Senate Bill sb0854

    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 854

    By Senator Baker





    20-926-07                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to personal injury protection

  3         insurance; amending s. 627.733, F.S.; expanding

  4         an exemption to the requirement to maintain

  5         personal injury protection security on a motor

  6         vehicle for members of the United States Armed

  7         Forces on active duty to include the dependent

  8         spouses of such servicemembers; providing

  9         conditions for eligibility; providing an

10         effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Subsection (5) of section 627.733, Florida

15  Statutes, is amended to read:

16         627.733  Required security.--

17         (5)  In addition to other persons who are not required

18  to provide required security as required under this section

19  and s. 324.022, the owner or registrant of a motor vehicle is

20  exempt from such requirements if she or he is a member of the

21  United States Armed Forces and is called to or on active duty

22  outside the state or the United States or if she or he is the

23  dependent spouse of an active duty servicemember who resides

24  with the active duty servicemember and the vehicle is

25  maintained at the location at which they reside in an

26  emergency situation. The exemption provided by this subsection

27  applies only as long as the member of the armed forces is on

28  such active duty outside the state or the United States and

29  applies only while the vehicle covered by the security

30  required by this section and s. 324.022 is not operated by any

31  person. Upon receipt of a written request by the insured to

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 854
    20-926-07                                               See HB




 1  whom the exemption provided in this subsection applies, the

 2  insurer shall cancel the coverages and return any unearned

 3  premium or suspend the security required by this section and

 4  s. 324.022. Notwithstanding subsection (6), the Department of

 5  Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles may not suspend the

 6  registration or operator's license of any owner or registrant

 7  of a motor vehicle during the time she or he qualifies for an

 8  exemption under this subsection. Any owner or registrant of a

 9  motor vehicle who qualifies for an exemption under this

10  subsection shall immediately notify the department prior to

11  and at the end of the expiration of the exemption.

12         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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