Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1292
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
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                  02/15/2018           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Stargel) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 574 - 1544
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 10. Subsection (1) of section 624.317, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         624.317 Investigation of agents, adjusters, administrators,
    8  service companies, and others.—If it has reason to believe that
    9  any person has violated or is violating any provision of this
   10  code, or upon the written complaint signed by any interested
   11  person indicating that any such violation may exist:
   12         (1) The department shall conduct such investigation as it
   13  deems necessary of the accounts, records, documents, and
   14  transactions pertaining to or affecting the insurance affairs of
   15  any general agent, surplus lines agent, adjuster, managing
   16  general agent, insurance agent, insurance agency, customer
   17  representative, service representative, or other person subject
   18  to its jurisdiction, subject to the requirements of s. 626.601.
   19         Section 11. Subsection (2) of section 624.34, Florida
   20  Statutes, is amended to read:
   21         624.34 Authority of Department of Law Enforcement to accept
   22  fingerprints of, and exchange criminal history records with
   23  respect to, certain persons.—
   24         (2) The Department of Law Enforcement may accept
   25  fingerprints of individuals who apply for a license as an agent,
   26  customer representative, adjuster, service representative, or
   27  navigator, or managing general agent or the fingerprints of the
   28  majority owner, sole proprietor, partners, officers, and
   29  directors of a corporation or other legal entity that applies
   30  for licensure with the department or office under the Florida
   31  Insurance Code.
   32         Section 12. Section 624.4073, Florida Statutes, is amended
   33  to read:
   34         624.4073 Officers and directors of insolvent insurers.—Any
   35  person who was an officer or director of an insurer doing
   36  business in this state and who served in that capacity within
   37  the 2-year period before prior to the date the insurer became
   38  insolvent, for any insolvency that occurs on or after July 1,
   39  2002, may not thereafter serve as an officer or director of an
   40  insurer authorized in this state or have direct or indirect
   41  control over the selection or appointment of an officer or
   42  director through contract, trust, or by operation of law, unless
   43  the officer or director demonstrates that his or her personal
   44  actions or omissions were not a significant contributing cause
   45  to the insolvency.
   46         Section 13. Subsection (1) of section 624.4094, Florida
   47  Statutes, is amended to read:
   48         624.4094 Bail bond premiums.—
   49         (1) The Legislature finds that a significant portion of
   50  bail bond premiums is retained by the licensed bail bond agents
   51  or appointed licensed managing general agents. For purposes of
   52  reporting in financial statements required to be filed with the
   53  office pursuant to s. 624.424, direct written premiums for bail
   54  bonds by a domestic insurer in this state shall be reported net
   55  of any amounts retained by licensed bail bond agents or
   56  appointed licensed managing general agents. However, in no case
   57  shall the direct written premiums for bail bonds be less than
   58  6.5 percent of the total consideration received by the agent for
   59  all bail bonds written by the agent. This subsection also
   60  applies to any determination of compliance with s. 624.4095.
   61         Section 14. Paragraph (e) of subsection (19) of section
   62  624.501, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   63         624.501 Filing, license, appointment, and miscellaneous
   64  fees.—The department, commission, or office, as appropriate,
   65  shall collect in advance, and persons so served shall pay to it
   66  in advance, fees, licenses, and miscellaneous charges as
   67  follows:
   68         (19) Miscellaneous services:
   69         (e) Insurer’s registration fee for agent exchanging
   70  business more than four 24 times in a calendar year under s.
   71  626.752, s. 626.793, or s. 626.837, registration fee per agent
   72  per year..................................................$30.00
   73         Section 15. Subsection (1) of section 624.509, Florida
   74  Statutes, is amended to read:
   75         624.509 Premium tax; rate and computation.—
   76         (1) In addition to the license taxes provided for in this
   77  chapter, each insurer shall also annually, and on or before
   78  March 1 in each year, except as to wet marine and transportation
   79  insurance taxed under s. 624.510, pay to the Department of
   80  Revenue a tax on insurance premiums, premiums for title
   81  insurance, or assessments, including membership fees and policy
   82  fees and gross deposits received from subscribers to reciprocal
   83  or interinsurance agreements, and on annuity premiums or
   84  considerations, received during the preceding calendar year, the
   85  amounts thereof to be determined as set forth in this section,
   86  to wit:
   87         (a) An amount equal to 1.75 percent of the gross amount of
   88  such receipts on account of life and health insurance policies
   89  covering persons resident in this state and on account of all
   90  other types of policies and contracts, except annuity policies
   91  or contracts taxable under paragraph (b) and bail bond policies
   92  or contracts taxable under paragraph (c), covering property,
   93  subjects, or risks located, resident, or to be performed in this
   94  state, omitting premiums on reinsurance accepted, and less
   95  return premiums or assessments, but without deductions:
   96         1. For reinsurance ceded to other insurers;
   97         2. For moneys paid upon surrender of policies or
   98  certificates for cash surrender value;
   99         3. For discounts or refunds for direct or prompt payment of
  100  premiums or assessments; and
  101         4. On account of dividends of any nature or amount paid and
  102  credited or allowed to holders of insurance policies;
  103  certificates; or surety, indemnity, reciprocal, or
  104  interinsurance contracts or agreements;
  105         (b) An amount equal to 1 percent of the gross receipts on
  106  annuity policies or contracts paid by holders thereof in this
  107  state; and
  108         (c) An amount equal to 1.75 percent of the direct written
  109  premiums for bail bonds, excluding any amounts retained by
  110  licensed bail bond agents or appointed licensed managing general
  111  agents.
  112         Section 16. Section 625.071, Florida Statutes, is amended
  113  to read:
  114         625.071 Special reserve for bail and judicial bonds.—In
  115  lieu of the unearned premium reserve required on surety bonds
  116  under s. 625.051, the office may require any surety insurer or
  117  limited surety insurer to set up and maintain a reserve on all
  118  bail bonds or other single-premium bonds without definite
  119  expiration date, furnished in judicial proceedings, equal to the
  120  lesser of 35 percent of the bail premiums in force or $7 per
  121  $1,000 of bail liability. Such reserve shall be reported as a
  122  liability in financial statements required to be filed with the
  123  office. Each insurer shall file a supplementary schedule showing
  124  bail premiums in force and bail liability and the associated
  125  special reserve for bail and judicial bonds with financial
  126  statements required by s. 624.424. Bail premiums in force do not
  127  include amounts retained by licensed bail bond agents or
  128  appointed licensed managing general agents, but may not be less
  129  than 6.5 percent of the total consideration received for all
  130  bail bonds in force.
  131         Section 17. Subsection (5) of section 626.112, Florida
  132  Statutes, is amended to read:
  133         626.112 License and appointment required; agents, customer
  134  representatives, adjusters, insurance agencies, service
  135  representatives, managing general agents.—
  136         (5) A No person may not shall be, act as, or represent or
  137  hold himself or herself out to be a managing general agent
  138  unless he or she then holds a currently effective producer
  139  license and a managing general agent license and appointment.
  140         Section 18. Section 626.171, Florida Statutes, is amended
  141  to read:
  142         626.171 Application for license as an agent, customer
  143  representative, adjuster, service representative, managing
  144  general agent, or reinsurance intermediary.—
  145         (1) The department may not issue a license as agent,
  146  customer representative, adjuster, service representative,
  147  managing general agent, or reinsurance intermediary to any
  148  person except upon written application filed with the
  149  department, meeting the qualifications for the license applied
  150  for as determined by the department, and payment in advance of
  151  all applicable fees. The application must be made under the oath
  152  of the applicant and be signed by the applicant. An applicant
  153  may permit a third party to complete, submit, and sign an
  154  application on the applicant’s behalf, but is responsible for
  155  ensuring that the information on the application is true and
  156  correct and is accountable for any misstatements or
  157  misrepresentations. The department shall accept the uniform
  158  application for nonresident agent licensing. The department may
  159  adopt revised versions of the uniform application by rule.
  160         (2) In the application, the applicant shall set forth:
  161         (a) His or her full name, age, social security number,
  162  residence address, business address, mailing address, contact
  163  telephone numbers, including a business telephone number, and e
  164  mail address.
  165         (b) A statement indicating the method the applicant used or
  166  is using to meet any required prelicensing education, knowledge,
  167  experience, or instructional requirements for the type of
  168  license applied for.
  169         (c) Whether he or she has been refused or has voluntarily
  170  surrendered or has had suspended or revoked a license to solicit
  171  insurance by the department or by the supervising officials of
  172  any state.
  173         (d) Whether any insurer or any managing general agent
  174  claims the applicant is indebted under any agency contract or
  175  otherwise and, if so, the name of the claimant, the nature of
  176  the claim, and the applicant’s defense thereto, if any.
  177         (e) Proof that the applicant meets the requirements for the
  178  type of license for which he or she is applying.
  179         (f) The applicant’s gender (male or female).
  180         (g) The applicant’s native language.
  181         (h) The highest level of education achieved by the
  182  applicant.
  183         (i) The applicant’s race or ethnicity (African American,
  184  white, American Indian, Asian, Hispanic, or other).
  185         (j) Such other or additional information as the department
  186  may deem proper to enable it to determine the character,
  187  experience, ability, and other qualifications of the applicant
  188  to hold himself or herself out to the public as an insurance
  189  representative.
  190  
  191  However, the application must contain a statement that an
  192  applicant is not required to disclose his or her race or
  193  ethnicity, gender, or native language, that he or she will not
  194  be penalized for not doing so, and that the department will use
  195  this information exclusively for research and statistical
  196  purposes and to improve the quality and fairness of the
  197  examinations.
  198         (3) Each application must shall be accompanied by payment
  199  of any applicable fee.
  200         (4) An applicant for a license as an agent, customer
  201  representative, adjuster, service representative, managing
  202  general agent, or reinsurance intermediary must submit a set of
  203  the individual applicant’s fingerprints, or, if the applicant is
  204  not an individual, a set of the fingerprints of the sole
  205  proprietor, majority owner, partners, officers, and directors,
  206  to the department and must pay the fingerprint processing fee
  207  set forth in s. 624.501. Fingerprints must shall be used to
  208  investigate the applicant’s qualifications pursuant to s.
  209  626.201. The fingerprints must shall be taken by a law
  210  enforcement agency, designated examination center, or other
  211  department-approved entity. The department shall require all
  212  designated examination centers to have fingerprinting equipment
  213  and to take fingerprints from any applicant or prospective
  214  applicant who pays the applicable fee. The department may not
  215  approve an application for licensure as an agent, customer
  216  service representative, adjuster, service representative,
  217  managing general agent, or reinsurance intermediary if
  218  fingerprints have not been submitted.
  219         (5) The application for license filing fee prescribed in s.
  220  624.501 is not subject to refund.
  221         (6) Members of the United States Armed Forces and their
  222  spouses, and veterans of the United States Armed Forces who have
  223  retired within 24 months before application for licensure, are
  224  exempt from the application filing fee prescribed in s. 624.501.
  225  Qualified individuals must provide a copy of a military
  226  identification card, military dependent identification card,
  227  military service record, military personnel file, veteran
  228  record, discharge paper, or separation document, or a separation
  229  document that indicates such members of the United States Armed
  230  Forces are currently in good standing or were honorably
  231  discharged.
  232         (7) Pursuant to the federal Personal Responsibility and
  233  Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, each party is
  234  required to provide his or her social security number in
  235  accordance with this section. Disclosure of social security
  236  numbers obtained through this requirement must shall be limited
  237  to the purpose of administration of the Title IV-D program for
  238  child support enforcement.
  239         Section 19. Section 626.202, Florida Statutes, is amended
  240  to read:
  241         626.202 Fingerprinting requirements.—
  242         (1) The requirements for completion and submission of
  243  fingerprints under this chapter are deemed to be met when an
  244  individual currently licensed under this chapter seeks
  245  additional licensure and has previously submitted fingerprints
  246  to the department within the past 48 months. However, the
  247  department may require the individual to file fingerprints if it
  248  has reason to believe that an applicant or licensee has been
  249  found guilty of, or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, a
  250  felony or a crime related to the business of insurance in this
  251  state or any other state or jurisdiction.
  252         (2) If there is a change in ownership or control of any
  253  entity licensed under this chapter, or if a new partner,
  254  officer, or director is employed or appointed, a set of
  255  fingerprints of the new owner, partner, officer, or director
  256  must be filed with the department or office within 30 days after
  257  the change. The acquisition of 10 percent or more of the voting
  258  securities of a licensed entity is considered a change of
  259  ownership or control. The fingerprints must be taken by a law
  260  enforcement agency or other department-approved entity and be
  261  accompanied by the fingerprint processing fee in s. 624.501.
  262         Section 20. Subsection (9) of section 626.207, Florida
  263  Statutes, is amended to read:
  264         626.207 Disqualification of applicants and licensees;
  265  penalties against licensees; rulemaking authority.—
  266         (9) Section 112.011 does not apply to any applicants for
  267  licensure under the Florida Insurance Code, including, but not
  268  limited to, agents, agencies, adjusters, adjusting firms, or
  269  customer representatives, or managing general agents.
  270         Section 21. Paragraph (j) of subsection (2) of section
  271  626.221, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  272         626.221 Examination requirement; exemptions.—
  273         (2) However, an examination is not necessary for any of the
  274  following:
  275         (j) An applicant for license as an all-lines adjuster who
  276  has the designation of Accredited Claims Adjuster (ACA) from a
  277  regionally accredited postsecondary institution in this state,
  278  Associate in Claims (AIC) from the Insurance Institute of
  279  America, Professional Claims Adjuster (PCA) from the
  280  Professional Career Institute, Professional Property Insurance
  281  Adjuster (PPIA) from the HurriClaim Training Academy, Certified
  282  Adjuster (CA) from ALL LINES Training, Certified Claims Adjuster
  283  (CCA) from AE21 Incorporated, Claims Adjuster Certified
  284  Professional (CACP) from WebCE, Inc., or Universal Claims
  285  Certification (UCC) from Claims and Litigation Management
  286  Alliance (CLM) whose curriculum has been approved by the
  287  department and which includes comprehensive analysis of basic
  288  property and casualty lines of insurance and testing at least
  289  equal to that of standard department testing for the all-lines
  290  adjuster license. The department shall adopt rules establishing
  291  standards for the approval of curriculum.
  292         Section 22. Present subsections (6) and (7) of section
  293  626.451, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (5)
  294  and (6), respectively, and subsections (1) and (5) and present
  295  subsection (6) of that section are amended, to read:
  296         626.451 Appointment of agent or other representative.—
  297         (1) Each appointing entity or person designated by the
  298  department to administer the appointment process appointing an
  299  agent, adjuster, service representative, customer
  300  representative, or managing general agent in this state shall
  301  file the appointment with the department or office and, at the
  302  same time, pay the applicable appointment fee and taxes. Every
  303  appointment is shall be subject to the prior issuance of the
  304  appropriate agent’s, adjuster’s, service representative’s, or
  305  customer representative’s, or managing general agent’s license.
  306         (5) Any law enforcement agency or state attorney’s office
  307  that is aware that an agent, adjuster, service representative,
  308  customer representative, or managing general agent has pleaded
  309  guilty or nolo contendere to or has been found guilty of a
  310  felony shall notify the department or office of such fact.
  311         (5)(6) Upon the filing of an information or indictment
  312  against an agent, adjuster, service representative, or customer
  313  representative, or managing general agent, the state attorney
  314  shall immediately furnish the department or office a certified
  315  copy of the information or indictment.
  316         Section 23. Section 626.521, Florida Statutes, is amended
  317  to read:
  318         626.521 Character, Credit and character reports.—
  319         (1) Before appointing As to each applicant who for the
  320  first time in this state an is applying and qualifying for a
  321  license as agent, adjuster, service representative, customer
  322  representative, or managing general agent, the appointing
  323  insurer or employer shall its manager or general agent in this
  324  state, in the case of agents, or the appointing general lines
  325  agent, in the case of customer representatives, or the employer,
  326  in the case of service representatives and of adjusters who are
  327  not to be self-employed, shall coincidentally with such
  328  appointment or employment secure and thereafter keep on file a
  329  full detailed credit and character report made by an established
  330  and reputable independent reporting service, relative to the
  331  individual so appointed or employed. This subsection does not
  332  apply to licensees who self-appoint pursuant to s. 624.501.
  333         (2) If requested by the department, the insurer, manager,
  334  general agent, general lines agent, or employer, as the case may
  335  be, must shall furnish to the department, on a form adopted and
  336  furnished by the department, such information as it reasonably
  337  requires relative to such individual and investigation.
  338         (3) As to an applicant for an adjuster’s or reinsurance
  339  intermediary’s license who is to be self-employed, the
  340  department may secure, at the cost of the applicant, a full
  341  detailed credit and character report made by an established and
  342  reputable independent reporting service relative to the
  343  applicant.
  344         (4) Each person who for the first time in this state is
  345  applying and qualifying for a license as a reinsurance
  346  intermediary shall file with her or his application for license
  347  a full, detailed credit and character report for the 5-year
  348  period immediately prior to the date of application for license,
  349  made by an established and reputable independent reporting
  350  service, relative to the individual if a partnership or sole
  351  proprietorship, or the officers if a corporation or other legal
  352  entity.
  353         (3)(5) Information contained in credit or character reports
  354  furnished to or secured by the department under this section is
  355  confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1).
  356         Section 24. Paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section
  357  626.731, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  358         626.731 Qualifications for general lines agent’s license.—
  359         (1) The department shall not grant or issue a license as
  360  general lines agent to any individual found by it to be
  361  untrustworthy or incompetent or who does not meet each of the
  362  following qualifications:
  363         (f) The applicant is not a service representative, a
  364  managing general agent in this state, or a special agent or
  365  similar service representative of a health insurer which also
  366  transacts property, casualty, or surety insurance; except that
  367  the president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer,
  368  including a member of the board of directors, of a corporate
  369  insurer, if otherwise qualified under and meeting the
  370  requirements of this part, may be licensed and appointed as a
  371  local resident agent.
  372         Section 25. Subsection (6) of section 626.7351, Florida
  373  Statutes, is amended to read:
  374         626.7351 Qualifications for customer representative’s
  375  license.—The department shall not grant or issue a license as
  376  customer representative to any individual found by it to be
  377  untrustworthy or incompetent, or who does not meet each of the
  378  following qualifications:
  379         (6) Upon the issuance of the license applied for, the
  380  applicant is not an agent or, a service representative, or a
  381  managing general agent.
  382         Section 26. Section 626.744, Florida Statutes, is amended
  383  to read:
  384         626.744 Service representatives, managing general agents;
  385  application for license.—The application for a license as
  386  service representative must or the application for a license as
  387  managing general agent shall show the applicant’s name,
  388  residence address, name of employer, position or title, type of
  389  work to be performed by the applicant in this state, and any
  390  additional information which the department may reasonably
  391  require.
  392         Section 27. Section 626.745, Florida Statutes, is amended
  393  to read:
  394         626.745 Service representatives, managing general agents;
  395  managers; activities.—Individuals employed by insurers or their
  396  managers, general agents, or representatives as service
  397  representatives, and as managing general agents employed for the
  398  purpose of or engaged in assisting agents in negotiating and
  399  effecting contracts of insurance, shall engage in such
  400  activities when, and only when licensed as or, accompanied by a
  401  general lines an agent duly licensed and appointed as a resident
  402  licensee and appointee under this code.
  403         Section 28. Subsection (11) of section 626.7451, Florida
  404  Statutes, is amended to read:
  405         626.7451 Managing general agents; required contract
  406  provisions.—No person acting in the capacity of a managing
  407  general agent shall place business with an insurer unless there
  408  is in force a written contract between the parties which sets
  409  forth the responsibility for a particular function, specifies
  410  the division of responsibilities, and contains the following
  411  minimum provisions:
  412         (11) An appointed A licensed managing general agent, when
  413  placing business with an insurer under this code, may charge a
  414  per-policy fee not to exceed $25. In no instance shall The
  415  aggregate of per-policy fees for a placement of business
  416  authorized under this section, when combined with any other per
  417  policy fee charged by the insurer, may not result in per-policy
  418  fees that which exceed the aggregate amount of $25. The per
  419  policy fee must shall be a component of the insurer’s rate
  420  filing and must shall be fully earned.
  421  
  422  For the purposes of this section and ss. 626.7453 and 626.7454,
  423  the term “controlling person” or “controlling” has the meaning
  424  set forth in s. 625.012(5)(b)1., and the term “controlled
  425  person” or “controlled” has the meaning set forth in s.
  426  625.012(5)(b)2.
  427         Section 29. Subsection (1) of section 626.7455, Florida
  428  Statutes, is amended to read:
  429         626.7455 Managing general agent; responsibility of
  430  insurer.—
  431         (1) An insurer may not No insurer shall enter into an
  432  agreement with any person to manage the business written in this
  433  state by the general lines agents appointed by the insurer or
  434  appointed by the managing general agent on behalf of the insurer
  435  unless the person is properly licensed as an agent and appointed
  436  as a managing general agent in this state. An insurer is shall
  437  be responsible for the acts of its managing general agent when
  438  the agent acts within the scope of his or her authority.
  439         Section 30. Paragraph (e) of subsection (3) and subsection
  440  (5) of section 626.752, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  441         626.752 Exchange of business.—
  442         (3)
  443         (e) The brokering agent shall maintain an appropriate and
  444  permanent Brokering Agent’s Register, which must shall be a
  445  permanent record of bound journal in which chronologically
  446  numbered transactions that are entered no later than the day in
  447  which the brokering agent’s application bearing the same number
  448  is signed by the applicant. The numbers must shall reflect an
  449  annual aggregate through numerical sequence and be preceded by
  450  the last two digits of the current year. The initial entry must
  451  shall contain the number of the transaction, date, time, date of
  452  binder, date on which coverage commences, name and address of
  453  applicant, type of coverage desired, name of insurer binding the
  454  risk or to whom the application is to be submitted, and the
  455  amount of any premium collected therefor. By no later than the
  456  date following policy delivery, the policy number and coverage
  457  expiration date must shall be added to the register.
  458         (5) Within 15 days after the last day of each month, any
  459  insurer accepting business under this section shall report to
  460  the department the name, address, telephone number, and social
  461  security number of each agent from which the insurer received
  462  more than four 24 personal lines risks during the calendar year,
  463  except for risks being removed from the Citizens Property
  464  Insurance Corporation and placed with that insurer by a
  465  brokering agent. Once the insurer has reported pursuant to this
  466  subsection an agent’s name to the department, additional reports
  467  on the same agent shall not be required. However, the fee set
  468  forth in s. 624.501 must shall be paid for the agent by the
  469  insurer for each year until the insurer notifies the department
  470  that the insurer is no longer accepting business from the agent
  471  pursuant to this section. The insurer may require that the agent
  472  reimburse the insurer for the fee.
  473         Section 31. Subsection (4) of section 626.793, Florida
  474  Statutes, is amended to read:
  475         626.793 Excess or rejected business.—
  476         (4) Within 15 days after the last day of each month, any
  477  insurer accepting business under this section shall report to
  478  the department the name, address, telephone number, and social
  479  security number of each agent from which the insurer received
  480  more than four 24 risks during the calendar year. Once the
  481  insurer has reported an agent’s name to the department pursuant
  482  to this subsection, additional reports on the same agent shall
  483  not be required. However, the fee set forth in s. 624.501 must
  484  shall be paid for the agent by the insurer for each year until
  485  the insurer notifies the department that the insurer is no
  486  longer accepting business from the agent pursuant to this
  487  section. The insurer may require that the agent reimburse the
  488  insurer for the fee.
  489         Section 32. Section 626.798, Florida Statutes, is amended
  490  to read:
  491         626.798 Life agent as beneficiary; prohibition; limitations
  492  on certain legal authority.—
  493         (1)A No life agent may not place or modify shall, with
  494  respect to the placement of life insurance coverage with a life
  495  insurer covering the life of a person who is not a family member
  496  of the life agent, handle in his or her capacity as a life agent
  497  the placement of such coverage when the life agent placing the
  498  coverage or a family member of the life such agent is the named
  499  beneficiary under the life insurance policy or the modification
  500  names the life agent or a family member of the life agent as the
  501  named beneficiary, unless the life agent or family member of the
  502  life agent has an insurable interest in the life of such person.
  503         (2)A life However, the agent or a family member of the
  504  life such agent may not serve be designated as a trustee or
  505  guardian or accept authority to act under a be granted power of
  506  attorney for any person the life agent conducts insurance
  507  business with unless he or she is:
  508         (a) A family member of the person policy owner or insured;
  509  or
  510         (b)1.Acting as a fiduciary;
  511         2.Licensed as a certified public accountant under s.
  512  473.308; and
  513         3.a.Registered under s. 203 of the Investment Advisers Act
  514  of 1940 as an investment adviser or a representative thereof,
  515  and is compliant with the notice filing requirements of s.
  516  517.1201; or
  517         b.Registered under s. 517.12 as a dealer, an investment
  518  adviser, or an associated person, or is a bank or trust company
  519  duly authorized to act as a fiduciary.
  520         (3)As used in this section, the term: For the purposes of
  521  this section, the phrase
  522         (a)“Family member” “not a family member,” with respect to
  523  a life agent, means an individual who is not related to the life
  524  agent as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister,
  525  grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew,
  526  niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in
  527  law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson,
  528  stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half
  529  sister.
  530         (b)For the purposes of this section, the term “Insurable
  531  interest” means that the life agent or family member of the life
  532  agent has an actual, lawful, and substantial economic interest
  533  in the safety and preservation of the life of the insured or a
  534  reasonable expectation of benefit or advantage from the
  535  continued life of the insured.
  536         Section 33. Subsection (5) of section 626.837, Florida
  537  Statutes, is amended to read:
  538         626.837 Excess or rejected business.—
  539         (5) Within 15 days after the last day of each month, any
  540  insurer accepting business under this section shall report to
  541  the department the name, address, telephone number, and social
  542  security number of each agent from which the insurer received
  543  more than four 24 risks during the calendar year. Once the
  544  insurer has reported pursuant to this subsection an agent’s name
  545  to the department, additional reports on the same agent shall
  546  not be required. However, the fee set forth in s. 624.501 must
  547  shall be paid for the agent by the insurer for each year until
  548  the insurer notifies the department that the insurer is no
  549  longer accepting business from the agent pursuant to this
  550  section. The insurer may require that the agent reimburse the
  551  insurer for the fee.
  552         Section 34. Subsection (5) of section 626.8732, Florida
  553  Statutes, is amended to read:
  554         626.8732 Nonresident public adjuster’s qualifications,
  555  bond.—
  556         (5) After licensure as a nonresident public adjuster, as a
  557  condition of doing business in this state, the licensee must
  558  annually on or before January 1, on a form prescribed by the
  559  department, submit an affidavit certifying that the licensee is
  560  familiar with and understands the insurance code and rules
  561  adopted thereunder and the provisions of the contracts
  562  negotiated or to be negotiated. Compliance with this filing
  563  requirement is a condition precedent to the issuance,
  564  continuation, reinstatement, or renewal of a nonresident public
  565  adjuster’s appointment.
  566         Section 35. Subsection (4) of section 626.8734, Florida
  567  Statutes, is amended to read:
  568         626.8734 Nonresident all-lines adjuster license
  569  qualifications.—
  570         (4) As a condition of doing business in this state as a
  571  nonresident independent adjuster, the appointee must submit an
  572  affidavit to the department certifying that the licensee is
  573  familiar with and understands the insurance laws and
  574  administrative rules of this state and the provisions of the
  575  contracts negotiated or to be negotiated. Compliance with this
  576  filing requirement is a condition precedent to the issuance,
  577  continuation, reinstatement, or renewal of a nonresident
  578  independent adjuster’s appointment.
  579         Section 36. Paragraph (h) of subsection (1) of section
  580  626.88, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  581         626.88 Definitions.—For the purposes of this part, the
  582  term:
  583         (1) “Administrator” is any person who directly or
  584  indirectly solicits or effects coverage of, collects charges or
  585  premiums from, or adjusts or settles claims on residents of this
  586  state in connection with authorized commercial self-insurance
  587  funds or with insured or self-insured programs which provide
  588  life or health insurance coverage or coverage of any other
  589  expenses described in s. 624.33(1) or any person who, through a
  590  health care risk contract as defined in s. 641.234 with an
  591  insurer or health maintenance organization, provides billing and
  592  collection services to health insurers and health maintenance
  593  organizations on behalf of health care providers, other than any
  594  of the following persons:
  595         (h) A person appointed licensed as a managing general agent
  596  in this state, whose activities are limited exclusively to the
  597  scope of activities conveyed under such appointment license.
  598  
  599  A person who provides billing and collection services to health
  600  insurers and health maintenance organizations on behalf of
  601  health care providers shall comply with the provisions of ss.
  602  627.6131, 641.3155, and 641.51(4).
  603         Section 37. Section 626.927, Florida Statutes, is amended
  604  to read:
  605         626.927 Licensing of surplus lines agent.—
  606         (1) Any individual while licensed and appointed as a
  607  resident general lines agent as to property, casualty, and
  608  surety insurances, and who is deemed by the department to have
  609  had sufficient experience in the insurance business to be
  610  competent for the purpose, and who, within the 4 years
  611  immediately preceding the date the application was submitted,
  612  has a minimum of 1 year’s experience working for a licensed
  613  surplus lines agent or who has successfully completed 60 class
  614  hours in surplus and excess lines in a course approved by the
  615  department, may be licensed as a surplus lines agent, upon
  616  taking and successfully passing a written examination as to
  617  surplus lines, as given by the department.
  618         (2) Any individual, while licensed as and appointed as a
  619  managing general agent as defined in s. 626.015, or service
  620  representative as defined in s. 626.015, and who otherwise
  621  possesses all of the other qualifications of a general lines
  622  agent under this code, and who has a minimum of 1 year of year’s
  623  experience working for a licensed surplus lines agent or who has
  624  successfully completed 60 class hours in surplus and excess
  625  lines in a course approved by the department, may, upon taking
  626  and successfully passing a written examination as to surplus
  627  lines, as given by the department, be licensed as a surplus
  628  lines agent solely for the purpose of placing with surplus lines
  629  insurers property, marine, casualty, or surety coverages
  630  originated by general lines agents; except that no examination
  631  as for a general lines agent’s license shall be required of any
  632  managing general agent or service representative who held a
  633  Florida surplus lines agent’s license as of January 1, 1959.
  634         (2)(3) Application for the license must shall be made to
  635  the department on forms as designated and furnished by it.
  636         (3)(4) License and appointment fees in the amount specified
  637  in s. 624.501 must shall be paid to the department in advance.
  638  The license and appointment of a surplus lines agent continue in
  639  force until suspended, revoked, or otherwise terminated. The
  640  appointment of a surplus lines agent continues in force until
  641  suspended, revoked, or terminated, but is subject to biennial
  642  renewal or continuation by the licensee in accordance with
  643  procedures prescribed in s. 626.381 for agents in general.
  644         (4)(5) Examinations as to surplus lines, as required under
  645  subsection (1) subsections (1) and (2), are subject to the
  646  provisions of part I as applicable to applicants for licenses in
  647  general.
  648         (5)(6) An individual who has been licensed by the
  649  department as a surplus lines agent as provided in this section
  650  may be subsequently appointed without additional written
  651  examination if his or her application for appointment is filed
  652  with the department within 48 months after the date of
  653  cancellation or expiration of the prior appointment. The
  654  department may require an individual to take and successfully
  655  pass an examination as for original issuance of license as a
  656  condition precedent to the reinstatement or continuation of the
  657  licensee’s current license or reinstatement or continuation of
  658  the licensee’s appointment.
  659         Section 38. Subsection (3) of section 626.930, Florida
  660  Statutes, is amended to read:
  661         626.930 Records of surplus lines agent.—
  662         (3) Each surplus lines agent shall maintain all surplus
  663  lines business records in his or her general lines agency
  664  office, if licensed as a general lines agent, or in his or her
  665  managing general agency office, if licensed as a managing
  666  general agent or the full-time salaried employee of such general
  667  agent.
  668         Section 39. Subsection (2) of section 626.9892, Florida
  669  Statutes, is amended to read:
  670         626.9892 Anti-Fraud Reward Program; reporting of insurance
  671  fraud.—
  672         (2) The department may pay rewards of up to $25,000 to
  673  persons providing information leading to the arrest and
  674  conviction of persons committing crimes investigated by the
  675  department arising from violations of s. 440.105, s. 624.15, s.
  676  626.9541, s. 626.989, s. 790.164, s. 790.165, s. 790.166, s.
  677  806.01, s. 806.031, s. 806.10, s. 806.111, s. 817.233, or s.
  678  817.234.
  679         Section 40. Subsection (3) of section 633.302, Florida
  680  Statutes, is amended to read:
  681         633.302 Florida Fire Safety Board; membership; duties;
  682  meetings; officers; quorum; compensation; seal.—
  683         (3) The State Fire Marshal’s term on the board, or that of
  684  her or his designee, must shall coincide with the State Fire
  685  Marshal’s term of office. Of the other six members of the board,
  686  one member shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, one member
  687  for a term of 2 years, two members for terms of 3 years, and two
  688  members for terms of 4 years. All other terms are 4 years and
  689  expire on June 30 of the last year of the term. When the term of
  690  a member expires, the State Fire Marshal shall appoint a member
  691  to fill the vacancy for a term of 4 years. The State Fire
  692  Marshal may remove any appointed member for cause. A vacancy in
  693  the membership of the board for any cause must shall be filled
  694  by appointment by the State Fire Marshal for the balance of the
  695  unexpired term.
  696         Section 41. Subsection (2), paragraph (a) of subsection
  697  (3), and paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of subsection (4) of
  698  section 633.304, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  699         633.304 Fire suppression equipment; license to install or
  700  maintain.—
  701         (2) A person who holds a valid fire equipment dealer
  702  license may maintain such license in an inactive status during
  703  which time he or she may not engage in any work under the
  704  definition of the license held. An inactive status license is
  705  shall be void after 4 years or when the license is renewed,
  706  whichever comes first. However, an inactive status license must
  707  be reactivated before December 31 of each odd-numbered year. An
  708  inactive status license may not be reactivated unless the
  709  continuing education requirements of this chapter have been
  710  fulfilled.
  711         (3) Each individual actually performing the work of
  712  servicing, recharging, repairing, hydrotesting, installing,
  713  testing, or inspecting fire extinguishers or preengineered
  714  systems must possess a valid and subsisting permit issued by the
  715  division. Permittees are limited as to specific type of work
  716  performed to allow work no more extensive than the class of
  717  license held by the licensee under whom the permittee is
  718  working. Permits will be issued by the division as follows:
  719         (a) Portable permit: “Portable permittee” means a person
  720  who is limited to performing work no more extensive than the
  721  employing or contractually related licensee in the servicing,
  722  recharging, repairing, installing, or inspecting all types of
  723  portable fire extinguishers.
  724  
  725  Any fire equipment permittee licensed pursuant to this
  726  subsection who does not want to engage in servicing, inspecting,
  727  recharging, repairing, hydrotesting, or installing halon
  728  equipment must file an affidavit on a form provided by the
  729  division so stating. Permits will be issued by the division to
  730  show the work authorized thereunder. It is unlawful, unlicensed
  731  activity for a person or firm to falsely hold himself or herself
  732  out to perform any service, inspection, recharge, repair,
  733  hydrotest, or installation except as specifically described in
  734  the permit.
  735         (4)
  736         (b) After initial licensure, each licensee or permittee
  737  must successfully complete a course or courses of continuing
  738  education for fire equipment technicians of at least 16 hours. A
  739  license or permit may not be renewed unless the licensee or
  740  permittee produces documentation of the completion of at least
  741  16 hours of continuing education for fire equipment technicians
  742  during the biennial licensure period. A person who is both a
  743  licensee and a permittee shall be required to complete 16 hours
  744  of continuing education during each renewal period. Each
  745  licensee shall ensure that all permittees in his or her
  746  employment or through a contractual agreement meet their
  747  continuing education requirements. The State Fire Marshal shall
  748  adopt rules describing the continuing education requirements and
  749  shall have the authority upon reasonable belief, to audit a fire
  750  equipment dealer to determine compliance with continuing
  751  education requirements.
  752         (c) The forms of such licenses and permits and applications
  753  therefor must shall be prescribed by the State Fire Marshal; in
  754  addition to such other information and data as that officer
  755  determines is appropriate and required for such forms, there
  756  must shall be included in such forms the following matters. Each
  757  such application must be in such form as to provide that the
  758  data and other information set forth therein shall be sworn to
  759  by the applicant or, if a corporation, by an officer thereof. An
  760  application for a permit must include the name of the licensee
  761  employing, or contractually related to, such permittee, and the
  762  permit issued in pursuance of such application must also set
  763  forth the name of such licensee. A permit is valid solely for
  764  use by the holder thereof in his or her employment by, or
  765  contractual relationship with, the licensee named in the permit.
  766         (d) A license of any class may not be issued or renewed by
  767  the division and a license of any class does not remain
  768  operative unless:
  769         1. The applicant has submitted to the State Fire Marshal
  770  evidence of registration as a Florida corporation or evidence of
  771  compliance with s. 865.09.
  772         2. The State Fire Marshal or his or her designee has by
  773  inspection determined that the applicant possesses the equipment
  774  required for the class of license sought. The State Fire Marshal
  775  shall give an applicant a reasonable opportunity to correct any
  776  deficiencies discovered by inspection. To obtain such
  777  inspection, an applicant with facilities located outside this
  778  state must:
  779         a. Provide a notarized statement from a professional
  780  engineer licensed by the applicant’s state of domicile
  781  certifying that the applicant possesses the equipment required
  782  for the class of license sought and that all such equipment is
  783  operable; or
  784         b. Allow the State Fire Marshal or her or his designee to
  785  inspect the facility. All costs associated with the State Fire
  786  Marshal’s inspection must shall be paid by the applicant. The
  787  State Fire Marshal, in accordance with s. 120.54, may adopt
  788  rules to establish standards for the calculation and
  789  establishment of the amount of costs associated with any
  790  inspection conducted by the State Fire Marshal under this
  791  section. Such rules must shall include procedures for invoicing
  792  and receiving funds in advance of the inspection.
  793         3. The applicant has submitted to the State Fire Marshal
  794  proof of insurance providing coverage for comprehensive general
  795  liability for bodily injury and property damage, products
  796  liability, completed operations, and contractual liability. The
  797  State Fire Marshal shall adopt rules providing for the amounts
  798  of such coverage, but such amounts may not be less than $300,000
  799  for Class A or Class D licenses, $200,000 for Class B licenses,
  800  and $100,000 for Class C licenses; and the total coverage for
  801  any class of license held in conjunction with a Class D license
  802  may not be less than $300,000. The State Fire Marshal may, at
  803  any time after the issuance of a license or its renewal, require
  804  upon demand, and in no event more than 30 days after notice of
  805  such demand, the licensee to provide proof of insurance, on the
  806  insurer’s a form provided by the State Fire Marshal, containing
  807  confirmation of insurance coverage as required by this chapter.
  808  Failure, for any length of time, to provide proof of insurance
  809  coverage as required must shall result in the immediate
  810  suspension of the license until proof of proper insurance is
  811  provided to the State Fire Marshal. An insurer that which
  812  provides such coverage shall notify the State Fire Marshal of
  813  any change in coverage or of any termination, cancellation, or
  814  nonrenewal of any coverage.
  815         4. The applicant applies to the State Fire Marshal,
  816  provides proof of experience, and successfully completes a
  817  prescribed training course offered by the State Fire College or
  818  an equivalent course approved by the State Fire Marshal. This
  819  subparagraph does not apply to any holder of or applicant for a
  820  permit under paragraph (g) or to a business organization or a
  821  governmental entity seeking initial licensure or renewal of an
  822  existing license solely for the purpose of inspecting,
  823  servicing, repairing, marking, recharging, and maintaining fire
  824  extinguishers used and located on the premises of and owned by
  825  such organization or entity.
  826         5. The applicant has a current retestor identification
  827  number that is appropriate for the license for which the
  828  applicant is applying and that is listed with the United States
  829  Department of Transportation.
  830         6. The applicant has passed, with a grade of at least 70
  831  percent, a written examination testing his or her knowledge of
  832  the rules and statutes governing the activities authorized by
  833  the license and demonstrating his or her knowledge and ability
  834  to perform those tasks in a competent, lawful, and safe manner.
  835  Such examination must shall be developed and administered by the
  836  State Fire Marshal, or his or her designee in accordance with
  837  policies and procedures of the State Fire Marshal. An applicant
  838  shall pay a nonrefundable examination fee of $50 for each
  839  examination or reexamination scheduled. A reexamination may not
  840  be scheduled sooner than 30 days after any administration of an
  841  examination to an applicant. An applicant may not be permitted
  842  to take an examination for any level of license more than a
  843  total of four times during 1 year, regardless of the number of
  844  applications submitted. As a prerequisite to licensure of the
  845  applicant, he or she:
  846         a. Must be at least 18 years of age.
  847         b. Must have 4 years of proven experience as a fire
  848  equipment permittee at a level equal to or greater than the
  849  level of license applied for or have a combination of education
  850  and experience determined to be equivalent thereto by the State
  851  Fire Marshal. Having held a permit at the appropriate level for
  852  the required period constitutes the required experience.
  853         c. Must not have been convicted of a felony or a crime
  854  punishable by imprisonment of 1 year or more under the law of
  855  the United States or of any state thereof or under the law of
  856  any other country. “Convicted” means a finding of guilt or the
  857  acceptance of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere in any federal
  858  or state court or a court in any other country, without regard
  859  to whether a judgment of conviction has been entered by the
  860  court having jurisdiction of the case. If an applicant has been
  861  convicted of any such felony, the applicant is shall be excluded
  862  from licensure for a period of 4 years after expiration of
  863  sentence or final release by the Florida Commission on Offender
  864  Review unless the applicant, before the expiration of the 4-year
  865  period, has received a full pardon or has had her or his civil
  866  rights restored.
  867  
  868  This subparagraph does not apply to any holder of or applicant
  869  for a permit under paragraph (g) or to a business organization
  870  or a governmental entity seeking initial licensure or renewal of
  871  an existing license solely for the purpose of inspecting,
  872  servicing, repairing, marking, recharging, hydrotesting, and
  873  maintaining fire extinguishers used and located on the premises
  874  of and owned by such organization or entity.
  875         Section 42. Subsection (2) of section 633.314, Florida
  876  Statutes, is amended to read:
  877         633.314 Sale or use of certain types of fire extinguishers
  878  prohibited; penalty.—
  879         (2) It is unlawful for any person, directly or through an
  880  agent, to sell, offer for sale, or give in this state any make,
  881  type, or model of fire extinguisher, either new or used, unless
  882  such make, type, or model of extinguisher has first been tested
  883  and is currently approved or listed by Underwriters
  884  Laboratories, Inc., Factory Mutual Laboratories, Inc., or
  885  another testing laboratory recognized by the State Fire Marshal
  886  as nationally recognized in accordance with procedures adopted
  887  by rule, taking into account the laboratory’s facilities,
  888  procedures, use of nationally recognized standards, and any
  889  other criteria reasonably calculated to reach an informed
  890  determination, and unless such extinguisher carries an
  891  Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., or manufacturer’s serial
  892  number. Such serial number must shall be permanently affixed
  893  stamped on the manufacturer’s identification and instruction
  894  plate.
  895         Section 43. Subsection (7) of section 633.318, Florida
  896  Statutes, is amended to read:
  897         633.318 Certificate application and issuance; permit
  898  issuance; examination and investigation of applicant.—
  899         (7) The State Fire Marshal may, at any time subsequent to
  900  the issuance of the certificate or its renewal, require, upon
  901  demand and in no event more than 30 days after notice of the
  902  demand, the certificateholder to provide proof of insurance
  903  coverage on the insurer’s a form provided by the State Fire
  904  Marshal containing confirmation of insurance coverage as
  905  required by this chapter. Failure to provide proof of insurance
  906  coverage as required, for any length of time, shall result in
  907  the immediate suspension of the certificate until proof of
  908  insurance is provided to the State Fire Marshal.
  909         Section 44. Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section
  910  633.408, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (c) is
  911  added to that subsection, to read:
  912         633.408 Firefighter and volunteer firefighter training and
  913  certification.—
  914         (6)
  915         (b) A Special Certificate of Compliance only authorizes an
  916  individual to serve as an administrative and command head of a
  917  fire service provider.
  918         1.An individual employed as a fire chief, fire
  919  coordinator, fire director, or fire administrator must obtain a
  920  Special Certificate of Compliance within 1 year after beginning
  921  employment.
  922         2.Before beginning employment as a command officer or in a
  923  position directing incident outcomes, an individual must obtain
  924  a Certificate of Compliance or a Special Certificate of
  925  Compliance.
  926         (c)In order to retain a Special Certificate of Compliance,
  927  every 4 years an individual must:
  928         1.Be active as a firefighter;
  929         2.Maintain a current and valid Fire Service Instructor
  930  Certificate, instruct at least 40 hours during the 4-year
  931  period, and provide proof of such instruction to the division,
  932  which proof must be registered in an electronic database
  933  designated by the division; or
  934         3.Within 6 months before the 4-year period expires,
  935  successfully complete a Firefighter Retention Refresher Course
  936  consisting of a minimum of 40 hours of training as prescribed by
  937  rule.
  938         Section 45. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section
  939  633.444, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  940         633.444 Division powers and duties; Florida State Fire
  941  College.—
  942         (1) The division, in performing its duties related to the
  943  Florida State Fire College, specified in this part, shall:
  944         (e) Develop a staffing and funding formula for the Florida
  945  State Fire College. The formula must include differential
  946  funding levels for various types of programs, must be based on
  947  the number of full-time equivalent students and information
  948  obtained from scheduled attendance counts taken the first day of
  949  each program, and must provide the basis for the legislative
  950  budget request. As used in this section, a full-time equivalent
  951  student is equal to a minimum of 900 hours in a technical
  952  certificate program and 400 hours in a degree-seeking program.
  953  The funding formula must be as prescribed pursuant to s.
  954  1011.62, must include procedures to document daily attendance,
  955  and must require that attendance records be retained for audit
  956  purposes.
  957         Section 46. Subsection (8) of section 648.27, Florida
  958  Statutes, is amended to read:
  959         648.27 Licenses and appointments; general.—
  960         (8) An application for a managing general agent’s license
  961  must be made by an insurer who proposes to employ or appoint an
  962  individual, partnership, association, or corporation as a
  963  managing general agent. Such application shall contain the
  964  information required by s. 626.744, and the applicant shall pay
  965  the same fee as a managing general agent licensed pursuant to
  966  that section. An individual who is appointed as a managing
  967  general agent to supervise or manage bail bond business written
  968  in this state must also be licensed as a bail bond agent. In the
  969  case of an entity, at least one owner, officer, or director at
  970  each office location must be licensed as a bail bond agent.
  971         Section 47. Present subsection (6) of section 648.34,
  972  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (7), and a new
  973  subsection (6) is added to that section, to read:
  974         648.34 Bail bond agents; qualifications.—
  975         (6) The requirements for completion and submission of
  976  fingerprints under this chapter are deemed to be met when an
  977  individual currently licensed under this chapter seeks
  978  additional licensure and has previously submitted fingerprints
  979  to the department in support of an application for licensure
  980  under this chapter within the past 48 months. However, the
  981  department may require the individual to file fingerprints if it
  982  has reason to believe that an applicant or licensee has been
  983  found guilty of, or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, a
  984  felony or a crime related to the business of insurance in this
  985  or any other state or jurisdiction.
  986         Section 48. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  987  made by this act to section 626.221, Florida Statutes, in a
  988  reference thereto, paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
  989  626.8734, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  990         626.8734 Nonresident all-lines adjuster license
  991  qualifications.—
  992         (1) The department shall issue a license to an applicant
  993  for a nonresident all-lines adjuster license upon determining
  994  that the applicant has paid the applicable license fees required
  995  under s. 624.501 and:
  996         (b) Has passed to the satisfaction of the department a
  997  written Florida all-lines adjuster examination of the scope
  998  prescribed in s. 626.241(6); however, the requirement for the
  999  examination does not apply to:
 1000         1. An applicant who is licensed as an all-lines adjuster in
 1001  his or her home state if that state has entered into a
 1002  reciprocal agreement with the department;
 1003         2. An applicant who is licensed as a nonresident all-lines
 1004  adjuster in a state other than his or her home state and a
 1005  reciprocal agreement with the appropriate official of the state
 1006  of licensure has been entered into with the department; or
 1007         3. An applicant who holds a certification set forth in s.
 1008  626.221(2)(j).
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 1011  And the title is amended as follows:
 1012         Delete lines 56 - 190
 1013  and insert:
 1014         624.317, F.S.; authorizing the department to conduct
 1015         investigations of any, rather than specified, agents
 1016         subject to its jurisdiction; amending s. 624.34, F.S.;
 1017         conforming a provision to changes made by the act;
 1018         amending s. 624.4073, F.S.; prohibiting certain
 1019         officers or directors of insolvent insurers from
 1020         having direct or indirect control over certain
 1021         selection or appointment of officers or directors,
 1022         except under certain circumstances; amending ss.
 1023         624.4094, 624.501, 624.509, and 625.071, F.S.;
 1024         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
 1025         amending s. 626.112, F.S.; requiring a managing
 1026         general agent to hold a currently effective producer
 1027         license rather than a managing general agent license;
 1028         amending s. 626.171, F.S.; deleting applicability of
 1029         licensing provisions as to managing general agents;
 1030         making a technical change; amending s. 626.202, F.S.;
 1031         providing that certain applicants are not required to
 1032         resubmit fingerprints to the department under certain
 1033         circumstances; authorizing the department to require
 1034         these applicants to file fingerprints under certain
 1035         circumstances; amending s. 626.207, F.S.; conforming a
 1036         provision to changes made by the act; amending s.
 1037         626.221, F.S.; adding a designation that exempts
 1038         applicants for licensure as an all-lines adjuster from
 1039         an examination requirement; amending s. 626.451, F.S.;
 1040         deleting a requirement for law enforcement agencies
 1041         and state attorney’s offices to notify the department
 1042         or the Office of Insurance Regulation of certain
 1043         felony dispositions; deleting a requirement for the
 1044         state attorney to provide the department or office a
 1045         certified copy of an information or indictment against
 1046         a managing general agent; conforming a provision to
 1047         changes made by the act; amending s. 626.521, F.S.;
 1048         revising requirements for credit and character reports
 1049         secured and kept by insurers or employers appointing
 1050         certain insurance representatives; providing
 1051         applicability; amending s. 626.731, F.S.; deleting a
 1052         certain qualification for licensure as a general lines
 1053         agent; amending s. 626.7351, F.S.; revising a
 1054         qualification for licensure as a customer
 1055         representative; amending s. 626.744, F.S.; conforming
 1056         a provision to changes made by the act; amending s.
 1057         626.745, F.S.; revising conditions under which service
 1058         representatives and managing general agents may engage
 1059         in certain activities; amending ss. 626.7451 and
 1060         626.7455, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
 1061         by the act; amending s. 626.752, F.S.; revising a
 1062         requirement for the Brokering Agent’s Register
 1063         maintained by brokering agents; revising the limit on
 1064         certain personal lines risks an insurer may receive
 1065         from an agent within a specified timeframe before the
 1066         insurer must comply with certain reporting
 1067         requirements for that agent; amending s. 626.793,
 1068         F.S.; revising the limit on certain risks that certain
 1069         insurers may receive from a life agent within a
 1070         specified timeframe before the insurer must comply
 1071         with certain reporting requirements for that agent;
 1072         amending s. 626.798, F.S.; revising a prohibition
 1073         applicable under certain circumstances to life agents
 1074         when the life agent or the life agent’s family member
 1075         is the named beneficiary under a certain life
 1076         insurance policy; revising a prohibition, and
 1077         exceptions from the prohibition, applicable to life
 1078         agents or their family members relating to certain
 1079         trustee, guardian, or power of attorney authority for
 1080         any person the life agent conducts insurance business
 1081         with; revising definitions; amending s. 626.837, F.S.;
 1082         revising the limit on certain risks that certain
 1083         insurers may receive from a health agent within a
 1084         specified timeframe before the insurer must comply
 1085         with certain reporting requirements for that agent;
 1086         amending s. 626.8732, F.S.; deleting a requirement for
 1087         a licensed nonresident public adjuster to submit a
 1088         certain annual affidavit to the department; amending
 1089         s. 626.8734, F.S.; deleting a requirement for a
 1090         nonresident independent adjuster to submit a certain
 1091         annual affidavit to the department; amending s.
 1092         626.88, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made
 1093         by the act; amending s. 626.927, F.S.; revising
 1094         qualifications for licensure as a surplus lines agent;
 1095         amending s. 626.930, F.S.; revising a requirement
 1096         relating to the location of a surplus lines agent’s
 1097         surplus lines business records; amending s. 626.9892,
 1098         F.S.; authorizing the department to pay up a specified
 1099         amount of rewards under the Anti-Fraud Reward Program
 1100         for information leading to the arrest and conviction
 1101         of persons guilty of arson; amending s. 633.302, F.S.;
 1102         revising the term duration of certain members of the
 1103         Florida Fire Safety Board; amending s. 633.304, F.S.;
 1104         revising circumstances under which an inactive fire
 1105         equipment dealer license is void; specifying the
 1106         timeframe when an inactive license must be
 1107         reactivated; specifying that permittees performing
 1108         certain work on fire equipment may be contracted
 1109         rather than employed; revising a requirement for a
 1110         certain proof-of-insurance form to be provided by the
 1111         insurer rather than the State Fire Marshal; amending
 1112         s. 633.314, F.S.; requiring that serial numbers be
 1113         permanently affixed, rather than permanently stamped,
 1114         on certain plates of fire extinguishers; amending s.
 1115         633.318, F.S.; revising a requirement for a certain
 1116         proof-of-insurance form to be provided by the insurer
 1117         rather than the State Fire Marshal; amending s.
 1118         633.408, F.S.; specifying firefighter certification
 1119         requirements for certain individuals employed in
 1120         administrative and command positions of a fire service
 1121         provider; specifying conditions for an individual to
 1122         retain a Special Certificate of Compliance; amending
 1123         s. 633.444, F.S.; deleting a requirement for the
 1124         Division of State Fire Marshal to develop a staffing
 1125         and funding formula for the Florida State Fire
 1126         College; amending s. 648.27, F.S.; revising conditions
 1127         under which a managing general agent must also be
 1128         licensed as a bail bond agent; conforming a provision
 1129         to changes made by the act; amending s. 648.34, F.S.;
 1130         providing that certain individuals applying for bail
 1131         bond agent licensure are not required to resubmit
 1132         fingerprints to the department under certain
 1133         circumstances; authorizing the department to require
 1134         such individuals to file fingerprints under certain
 1135         circumstances; reenacting s. 626.8734(1)(b), F.S.,
 1136         relating to nonresident all-lines adjuster license
 1137         qualifications, to incorporate the amendment made to
 1138         s. 626.221, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an
 1139         effective date.