Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1694
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Simmons) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 324.024, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         324.024 Financial responsibility for bodily injury or
    8  death.—Every owner of a motor vehicle that is required to be
    9  registered in this state and every operator of any motor vehicle
   10  located within this state shall establish and maintain, by one
   11  of the methods established in s. 324.031, the ability to respond
   12  in damages for liability on account of accidents arising out of
   13  the use of the motor vehicle in at least the amounts prescribed
   14  in s. 324.021(7)(a) and (b). The section does not apply to any
   15  motor vehicle that has been continuously and exclusively used
   16  for a commercial prupose since being acquired by its current
   17  owner. The requirement of this section shall be in addition to
   18  any other financial responsibility required of the owner of a
   19  motor vehicle.
   20         Section 2. Sections 627.730-627.7407, Florida Statutes, are
   21  hereby repealed.
   22         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.
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   24  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   25         And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   27  and insert:
   28                        A bill to be entitled                      
   29         An act relating to motor vehicle insurance;
   30         creating s. 324.024; F.S.; requiring financial
   31         responsibility for bodily injury for death for all
   32         registered motor vehicles; providing an exception;
   33         repealing ss. 627.730-627-7407, F.S., relating to
   34         Florida’s Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law; providing an
   35         effective date.