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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to required insurance coverage for 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | commercial motor vehicles; amending s. 507.04, F.S.; 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | revising liability insurance coverage requirements for 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | certain movers' commercial motor vehicles; amending s. 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | 627.7415, F.S.; revising additional liability 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | insurance coverage requ irements for certain commercial 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | motor vehicles; providing an exception for certain 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | wreckers; providing an effective date. 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 507.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 507.04 Required insurance coverages; liability 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | limitations; valuation coverage. — 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. —Each mover operating in this 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | state must maintain current and valid motor vehicle insurance 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | coverage, including combined bodily injury and property damage 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | liability coverage in the following minimum amounts: 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (c) Seven hundred and fifty Three hundred thousand dollars 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | per occurrence for a commercial motor vehicle with a gross 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | weight of 44,000 pounds or more. 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 627.7415, Florida 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 627.7415 Commercial motor vehicles; additional liability 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | insurance coverage.—Commercial motor vehicles, as defined in s. 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 207.002 or s. 320.01, operated upon the roads and highways of 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | this state shall be insured with the following minimum levels of 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | combined bodily liability insurance and property damage 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | liability insurance in addition to any other insurance 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | requirements: 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (3) Seven hundred and fifty Three hundred thousand dollars 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | per occurrence for a commercial motor vehicle with a gross 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more , except for a vehicle 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | that is a wrecker as defined in s. 320.01(39) and that is 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | eligible for a wrecker license plate under s. 320.0821, which 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | wrecker must be insured at $300,000 per occurrence . 38 |
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| 65 | 65 | | A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318. 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2022. 42 |
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