Notice of Change/Withdrawal

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
OIR – Insurance Regulation
RULE NO: RULE TITLE
69O-137.013: Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Assessment Information Gathering
NOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 33 No. 24, June 15, 2007 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed, in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 32, No. 26 on June 30, 2006 of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

These changes are being made to address concerns expressed Subsection (8) is added to the rule which reads as follows:

(8)  The Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit in and for Leon County in National Crop Insurance Services, Inc, et al., v. Office of Insurance Regulation, et al., Case No. : 2006 CA 2594, issued a final judgment on March 20, 2007, declaring that Section 215.555(6)(b), Florida Statutes, is preempted by federal crop insurance laws and permanently enjoining the Office of Insurance Regulation from imposing reporting, collection and other requirements on the Crop Insurers with respect to their federal crop insurance policies.

The remainder of the reads as previously published.