| 1 | Representative(s) Evers offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (068667) (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 150 and 151, insert: |
| 5 | Section 53. Subsection (1) of section 627.733, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 627.733 Required security.-- |
| 8 | (1)(a) Every owner or registrant of a motor vehicle, other |
| 9 | than a motor vehicle used as a taxicab, school bus as defined in |
| 10 | s. 1006.25, or limousine, required to be registered and licensed |
| 11 | in this state shall maintain security as required by subsection |
| 12 | (3) in effect continuously throughout the registration or |
| 13 | licensing period. |
| 14 | (b) Every owner or registrant of a motor vehicle used as a |
| 15 | taxicab shall maintain security as required under s. 324.032(1). |
| 16 | Section 54. Subsection (1) of section 324.032, Florida |
| 17 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 18 | 324.032 Manner of proving financial responsibility; for- |
| 19 | hire passenger transportation vehicles.--Notwithstanding the |
| 20 | provisions of s. 324.031: |
| 21 | (1)(a) A person who is either the owner or a lessee |
| 22 | required to maintain insurance under s. 627.733(1)(b) s. |
| 23 | 324.021(9)(b) and who operates one or more taxicabs, limousines, |
| 24 | jitneys, or any other for-hire passenger transportation vehicles |
| 25 | may prove financial responsibility by furnishing satisfactory |
| 26 | evidence of holding a motor vehicle liability policy as defined |
| 27 | in s. 324.031, but with minimum limits of |
| 28 | $125,000/250,000/50,000. |
| 29 | (b) A person who is either the owner or a lessee required |
| 30 | to maintain insurance under s. 324.021(9)(b) and who operates |
| 31 | limousines, jitneys, or any other for-hire passenger vehicles, |
| 32 | other than taxicabs, may prove financial responsibility by |
| 33 | furnishing satisfactory evidence of holding a motor vehicle |
| 34 | liability policy as defined in s. 324.031. |
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| 36 | Upon request by the department, the applicant must provide the |
| 37 | department at the applicant's principal place of business in |
| 38 | this state access to the applicant's underlying financial |
| 39 | information and financial statements that provide the basis of |
| 40 | the certified public accountant's certification. The applicant |
| 41 | shall reimburse the requesting department for all reasonable |
| 42 | costs incurred by it in reviewing the supporting information. |
| 43 | The maximum amount of self-insurance permissible under this |
| 44 | subsection is $300,000 and must be stated on a per-occurrence |
| 45 | basis, and the applicant shall maintain adequate excess |
| 46 | insurance issued by an authorized or eligible insurer licensed |
| 47 | or approved by the Office of Insurance Regulation. All risks |
| 48 | self-insured shall remain with the owner or lessee providing it, |
| 49 | and the risks are not transferable to any other person, unless a |
| 50 | policy complying with subsection (1) is obtained. |
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| 53 | ======== T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ======== |
| 54 | Remove line(s) 212 and insert: |
| 55 | not provide the services; amending s. 627.733, F.S.; revising |
| 56 | security requirements for certain vehicles; amending s. 324.032, |
| 57 | F.S.; revising financial responsibility requirements for certain |
| 58 | for-hire vehicles; directing the department to |