Amendment
Bill No. 0217
Amendment No. 340989
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative(s) Legg offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     Remove lines 184 through 195 and insert:
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6     (2)  Any insurer that has paid a claim for a sinkhole loss
7shall file a copy of the report and certification, prepared
8pursuant to subsection (1) and including the legal description
9of the real property and the name of the property owner, with
10the county clerk of court property appraiser, who shall record
11the report and certification with the parcel number. The insurer
12shall bear the cost of filing and recording the report and
13certification. There shall be no cause of action or liability
14against an insurer for compliance with this section. The
15recording of the report and certification shall not constitute a
16lien or encumbrance or restriction on the title to the real
17property, nor constitute a defect in the title to the real
18property, create any cause of action or liability against any
19grantor of the real property for breach of any warranty of good
20title or warranty against encumbrances, nor create any cause of
21action or liability against any title insurer that insures the
22title to the real property. The seller of real property upon
23which a sinkhole claim has been made by the seller and paid by
24the insurer shall disclose to the buyer of such property that a
25claim has been paid and whether or not the full amount of the
26proceeds were used to repair the sinkhole damage.
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30     Remove lines 14 through 16 and insert:
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32engineers and professional geologists; revising requirements
33with respect to the required filing of a report and
34certification by an insurer that has paid a claim for a sinkhole
35loss; providing for the recording of a report and certification
36with the clerk of court rather than the property appraiser;
37limiting the effect of the recording of the report and
38certification; creating s. 627.7074, F.S.;


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