of the insurer's or the association's usual and

  7  customary commission for the type of policy written.

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  9  If the producing agent is unwilling or unable to accept

10  appointment, the new insurer shall pay the agent in accordance

11  with paragraph (a). The insurer need not take any further

12  action if the offer is rejected. This subsection does not

13  apply to any reciprocal interinsurance exchange, nonprofit

14  federation, or any subsidiary or affiliate of such

15  organization. This subsection does not apply if the agent is

16  also the agent of record on the new coverage. The requirement

17  of this subsection that the producing agent of record is

18  entitled to retain the unearned commission on an association

19  policy does not apply to a policy for which coverage has been

20  provided in the association for 30 days or less or for which a

21  cancellation notice has been issued pursuant to s.

22  627.351(6)(c)11. during the first 30 days of coverage.

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26  And the title is amended as follows:

27         On page 2, line 21, after the semicolon, delete

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30         amending s. 627.3511, F.S.; revising certain

31         agent commission payment policy servicing

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