Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1064 Ì884880AÎ884880 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Judiciary (Soto) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (142260) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Delete lines 54 - 66 5 and insert: 6 (2)(a) A personal lines residential property insurance or 7 commercial residential property insurance policy may not 8 prohibit the post-loss assignment of benefits; however, a 9 policyowner is limited to assigning only the benefits of such 10 policy which are applicable to the work performed or to be 11 performed by the assignee as a result of the loss. 12 (b) Before an assignment may be made under paragraph (a), 13 an assignee shall provide the policyowner with a written listing 14 of the work to be performed. If it is later determined that 15 additional work is required as a result of the loss, the 16 policyowner must receive and approve a written listing of the 17 additional work before the additional work is performed. The 18 assignee must provide the policyowner with legible copies of all 19 estimates and invoices sent by the assignee to the insurer. 20 21 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 22 And the title is amended as follows: 23 Delete lines 80 - 84 24 and insert: 25 providing that certain residential property insurance 26 policies may not prohibit the post-loss assignment of 27 benefits; limiting policyowners of such policies to 28 assigning only the policy benefits that are applicable 29 to the work performed or to be performed by the 30 assignee as a result of the loss; requiring an 31 assignee to provide the policyholder with specified 32 listings of work and legible copies of all estimates 33 and invoices sent by the assignee to the insurer; 34 providing an effective date.