Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1672
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/07/2014           .                                
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       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Before line 56
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (18) of section 626.854, Florida
    6  Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (19) and amended, and
    7  subsection (18) is added to that section, to read:
    8         626.854 “Public adjuster” defined; prohibitions.—The
    9  Legislature finds that it is necessary for the protection of the
   10  public to regulate public insurance adjusters and to prevent the
   11  unauthorized practice of law.
   12         (18) A public adjuster, a public adjuster apprentice, or
   13  any person acting on behalf of an adjuster or apprentice may not
   14  enter into a contract or accept a power of attorney that vests
   15  in the public adjuster, the public adjuster apprentice, or the
   16  person acting on behalf of the adjuster or apprentice the
   17  effective authority to choose the persons or entities that will
   18  perform repair work.
   19         (19)(18) The provisions of Subsections (5)-(18) (5)-(17)
   20  apply only to residential property insurance policies and
   21  condominium unit owner policies as described defined in s.
   22  718.111(11).
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   25  And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete line 3
   27  and insert:
   28         626.854, F.S.; prohibiting a public adjuster or public
   29         adjuster apprentice from choosing the persons or
   30         entities that will perform repair work; amending s.
   31         627.351, F.S.; providing exemptions from the