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Florida Statute 946.509 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 946.509 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 946.509 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
946.509 Insurance of property leased or acquired by the corporation.
(1) The State Risk Management Trust Fund created under s. 284.30 shall insure all property eligible for coverage under part I of chapter 284 which is leased by the department to the corporation or which is subsequently acquired and owned or leased by the corporation and subject to the reversionary ownership interest of the state established in s. 946.505.
(2) Coverage under the State Risk Management Trust Fund of property leased to or otherwise acquired by the corporation shall be secured and maintained through the existing policy and account of the Department of Corrections with the Division of Risk Management of the Department of Financial Services. All matters, including premium calculations, assessments and payments, retrospective premium adjustments, reporting requirements, and other requirements, concerning coverage of such property under the State Risk Management Trust Fund shall be conducted as if all such property were owned solely by the department. Except as required by chapter 284, if the corporation finds that it is more economical to do so, the corporation may secure private insurance coverage on all or a portion of the activities of or properties used by the corporation. If coverage through the State Risk Management Trust Fund is not secured, the corporation must present documentation of insurance coverage to the Division of Risk Management equal to the coverage that could otherwise be provided by the State Risk Management Trust Fund.
History.s. 2, ch. 83-209; ss. 4, 12, ch. 87-286; s. 6, ch. 96-270; s. 65, ch. 96-418; s. 37, ch. 97-93; s. 5, ch. 97-227; s. 24, ch. 2000-122; s. 6, ch. 2001-242; s. 1931, ch. 2003-261.
Note.Former s. 946.081.

Cases Citing F.S. 946.509

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·Gambetta v. Prison Rehabilitative Indus. & Diversified Enter., Inc., 112 F.3d 1119 (11th Cir. 1997).

Cited 12 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 11316, 1997 WL 212228

...Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. § 946.504(5)(b) and (c). All of the property leased by the State to PRIDE, or subsequently purchased by it, is insured in behalf of the DOC through the Department's existing policy and account. § 946.509. All of PRIDE's assets revert to full ownership of the Department when PRIDE ceases to utilize them....
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Cited as authorityBridges v. Carter (2022)

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