Florida Senate - 2004                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 9-A, 1st Eng.
                        Barcode 692698
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11  Senators Miller and Campbell moved the followingamendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On line 237, through
15         line 297, delete those lines
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18         Section 4.  (1)  There is appropriated for the period
19  from the effective date of this act through September 30,
20  2005, $150 million on a nonrecurring basis from the General
21  Revenue Fund to the Department of Financial Services in the
22  special appropriation category "Hurricane Multiple Deductible
23  Reimbursements" for reimbursement to residential property
24  insurance policyholders for the expense of multiple hurricane
25  deductibles, as provided in sections 1 and 2 of this act.
26  These funds shall be subject to the release provisions of
27  chapter 216, Florida Statutes. The Chief Financial Officer
28  shall periodically certify to the Executive Office of the
29  Governor a release request based on the documented expenditure
30  need for reimbursement payments submitted to the Department of
31  Financial Services. The amount of each release request may not
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Florida Senate - 2004 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 9-A, 1st Eng. Barcode 692698 1 exceed the need documented. The Chief Financial Officer shall 2 provide a copy of each certification to the Executive Office 3 of the Governor and to the chairperson and vice chairperson of 4 the Legislative Budget Commission. The department may not use 5 more than 1 percent of the appropriation to administer the 6 payments to the policyholders. 7 (2) All moneys appropriated from the General Revenue 8 Fund under this act that are unexpended on September 30, 2005, 9 shall revert to the General Revenue Fund. 10 (3) Beginning January 15, 2005, and on a monthly basis 11 thereafter, the Chief Financial Officer shall provide a report 12 containing information regarding the reimbursement for 13 multiple hurricane deductibles to the Executive Office of the 14 Governor and the chairperson and vice chairperson of the 15 Legislative Budget Commission. The report must include, but is 16 not limited to, cumulative and monthly information on the 17 number of reimbursement claims submitted, the total amount 18 requested for reimbursement, the number of claims paid, and 19 the amount paid for reimbursement. 20 (4) All appropriations authorized by this act are 21 nonrecurring and are intended to address needs caused by 22 Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne. 23 24 25 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 26 And the title is amended as follows: 27 On lines 41 through 48, delete those lines 28 29 and insert: 30 claim; providing appropriations for 31 reimbursement to policyholders; directing the 2 1:19 PM 12/16/04 h0009Ae1c-18-201
Florida Senate - 2004 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 9-A, 1st Eng. Barcode 692698 1 Chief Financial Officer to certify the 2 reimbursement request to designated officials; 3 directing that all moneys not expended by a 4 specified date revert to the General Revenue 5 Fund; requiring a monthly report to the 6 Executive Office of the Governor and the 7 Legislative Budget Commission containing 8 certain information; providing an effective 9 date. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 1:19 PM 12/16/04 h0009Ae1c-18-201