Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1248
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/01/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Flores) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 79 and 80
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Section 627.717, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         627.717 Assignment of the right to receive benefit of
    8  payment; construction.—A policyholder who assigns the right to
    9  receive the benefit of payment under a property insurance policy
   10  in this state is not liable to the assignee for services and
   11  materials for which the insurer is liable, and the assignee may
   12  not collect or attempt to collect money from, maintain an action
   13  at law against, or report a policyholder to a credit agency for
   14  payment for which the insurer is liable. However, this section
   15  does not prohibit the assignee from taking such actions against
   16  a policyholder for payment of the amount of the insurance
   17  deductible or any amount attributable to upgrades ordered by the
   18  policyholder which are not covered under the insurance policy.
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   20  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   21  And the title is amended as follows:
   22         Delete line 19
   23  and insert:
   24         creating s. 627.717, F.S.; providing that a
   25         policyholder that assigns the right to receive benefit
   26         of payment under a property insurance policy is not
   27         liable to the assignee for certain services or
   28         materials; prohibiting certain actions by an assignee
   29         against a policyholder under specified circumstances;
   30         providing an effective date.