How we calculate the "Score" for each bill we're tracking:
Bill Score =
total votes matching what voters want
total votes cast by the Representative on bills we are tracking
Where we get our data: OpenStates.org, a community project that pulls legislative data from the Florida House and Senate websites.
Official data: We track and report the votes reported by the State of Florida. Displayed votes are the most recent data available from the House and Senate websites through Open States.
Changed votes: Legislators are entitled to change their votes after bills pass or fail. Those changes may or may not be published by the state.
No votes: A gray circle indicates that the legislator did not vote on the latest motion for that bill. They may have been absent or otherwise unable to vote.
"Voters Wanted" results are reported by the total, state-wide votes, until a district has at least 1,000 verified users in the Voatz app
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (HB 1503)
Score:
47
%
This bill addresses the issue of projected deficits within the Citizens account by implementing financial mechanisms for recovery. When a deficit is determined, the board levies a Citizens policyholder surcharge, up to 15% of the policy premium. The surcharge is required upon policy cancellation, renewal, or issuance of a new policy by the corporation. This surcharge isn't considered part of the premium and is not subject to commissions, fees, or premium taxes; non-payment is equivalent to a failure to pay the premium itself. Residual deficits after accounting for these surcharges must be recovered through emergency assessments. This supplementary financial measure is to be collected from assessable insurers and assessable insureds upon policy issuance or renewal. The emergency assessments are not considered part of insurers' rates or premium, neither are they subject to taxes and commissions.