The Florida Senate

HB 1219: Department of Financial Services

GENERAL BILL by Long

Department of Financial Services; Revises duties of DFS' Division of Consumer Services relating to OIR; specifies that complaints about sales & finance or title loans be submitted to OFR; repeals provisions relating to commercial collection practices; requires consumer collection agencies to be licensed instead of registered; limits effective period of license to 2 years; requires licensee to obtain surety bond; authorizes DFS to investigate license applicants, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/23/2010	House	• Filed
  3/2/2010	House	• Introduced -HJ 00110
  3/3/2010	House	• Referred to Insurance, Business, & Financial Affairs Policy (GGPC); Government Operations Appropriations (CGHC); General Government Policy Council -HJ 00204
  4/30/2010	House	• Died in Committee on Insurance, Business, & Financial Affairs Policy (GGPC), companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 2086 (Ch. 2010-127)

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• HB 1219, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/23/2010 at 12:27 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (4)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 5603 (e1)		Hays	Compare	Last Action: 5/7/2011 H Veto Message transmitted to Secretary of State Location:
  H 7233	Consumer Debt Collection	General Government Policy Council	Compare	Last Action: 4/28/2010 H Substituted CS/CS/CS/SB 2086; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 2086 (Ch. 2010-127) -HJ 01185 Location:
  S 2086 (c3)		Richter	Compare	Last Action: 5/27/2010 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2010-127 Location:
  S 2724	Financial Services [CPSC]	Aronberg	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/2010 S Died in Committee on Banking and Insurance, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 2086 (Ch. 2010-127) Location:

  Citations - Statutes (44)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  20.121	Department of Financial Services.
  20.165	Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
  205.1971	Sellers of travel; consumer protection.
  501.604	Exemptions.
  520.996	Investigations and complaints.
  537.017	Investigations and complaints.
  559.541	Short title.
  559.542	Legislative intent.
  559.543	Definitions.
  559.544	Registration required; exemptions.
  559.545	Registration of commercial collection agencies; procedure.
  559.546	Bond; evidence of current and valid bond.
  559.547	Void registration.
  559.548	Penalties.
  559.55	Definitions.
  559.551	Short title.
  559.5525
  559.553	Registration of consumer collection agencies required; exemptions.
  559.555	Registration of consumer collection agencies; procedure.
  559.5551
  559.5553
  559.5554
  559.5555
  559.5556
  559.563	Void registration.
  559.565	Enforcement action against out-of-state consumer debt collector.
  559.72	Prohibited practices generally.
  559.721
  559.722
  559.725	Consumer complaints; administrative duties.
  559.726
  559.727
  559.730	Administrative remedies.
  559.731
  559.77	Civil remedies.
  559.78	Judicial enforcement.
  559.785	Criminal penalty.
  559.786
  559.787
  559.788
  560.309	Conduct of business.
  560.406	Worthless checks.
  721.11	Advertising materials; oral statements.
  832.10	Alternative to bad check diversion program; fees for collection.

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