| 1 | Representative Patterson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | On page 16, between line(s) 3 and 4, insert: |
| 5 | Section 15. Subsection (1) of section 626.641, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 626.641 Duration of suspension or revocation.-- |
| 8 | (1) The department or office shall, in its order |
| 9 | suspending a license or appointment or in its order suspending |
| 10 | the eligibility of a person to hold or apply for such license or |
| 11 | appointment, specify the period during which the suspension is |
| 12 | to be in effect; but such period shall not exceed 2 years. The |
| 13 | license, appointment, or eligibility shall remain suspended |
| 14 | during the period so specified, subject, however, to any |
| 15 | rescission or modification of the order by the department or |
| 16 | office, or modification or reversal thereof by the court, prior |
| 17 | to expiration of the suspension period. A license, appointment, |
| 18 | or eligibility which has been suspended shall not be reinstated |
| 19 | except upon request for such reinstatement and, in the case of a |
| 20 | second suspension, completion of continuing education courses |
| 21 | prescribed and approved by the department or office; but the |
| 22 | department or office shall not grant such reinstatement if it |
| 23 | finds that the circumstance or circumstances for which the |
| 24 | license, appointment, or eligibility was suspended still exist |
| 25 | or are likely to recur. |
| 26 | Section 16. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment |
| 27 | to section 626.641, Florida Statutes, in a reference thereto, |
| 28 | paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 626.935, Florida |
| 29 | Statutes, is reenacted to read: |
| 30 | 626.935 Suspension, revocation, or refusal of surplus |
| 31 | lines agent's license.-- |
| 32 | (4) The following sections also apply, to the extent so |
| 33 | applicable, as to surplus lines agents: |
| 34 | (a) Section 626.641. |
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| 36 | ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================= |
| 37 | On page 2, line(s) 3, insert after the semicolon: |
| 38 | amending s. 626.641, F.S.; requiring continuing education |
| 39 | courses for reinstatement of a license, appointment, or |
| 40 | eligibility after a second suspension; providing duties of the |
| 41 | Department of Financial Services or the Office of Insurance |
| 42 | Regulation of the Financial Services Commission; reenacting s. |
| 43 | 626.935(4)(a), F.S., relating to the suspension, revocation, or |
| 44 | refusal of a surplus lines agent's license, to incorporate the |
| 45 | amendment to s. 626.641, F.S., in a reference thereto; |