The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 647
TRAVEL INSURANCE

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F.S. 647.01

647.01 Purpose and scope.—

(1) The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public welfare by creating a comprehensive legal framework within which travel insurance may be sold in this state.

(2) This chapter applies to:

(a) Travel insurance that covers any resident of this state and that is sold, solicited, negotiated, or offered in this state.

(b) Policies and certificates that are delivered or issued for delivery in this state.

This chapter does not apply to cancellation fee waivers or travel assistance services, except as expressly provided in this chapter.

(3) All other applicable provisions of the insurance laws of this state continue to apply to travel insurance, except that the specific provisions of this chapter shall supersede any general provisions of law that would otherwise be applicable to travel insurance.

History.—s. 15, ch. 2020-63.

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Amendments to 647.01

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 647.01

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 647.01.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

v., 7 Ct. Int'l Trade 108 (Ct. Int'l Trade 1984)

. . . Some of the other added provisions were: (1) a new item 647.01, which was added by section 36(a) to provide . . .

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, v. UNITED STATES,, 476 F. Supp. 1082 (Cust. Ct. 1979)

. . . item 111.64, items 140.60-140.75, items 170.20-170.46, items 352.10-352.80, items 609.80-609.86, items 647.01 . . .

v., 83 Cust. Ct. 56 (Cust. Ct. 1979)

. . . item 111.64, items 140.60-140.75, items 170.20-170.46, items 352.10-352.80, items 609.80-609.86, items 647.01 . . .

Co. v., 68 Cust. Ct. 138 (Cust. Ct. 1972)

. . . claimed in the protests that these articles are properly dutiable at 8.5 per centum ad valorem under item 647.01 . . . precious metal: Not coated or plated with precious metal: Of iron or steel, of aluminum, or of zinc: 647.01 . . . fittings or mountings designed for motor vehicles, and are, therefore, properly dutiable under item 647.01 . . . fittings”, and “mountings”, we are of the opinion that they are not such as is contemplated by item 647.01 . . . Such an application would enlarge the scope of item 647.01 to include articles dutiable under the old . . .

v., 67 Cust. Ct. 258 (Cust. Ct. 1971)

. . . C.A.D. 971, 417 F. 2d 1391 (1969), the court had before it Tariff Schedules of the United States item 647.01 . . .

v., 65 Cust. Ct. 6 (Cust. Ct. 1970)

. . . ski carriers were classifiable as “fittings, and mountings, designed for motor vehicles” under item 647.01 . . . In determining the scope and meaning of the term “fittings and mountings” in item 647.01, both this court . . . Brussels Nomenclature was considered in determining the meaning of “fittings and mountings” in item 647.01 . . .

G. SCHWARZ, v. UNITED STATES,, 417 F.2d 1391 (C.C.P.A. 1969)

. . . classifiable as fittings and mountings designed for motor ve-hides, dutiable at 8.5% ad valorem under item 647.01 . . . and ski carriers are fittings or mountings within the meaning contemplated for those terms in item 647.01 . . . The present item 647.01 did not appear in the Tariff Schedules of the United States, as originally enacted . . . Item 647.01 was added by the Tariff Schedules Technical Amendments Act of 1965. . . . section 30 repeals item 647.00 and in effect divides its former scope into two parts with new item 647.01 . . .

G. v., 57 C.C.P.A. 19 (C.C.P.A. 1969)

. . . classifiable as fittings and mountings designed for motor vehicles, dutiable at 8.5% ad valorem under item 647.01 . . . and ski carriers are fittings or mountings within the meaning contemplated for those terms in item 647.01 . . . The present item 647.01 did not appear in the Tariff Schedules of the United States, as originally enacted . . . The same conclusion may be drawn from the legislative history of item 647.01. . . . Item 647.01 was added by the Tariff Schedules Technical Amendments Act of 1965. . . .

J. C. Co. v., 63 Cust. Ct. 82 (Cust. Ct. 1969)

. . . Supp. 792 (1968), appeal 5326 pending, this court had before it TSUS item 647.01, as amended by the Technical . . .

Co. A. v., 62 Cust. Ct. 550 (Cust. Ct. 1969)

. . . hinges, fittings, and mountings, not specially provided for, designed for motor vehicles under item 647.01 . . . precious metal: Not coated or plated with precious metal: Of iron or steel, of aluminum, or of zinc: 647.01 . . . Items 692.55 and 647.01 provide respectively for “motorcycles and parts thereof” and for “hinges, fittings . . . the carriers were not parts of automobiles nor within the term “vehicle coachwork” under TSUS item 647.01 . . . Hence they do not come under TSTJS item 647.01 for “Hinges; and fittings and mountings * * * vehicle . . .

a c v., 62 Cust. Ct. 144 (Cust. Ct. 1969)

. . . entries enumerated in Schedule A and for classification of said merchandise at 8.5% ad valorem under Item 647.01 . . . merchandise is properly dutiable -at the rate of 8.5 per centum ad valorem under the provisions of item 647.01 . . .

v., 62 Cust. Ct. 15 (Cust. Ct. 1969)

. . . reliquidation and assessment of duty as follows: fittings and mountings at 8.5% ad valorem under Item 647.01 . . . are therefore properly dutiable at the rate of 8.5 per centum ad valorem under the provisions of item 647.01 . . .

G. SCHWARZ, v. UNITED STATES, 284 F. Supp. 792 (Cust. Ct. 1968)

. . . It is claimed that the merchandise is properly dutiable at 8% per centum ad valorem under item 647.01 . . . precious metal: Not coated or plated with precious metal; -X- -X- *■ -X- * -* Of iron or steel, * * *: 647.01 . . . The Tariff Schedules of the United States, as originally enacted, did not incude the present item 647.01 . . . Item 647.01, supra, providing for fittings and mountings designed for motor vehicles, was added by the . . . It thus appears that Congress intended that the fittings and mountings covered by the new item 647.01 . . .

G. v., 60 Cust. Ct. 522 (Cust. Ct. 1968)

. . . It is claimed that the merchandise is properly dutiable at 8% per centum ad valorem under item 647.01 . . . whether these luggage racks and ski carriers are fittings and mountings within the meaning of item 647.01 . . . The Tariff Schedules of the United States, as originally enacted, did not include the present item 647.01 . . . Item 647.01, supra,, providing for fittings and mountings designed for motor vehicles, was added by the . . . It thus appears that Congress intended that the fittings and mountings covered by the new item 647.01 . . .

J. D. Co. v., 60 Cust. Ct. 207 (Cust. Ct. 1968)

. . . port of entry for reliquidation and classification of said merchandise at 8%% ad valorem under Item 647.01 . . . merchandise is properly dutiable at the rate of 8y2 Per centum ad valorem under the provision of item 647.01 . . .