2003 Florida Code
TITLE XXXVII INSURANCE
Chapter 626 INSURANCE FIELD REPRESENTATIVES AND OPERATIONS  
PART VIII UNAUTHORIZED INSURERS AND SURPLUS LINES (ss. 626.901-626.939)
626.936   Failure to file reports or pay tax or service fee; administrative penalty.

626.936  Failure to file reports or pay tax or service fee; administrative penalty.--

(1)  Any licensed surplus lines agent who neglects to file a report or an affidavit in the form and within the time required or provided for in the Surplus Lines Law may be fined up to $50 per day for each day the neglect continues, beginning the day after the report or affidavit was due until the date the report or affidavit is received. All sums collected under this section shall be deposited into the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund.

(2)  Any licensed surplus lines agent who neglects to pay the taxes or service fees as required under the Surplus Lines Law and within the time required may be fined up to $500 per day for each day the failure to pay continues, beginning the day after the tax or service fees were due. The agent shall pay interest on the amount of any delinquent tax due, at the rate of 9 percent per year, compounded annually, beginning the day the amount becomes delinquent. The department shall deposit all sums collected under this section into the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund.

History.--s. 375, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 21, ch. 78-95; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 315, 318, 807, ch. 82-243; s. 21, ch. 89-360; ss. 180, 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 33, ch. 92-146; s. 10, ch. 2001-213; s. 1023, ch. 2003-261.