Title: Motor Vehicle Insurance Coverage For Windshield Glass

Summary: Authorizes requirement of inspection of damaged windshield for covered motor vehicle before windshield repair or replacement is authorized by insurer.

Full Text:
An act relating to motor vehicle insurance coverage for windshield glass; amending s. 627.7288, F.S.; authorizing a motor vehicle insurance policy providing comprehensive or combined additional coverage to require an inspection of the damaged windshield of a covered motor vehicle before the windshield repair or replacement is authorized by the insurer; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Leg islature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 627.7288, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 627.7288 Comprehensive coverage; deductible not to apply to motor vehicle windshield glass.-(1) The deductible provisions of any policy of motor vehicle insurance, delivered or issued in this state by an authorized insurer, providing comprehensive coverage or combined additional coverage are shall not be applicable to damage to the windshield of any motor vehicle covered under such policy. (2) A policy under this section may require an inspection of the damaged windshield of a covered motor vehicle before the windshield repair or replacement is authorized by the insurer. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.