HB 0781 2003
   
1 A bill to be entitled
2          An act relating to premium finance company application
3    exemptions; amending s. 627.826, F.S.; revising a
4    definition to expand an exemption from application for
5    certain entities to include persons who purchase or
6    acquire premium finance agreements from licensees subject
7    to certain limitations; providing an effective date.
8         
9          Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10         
11          Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 627.826, Florida
12    Statutes, is amended to read:
13          627.826 "Premium finance company" defined.--
14          (2) The following entities are exempt from the provisions
15    of this part:
16          (a)Credit unions, banks, savings and loan associations,
17    and other lending institutions as defined under chapters 516,
18    657, 658, and 665 or their federally chartered counterparts are
19    exempt from the provisions of this part.
20          (b) Any person who purchases or otherwise acquires premium
21    finance agreements from a licensee if the licensee retains the
22    right to service the agreements and collect payments due under
23    the agreements and remains responsible for the premium finance
24    agreements being administered in compliance with this part.
25          Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.