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                                           HB 427, First Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to participation in insurance

  3         plans; amending ss. 255.05, and 287.057, F.S.;

  4         prohibiting requiring contractors or

  5         subcontractors under certain contracts to

  6         participate, or be penalized for

  7         nonparticipation, in certain insurance plans;

  8         providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (10) is added to section 255.05,

13  Florida Statutes, to read:

14         255.05  Bond of contractor constructing public

15  buildings; form; action by materialmen.--

16         (10)  No party to a contract to which this section

17  applies shall require a contractor or a subcontractor to

18  participate, and no party shall be penalized for not

19  participating, in an insurance plan controlled by an owner or

20  contractor under which plan an owner or contractor, or an

21  agent of the owner or contractor, obtains insurance coverage

22  for contractors and subcontractors relating to a project or

23  group of related projects, including, but not limited to,

24  workers' compensation, employer's liability, general

25  liability, or builder's risk insurance.

26         Section 2.  Subsection (25) is added to section

27  287.057, Florida Statutes, to read:

28         287.057  Procurement of commodities or contractual

29  services.--

30         (25)  No party to a contract to which this section

31  applies shall require a contractor or a subcontractor to


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                                           HB 427, First Engrossed



  1  participate, and no party shall be penalized for not

  2  participating, in an insurance plan controlled by an owner or

  3  contractor under which plan an owner or contractor, or an

  4  agent of the owner or contractor, obtains insurance coverage

  5  for contractors and subcontractors relating to a project or

  6  group of related projects, including, but not limited to,

  7  workers' compensation, employer's liability, general

  8  liability, or builder's risk insurance.

  9         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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