Florida Senate - 2004                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 9-A, 1st Eng.
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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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 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.
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26  And the title is amended as follows:
27         On lines 41 through 48, delete those lines
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29  and insert:
30         claim; providing appropriations for
31         reimbursement to policyholders; directing the
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 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
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