Title: Workers' Compensation

Summary: Repeals provisions relating to Workers' Compensation Administrator, to abolish position; deletes obsolete transitional requirement for certain policies of Florida Workers' Compensation Joint Underwriting Association.

Full Text:
An act relating to workers' compensation; repealing s. 627.092, F.S., relating to the Workers' Compensation Administrator, to abolish the position; amending s. 627.312, F.S.; deleting an obsolete transitional requirement for certain policies of the Florida Workers' Compensation Joint Underwriting Association; providing an effective date. 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 Section 1. Section 627.092, Florida Statutes, is repealed. Section 2. Section 627.312, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 627.312 Transitional provision provisions.-Effective upon this act becoming a law: (1) Notwithstanding s. 627.311(5), no policy in subplan "D" of the Florida Workers' Compensation Joint Underwriting Association is subject to an assessment for the purpose of funding a deficit. (2) Any policy issued by the Florida Workers' Compensation Joint Underwriting Association with an effective date between the date on which this act becomes a law and June 30, 2004, shall be rerated and placed in the appropriate tier provided in s. 627.311(5), as amended, effective July 1, 2004, and shall be subject to the premiums and charges provided for in that section as amended. Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.