Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 408
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                 Comm: UNFAV           .                                
                  02/22/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Fasano) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 2787 and 2788
    4  insert:
    5         Section 22. Section 627.7066, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         627.7066 Investigation and remediation permits.—
    8         (1) Each county shall, by ordinance, require a property
    9  owner to obtain an investigation permit before conducting an
   10  investigation of potential sinkhole activity.
   11         (a) An application for such permit must include a legal
   12  description of the property to be investigated and the name of
   13  the property owner.
   14         (b) Upon completion of the investigation, a summary of the
   15  results, which includes the dates of the investigation, the type
   16  of testing and analysis conducted, who conducted the
   17  investigation, and the findings of the investigation, must be
   18  submitted to the county and filed with the permit application.
   19         (c) A copy of the permit and the summary document must be
   20  filed in the public records of the county.
   21         (d) All permit costs and the cost of recording shall be
   22  paid by the permit applicant.
   23         (2) Each county shall, by ordinance, require any person
   24  providing stabilization and foundation repairs resulting from
   25  sinkhole activity to obtain a remediation permit.
   26         (a) An application for such permit must include a legal
   27  description of the property, the name of the property owner, and
   28  identify the proposed repairs, including the quantities of
   29  materials to be used and estimated repair costs.
   30         (b) Upon completion of repairs, a summary of the repair
   31  activities conducted, including materials used and the cost of
   32  such materials plus labor, an accounting of any differences
   33  between the estimated and actual materials and costs, and
   34  payments by the insurer to the owner pursuant to a sinkhole
   35  claim, must be submitted to the county and filed with the permit
   36  application.
   37         (c) A copy of the permit and the summary document must be
   38  filed in the public records of the county.
   39         (d) All permit costs and the cost of recording shall be
   40  paid by the person conducting the repairs.
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   42  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   43         And the title is amended as follows:
   44         Delete line 164
   45  and insert:
   46         the establishment of a sinkhole database; creating s.
   47         627.7066, F.S.; requiring counties to adopt an
   48         ordinance requiring permits before conducting an
   49         investigation of potential sinkhole activity and
   50         before making any repairs resulting from sinkhole
   51         activity; requiring a summary of the investigation and
   52         repairs conducted to be filed with the permit;
   53         requiring a copy of the permit and summary to be filed
   54         in the county records; amending s.