Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1064
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Soto) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (142260) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    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.
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   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.