1. (1) No person in this state shall provide or offer to provide home warranties unless authorized therefor under a subsisting license issued by the department. The home warranty association shall pay to the department a license tax of $200 for such license for each license year, or part thereof, the license is in force.
2. (2) An insurer, while authorized to transact property or casualty insurance in this state, may also transact a home warranty business without additional qualifications or authority, but shall be otherwise subject to the applicable provisions of this part.

History.--s. 1, ch. 77-339; s. 3, ch. 81-148; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 3, ch. 83-265; ss. 32, 33, 34, ch. 83-323; s. 1, ch. 84-94; s. 20, ch. 93-195.