Florida Senate - 2014 SB 1698 By the Committee on Banking and Insurance 597-03221-14 20141698__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the ratification of rules of the 3 Office of Insurance Regulation; ratifying a specified 4 rule requiring title insurance agencies and the retail 5 offices of certain title insurance underwriters to 6 electronically submit certain statistical data; 7 providing applicability; providing an effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. (1) Rule 69O-186.013, Florida Administrative 12 Code, titled “Title Insurance Statistical Gathering,” as filed 13 for adoption with the Department of State pursuant to the 14 certification package dated December 30, 2013, is ratified for 15 the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on 16 effectiveness imposed under s. 120.541(3), Florida Statutes. 17 (2) This act serves no other purpose and is not to be 18 codified in the Florida Statutes. After this act becomes law, 19 its enactment and effective dates shall be noted in the Florida 20 Administrative Code, the Florida Administrative Register, or 21 both, as appropriate. This act does not alter rulemaking 22 authority delegated by prior law, does not constitute 23 legislative preemption of or exception to any provision of law 24 governing adoption or enforcement of the rules cited, and is 25 intended to preserve the status of any cited rule as a rule 26 under chapter 120, Florida Statutes. This act does not cure any 27 rulemaking defect or preempt any challenge based on a lack of 28 authority or a violation of the legal requirements governing the 29 adoption of any rule cited. 30 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.