The purpose of the amendment is to require that all quarterly preneed remittances to be paid into the Preneed Funeral Contract Consumer Protection Trust Fund by section 497.456, F.S., be electronically completed and submitted using the Department’s ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Division of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

69K-10.001Preneed Funeral Contract Consumer Protection Trust Fund

69K-10.003Remittances to the Preneed Funeral Contract Consumer Protection Trust Fund

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the amendment is to require that all quarterly preneed remittances to be paid into the Preneed Funeral Contract Consumer Protection Trust Fund by section 497.456, F.S., be electronically completed and submitted using the Department’s eAppoint system. The proposed amendments will require servicing agents to follow the procedures in the User Manual for Servicing Agents for Preneed Remittance System and appointing entities and third-party users to follow the procedures in the User Manual Appointing Entity Users for Preneed Remittance System. Both user manuals are incorporated by reference.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Remittances to the Preneed Funeral Contract Consumer Protection Trust Fund.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 497.103, 497.161, 497.456, 497.464 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 497.141, 497.161, 497.456, 497.458, 497.462, 497.464 FS.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 11:00 A.M.

PLACE: Room 139, Larson Building, 200 E. Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Ellen Simon at (850)413- or [e-mail]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Ellen Simon, Assistant Director, address: 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0361, telephone: [phone], email: [e-mail]. A copy of the proposed rule amendments is also available at: http://www.myfloridacfo.com/Division/GeneralCounsel/RuleWorkshopMeetings/default.asp.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.