Florida 2024 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0921 Introduced / Bill

Filed 12/18/2023

                       
 
HB 921  	2024 
 
 
 
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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 a study on motor vehicle insurance 2 
rates determination by zip codes; requiring the 3 
Department of Financial Services to contract with a 4 
Florida public university to conduct motor vehicle 5 
insurance rates as determined by zip codes; providing 6 
the study's goal; providing reporting requirements; 7 
providing an effective date. 8 
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 
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 Section 1. Study; report.—The Department of Financial 12 
Services shall contract with a Florida public university to 13 
conduct a study on motor vehicle insurance rates as determined 14 
by zip codes, especially the rates in municipalities with a 15 
small population which are a part of a metropolitan area, such 16 
as the Town of Miami Lakes, located in Northwest Miami -Dade 17 
County. The goal of the study is to determine whether splitting 18 
such municipalities from the metropolitan area and establishing 19 
a new zip code will lower the mun icipalities' insurance rates. 20 
The department shall submit a report of the findings to the 21 
Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 22 
House of Representatives by July 1, 2025. 23 
 Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 24