HB 1157 (2009) -  Property Insurance

by Bogdanoff and Wood and Taylor, P. (CO-SPONSORS) Ford
Expands uses of moneys in Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund to include Florida Hurricane Protection Program costs; revises provisions with respect to issuance & use of revenue bonds & emergency assessments; revises TICL coverage levels & periods of effectiveness; creates Florida Hurricane Protection Program; requires SBA to adopt program plan of operation; requires insurer contractual participation; provides sanctions for noncompliance; provides limitations on liability; provides requirements for adoption of rates & forms; provides criteria & requirements for calculation of reinsurance needs & optional reinsurance; provides for transitional rates & form filings by insurers; specifies applicability of insurance premium tax to policies issued by program; requires program to make payments to DOR; prohibits Citizens Property Insurance Corporation from issuing or renewing specified types of policies after specified date; provides exception to restrictions on acceptance of specified offers of coverage; requires CPIC to provide access to specified policy information by insurance agents; requires CPIC to transfer specified portion of surplus to Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund; provides for use of CPIC information technology by program; transfers to program ownership of such information technology; specifies areas in which certain property insurance policies must include coverage for catastrophic ground cover collapse & separate sinkhole coverage must be made available.
Effective Date: July 1, 2009
Last Event: Died in Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 742 (Ch. 2009-178) on Saturday, May 2, 2009 12:00 AM

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 742 (Ch. 2009-178) Time: 05/02/2009 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 05/02/2009 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Added as workshop bill to Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee agenda Time: 03/20/2009 - 4:27 PM Member: Committee: Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H Now in Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee Time: 03/09/2009 - 9:46 PM Member: Committee: Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care Time: 03/09/2009 - 9:46 PM Member: Committee: Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care Version: __
Event: H Referred to Government Operations Appropriations Committee Time: 03/09/2009 - 9:46 PM Member: Committee: Government Operations Appropriations Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to General Government Policy Council Time: 03/09/2009 - 9:46 PM Member: Committee: General Government Policy Council Version: __
Event: H Referred to Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee Time: 03/09/2009 - 9:46 PM Member: Committee: Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/03/2009 - 10:03 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 02/25/2009 - 12:47 PM Member: Bogdanoff Committee: Version: __