Amendment
Bill No. CS/CS/CS/HB 1495

Amendment No. 622115

CHAMBER ACTION
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1	Representative Long offered the following:
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3	Amendment (with title amendment)
4	Between lines 935 and 936, insert:
5	Section 6.  Subsection (6) of section 626.854, Florida
6	Statutes, is amended to read:
7	626.854  "Public adjuster" defined; prohibitions.--The
8	Legislature finds that it is necessary for the protection of the
9	public to regulate public insurance adjusters and to prevent the
10	unauthorized practice of law.
11	(6)  A public adjuster may not directly or indirectly
12	through any other person or entity initiate contact or engage in
13	face-to-face or telephonic solicitation or enter into a contract
14	with any insured or claimant under an insurance policy until at
15	least 48 hours after the occurrence of an event that may be the
16	subject of a claim under the insurance policy unless contact is
17	initiated by the insured or claimant. If a state of emergency is
18	declared by the Governor, the public adjuster may not enter into
19	a contract with any insured or claimant under an insurance
20	policy until at least 15 days after the occurrence of the event
21	that is the subject of the claim unless contact is initiated by
22	the insured or claimant.
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24	The provisions of subsections (5)-(12) apply only to residential
25	property insurance policies and condominium association policies
26	as defined in s. 718.111(11).
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29	T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
30	Remove line 49 and insert:
31	products sold by certain business entities; amending s.
32	626.854, F.S.; providing that a public adjuster may not
33	enter into a contract with an insured or claimant for a
34	specified period after the event that is the subject of the
35	claim if a state of emergency is declared by the Governor
36	unless the contact is initiated by the insured or the
37	claimant; amending s.

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