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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE
Chapter 627
INSURANCE RATES AND CONTRACTS
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F.S. 627.742
627.742 Nonpublic sector buses; additional liability insurance coverage.
(1) In addition to any other insurance requirements, each nonpublic sector bus must carry:
(a) Proof of ability to respond in damages for liability on account of accidents arising out of the use of the nonpublic sector bus:
1. In the amount of $100,000 because of bodily injury to, or death of, one person in any accident;
2. Subject to such limits for one person, in the amount of $300,000 because of bodily injury to, or death of, two or more persons in any one accident; and
3. In the amount of $50,000 because of injury to, or destruction of, property of others in any one accident; or
(b) A policy of insurance providing for bodily liability insurance and property damage liability in a sum of not less than $300,000.
(2) School buses subject to the provisions of chapter 1006 or s. 316.615 are exempt from the provisions of this section.
(3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
History.ss. 6, 7, 8, ch. 81-209; ss. 809(2nd), 810, ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 314, ch. 99-248; s. 1032, ch. 2002-387.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 627.742
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 627.742.


Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S627.742
R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S627.742 NONPUBLIC SECTOR BUSES additional liability insurance coverage - Points on Drivers License: 0
S627.742 (1) Nonpublic sector buses additional liability insurance coverage - Points on Drivers License: 0
S627.742 (1)(a) Nonpublic sector buses additional liability insurance coverage - Points on Drivers License: 0
S627.742 (1)(a)1 Nonpublic sector buses additional liability insurance coverage - Points on Drivers License: 0
S627.742 (1)(a)2 Nonpublic sector buses additional liability insurance coverage - Points on Drivers License: 0
S627.742 (1)(a)3 Nonpublic sector buses additional liability insurance coverage - Points on Drivers License: 0
S627.742 (1)(b) Nonpublic sector buses additional liability insurance coverage - Points on Drivers License: 0


Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, v. SUAZO,, 614 So. 2d 1071 (Fla. 1992)

. . . 7)(d) provides that nonpublic-sector buses shall carry insurance in the amount specified in section 627.742 . . . Section 627.742, Florida Statutes (1989), reads as follows: (1) In addition to any other insurance requirements . . . nonpublic-sector bus and a school bus, the provisions of subsection (2) eliminate the applicability of section 627.742 . . . setting forth the minimum insurance required for nonpublic-sector buses other than school buses, section 627.742 . . .

SUAZO, By SUAZO, v. M. DEL BUSTO,, 587 So. 2d 480 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . Section 627.742 prescribes the required insurance levels for a nonpublic-sector bus. . . . Id. § 627.742(2). . . . This language facially appears to eliminate school buses from the coverage of section 627.742, since . . . While section 316.70 also contains the same “school bus” exclusion as is found in section 627.742, the . . . That Rule is substantially identical to the statutory requirements set forth in section 627.742. . . . in subsection (d) that nonpublic-sector buses must have coverage in the amount specified in section 627.742 . . . Section 627.742 requires a nonpublic-sector bus to carry (a) proof of ability to respond to damages for . . . The Suazos conclude, therefore, that section 627.742 requires coverage greater than the $10,000 limit . . . Del Busto replies that section 627.742 does not apply because subsection (2) of that statute provides . . . The other section referred to in 627.742(2), is section 316.615, entitled “Inspection of School Buses . . .

GENERAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, v. SOUTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY,, 563 So. 2d 186 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . commercial motor vehicles and non-public-sector buses, in the amounts specified in §§ 627.7415 and 627.742 . . .

CRESPO v. FIREMAN S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY,, 37 Fla. Supp. 2d 128 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1989)

. . . non-public sector bus in the amount of $10,000.00 is hereby reformed to comply with Florida Statute § 627.742 . . . to carry liability insurance in the amount of $100,000.00 per person pursuant to Florida Statute § 627.742 . . . the Florida Administrative Code, a non-public sector bus shall carry all insurance required by F.S. § 627.742 . . . Florida Statute § 627.742 (1981) provides that a non-public sector bus must carry liability insurance . . . to carry liability insurance in the amount of $100,000.00 per person pursuant to Florida Statute § 627.742 . . .