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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
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to required insurance coverage for 2
commercial motor vehicles; amending s. 507.04, F.S.; 3
revising liability insurance coverage requirements for 4
certain movers' commercial motor vehicles; amending s. 5
627.7415, F.S.; revising additional liability 6
insurance coverage requ irements for certain commercial 7
motor vehicles; providing an exception for certain 8
wreckers; providing an effective date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 13
507.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 14
507.04 Required insurance coverages; liability 15
limitations; valuation coverage. — 16
(2) MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. —Each mover operating in this 17
state must maintain current and valid motor vehicle insurance 18
coverage, including combined bodily injury and property damage 19
liability coverage in the following minimum amounts: 20
(c) Seven hundred and fifty Three hundred thousand dollars 21
per occurrence for a commercial motor vehicle with a gross 22
weight of 44,000 pounds or more. 23
Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 627.7415, Florida 24
Statutes, is amended to read: 25
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627.7415 Commercial motor vehicles; additional liability 26
insurance coverage.—Commercial motor vehicles, as defined in s. 27
207.002 or s. 320.01, operated upon the roads and highways of 28
this state shall be insured with the following minimum levels of 29
combined bodily liability insurance and property damage 30
liability insurance in addition to any other insurance 31
requirements: 32
(3) Seven hundred and fifty Three hundred thousand dollars 33
per occurrence for a commercial motor vehicle with a gross 34
vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more , except for a vehicle 35
that is a wrecker as defined in s. 320.01(39) and that is 36
eligible for a wrecker license plate under s. 320.0821, which 37
wrecker must be insured at $300,000 per occurrence . 38
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A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, 40
punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318. 41
Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2022. 42