SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2364, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 784816
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11  Senator Diaz de la Portilla moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 65, between lines 29 and 30,
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17         Section 67.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
18  627.679, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         627.679  Amount of insurance; disclosure.--
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21         (c)  Before any credit life insurance may be sold in
22  connection with a specific installment loan, the creditor
23  agent or agent shall obtain a separate written acknowledgment
24  with respect to each of the following:
25         1.  That the borrower understands that he or she has
26  the option of assigning any other policy or policies the
27  borrower owns or may procure for the purpose of covering such
28  loan and that the policy need not be purchased from the
29  creditor agent in order to obtain the loan.
30         2.  That the borrower understands that the credit life
31  coverage may be deferred if, at the time of application, the
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 2364, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ Barcode 784816 1 borrower is unable to engage in employment or unable to 2 perform normal activities of a person of like age and sex, if 3 the proposed credit life insurance policy contains this 4 restriction. 5 3. That the borrower understands that the benefits 6 under the policy will terminate when the borrower reaches a 7 certain age and that the borrower's age is accurately 8 represented on the application or policy. 9 10 Paragraph (c) does not apply to credit life insurance relating 11 to open-end or revolving credit arrangements. In lieu of the 12 required written acknowledgments set forth in this paragraph 13 and s. 626.9551(2)(a), if the sale of credit life insurance is 14 solicited or consummated telephonically, the creditor agent or 15 agent shall provide written disclosures of such options to the 16 borrower within 30 days from the date the coverage takes 17 effect. The borrower must be notified that he or she has 30 18 days from the date the disclosures are received to rescind the 19 credit life insurance coverage. 20 21 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 22 23 24 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 25 And the title is amended as follows: 26 On page 5, line 12, after the semicolon, 27 28 insert: 29 amending s. 627.679, F.S.; exempting certain 30 credit life insurance from the separate written 31 acknowledgement requirement; 2 8:08 AM 04/30/03 s2364c1c-36m0b