Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2494
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11  The Committee on Judiciary (Clary) recommended the following
12  amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 3, line 9,
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18         Section 1.  Subsections (11), (12), (13), (14), (15),
19  (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), and (21) of section 717.101,
20  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
21         717.101  Definitions.--As used in this chapter, unless
22  the context otherwise requires:
23         (11)  "Health care provider" means any state-licensed
24  entity that provides and receives payment for health care
25  services. These entities include, but are not limited to,
26  hospitals, outpatient centers, physician practices, and
27  skilled nursing facilities.
28         (12)(11)  "Holder" means a person, wherever organized
29  or domiciled, who is:
30         (a)  In possession of property belonging to another;
31         (b)  A trustee in case of a trust; or
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 2494 Barcode 484410 1 (c) Indebted to another on an obligation. 2 (13)(12) "Insurance company" means an association, 3 corporation, or fraternal or mutual benefit organization, 4 whether or not for profit, which is engaged in providing 5 insurance coverage, including, by way of illustration and not 6 limitation, accident, burial, casualty, credit life, contract 7 performance, dental, fidelity, fire, health, hospitalization, 8 illness, life (including endowments and annuities), 9 malpractice, marine, mortgage, surety, and wage protection 10 insurance. 11 (14)(13) "Intangible property" includes, by way of 12 illustration and not limitation: 13 (a) Moneys, checks, drafts, deposits, interest, 14 dividends, and income. 15 (b) Credit balances, customer overpayments, security 16 deposits and other instruments as defined by chapter 679, 17 refunds, unpaid wages, unused airline tickets, and 18 unidentified remittances. 19 (c) Stocks, and other intangible ownership interests 20 in business associations. 21 (d) Moneys deposited to redeem stocks, bonds, bearer 22 bonds, original issue discount bonds, coupons, and other 23 securities, or to make distributions. 24 (e) Amounts due and payable under the terms of 25 insurance policies. 26 (f) Amounts distributable from a trust or custodial 27 fund established under a plan to provide any health, welfare, 28 pension, vacation, severance, retirement, death, stock 29 purchase, profit sharing, employee savings, supplemental 30 unemployment insurance, or similar benefit. 31 (15)(14) "Last known address" means a description of 2 5:28 PM 04/25/05 s2494c1c-ju04-ta1
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 2494 Barcode 484410 1 the location of the apparent owner sufficient for the purpose 2 of the delivery of mail. For the purposes of identifying, 3 reporting, and remitting property to the department which is 4 presumed to be unclaimed, "last known address" includes any 5 partial description of the location of the apparent owner 6 sufficient to establish the apparent owner was a resident of 7 this state at the time of last contact with the apparent owner 8 or at the time the property became due and payable. 9 (16)(15) "Lawful charges" means charges against 10 dormant accounts that are authorized by statute for the 11 purpose of offsetting the costs of maintaining the dormant 12 account. 13 (17) "Managed care payor" means a health care plan 14 that has a defined system of selecting and limiting health 15 care providers as evidenced by a managed care contract with 16 the health care providers. These plans include, but are not 17 limited to, managed care health insurance companies and health 18 maintenance organizations. 19 (18)(16) "Owner" means a depositor in the case of a 20 deposit, a beneficiary in case of a trust or a deposit in 21 trust, or a payee in the case of other intangible property, or 22 a person having a legal or equitable interest in property 23 subject to this chapter or his or her legal representative. 24 (19)(17) "Public corporation" means a corporation 25 created by the state, founded and owned in the public 26 interest, supported by public funds, and governed by those 27 deriving their power from the state. 28 (20)(18) "Reportable period" means the calendar year 29 ending December 31 of each year. 30 (21)(19) "State," when applied to a part of the United 31 States, includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, 3 5:28 PM 04/25/05 s2494c1c-ju04-ta1
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 2494 Barcode 484410 1 insular possession, and any other area subject to the 2 legislative authority of the United States. 3 (22)(20) "Ultimate equitable owner" means a natural 4 person who, directly or indirectly, owns or controls an 5 ownership interest in a corporation, a foreign corporation, an 6 alien business organization, or any other form of business 7 organization, regardless of whether such natural person owns 8 or controls such ownership interest through one or more 9 natural persons or one or more proxies, powers of attorney, 10 nominees, corporations, associations, partnerships, trusts, 11 joint stock companies, or other entities or devices, or any 12 combination thereof. 13 (23)(21) "Utility" means a person who owns or 14 operates, for public use, any plant, equipment, property, 15 franchise, or license for the transmission of communications 16 or the production, storage, transmission, sale, delivery, or 17 furnishing of electricity, water, steam, or gas. 18 19 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 20 21 22 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 23 And the title is amended as follows: 24 On page 1, line 3, after the semicolon, 25 26 insert: 27 amending s. 717.101, F.S.; providing 28 definitions; 29 30 31 4 5:28 PM 04/25/05 s2494c1c-ju04-ta1