Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1672
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 829 - 840
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 6. Present subsections (6) through (8) of section
    6  627.711, Florida Statues, are renumbered as subsections (7)
    7  through (9), respectively, and a new subsection (6) is added to
    8  that section, to read:
    9         627.711 Notice of premium discounts for hurricane loss
   10  mitigation; uniform mitigation verification inspection form.—
   11         (6)(a) An authorized mitigation inspector may not directly
   12  or indirectly offer or deliver any compensation, inducement, or
   13  reward to an insurance broker, an insurance agent, or an
   14  employee of an insurance agency for the referral of the owner of
   15  the inspected property to the inspector or the inspection
   16  company. Section 455.227(1)(k) applies to applicable licensees
   17  in violation of this paragraph.
   18  (b) An insurance broker or insurance agent may not directly or
   19  indirectly receive or accept any compensation, inducement, or
   20  reward from an authorized mitigation inspector for the referral
   21  of the owner of the inspected property to the inspector or the
   22  inspection company. Section 626.6215(5)(d) applies to a
   23  violation of this paragraph.
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   26  And the title is amended as follows:
   27         Delete lines 48 - 50
   28  and insert:
   29         627.744, F.S.; prohibiting a mitigation inspector from
   30         offering or delivering compensation and an insurance
   31         broker or agent from accepting compensation for
   32         referring an owner to the inspector or inspection
   33         company;