Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2330
                        Barcode 561988
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11  The Committee on Health Care (Fasano) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 23, between lines 27 and 28,
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17  insert:  
18         Section 15.  Section 626.9893, Florida Statutes, is
19  created to read:
20         626.9893  Disposition of revenues; criminal or
21  forfeiture proceedings.--
22         (1)  The Division of Insurance Fraud of the Department
23  of Financial Services may deposit revenues received as a
24  result of criminal proceedings or forfeiture proceedings,
25  other than revenues deposited into the Department of Financial
26  Services' Federal Equitable Sharing Trust Fund under s. 17.43,
27  into the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund. Moneys deposited
28  pursuant to this provision shall be separately accounted for
29  and shall be used solely for the division to carry out its
30  duties and responsibilities.
31         (2)  Moneys deposited into the Insurance Regulatory
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 2330 Barcode 561988 1 Trust Fund pursuant to this section shall be appropriated by 2 the Legislature, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 216, 3 for the sole purpose of enabling the division to carry out its 4 duties and responsibilities. 5 (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and 6 pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance of moneys deposited into 7 the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund pursuant to this section 8 remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the 9 trust fund at the end of that year and shall be available for 10 carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the Division 11 of Insurance Fraud. 12 Section 16. Paragraph (m) is added to subsection (6) 13 of section 932.7055, Florida Statutes, to read: 14 932.7055 Disposition of liens and forfeited 15 property.-- 16 (6) If the seizing agency is a state agency, all 17 remaining proceeds shall be deposited into the General Revenue 18 Fund. However, if the seizing agency is: 19 (m) The Division of Insurance Fraud of the Department 20 of Financial Services, the proceeds accrued pursuant to the 21 provisions of the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act shall be 22 deposited into the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund as provided 23 in s. 626.9893 or into the Department of Financial Services' 24 Federal Equitable Sharing Trust Fund as provided in s. 17.43, 25 as applicable. 26 27 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 28 29 30 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 31 And the title is amended as follows: 2 7:06 AM 04/20/05 s2330c1c-he11-bzz
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 2330 Barcode 561988 1 On page 3, line 14, after the semicolon, 2 3 insert: 4 creating s. 626.9893, F.S.; authorizing the 5 Division of Insurance Fraud of the Department 6 of Financial Services to deposit proceeds from 7 dispositions of liens and forfeited property 8 seized by the division into the Insurance 9 Regulatory Trust Fund; providing that balances 10 of moneys deposited by the division into the 11 Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund remain in the 12 fund for use by the division; amending s. 13 932.7055, F.S.; providing that the 14 unappropriated balance of moneys deposited by 15 the division shall not be transferred to the 16 General Revenue Fund; 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 7:06 AM 04/20/05 s2330c1c-he11-bzz