Florida Senate - 2007                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 7077, 2nd Eng.
                        Barcode 080274
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11  Senators Atwater and Deutch moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         Lines 2093 through 2097, delete those lines
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17         Section 17.  Subsections (4) and (5) of section
18  627.70131, Florida Statutes, as amended by section 27 of
19  chapter 2007-1, Laws of Florida, are amended to read:
20         627.70131  Insurer's duty to acknowledge communications
21  regarding claims; investigation.--
22         (4)  For purposes of this section, the term "claim"
23  means any of the following:
24         (a)  A claim under an insurance policy providing
25  residential coverage as defined in s. 627.4025(1);
26         (b)  A claim for structural or contents coverage under
27  a commercial property insurance policy if the insured
28  structure is 10,000 square fee or less; or
29         (c)  A claim for contents coverage under a commercial
30  tenants policy if the insured premises is 10,000 square feet
31  or less. "insurer" means any residential property insurer.
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    Florida Senate - 2007                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 7077, 2nd Eng.
                        Barcode 080274
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 6         deleting the definition of the term "insurer";
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