[CLC-Discussion] HB 889

[Gibbons, Michael]

    HB 889 is a train wreck.  As written, it appears to require all Subcontractors to serve the NTO before commencing work. Period.  It then says materialmen must serve the NTO before payment is due for their "labor, services or materials".  But materialmen, by definition, don't provide  "labor or services".  The proposed language also invites post-dispute adjustment of payment due dates to preserve lien rights.  If the goal of the proposed legislation is to  substitute uncertainty and unpredictability for certainty and predictability, then it succeeds admirably.  This bill needs to die in committee

Michael R. Gibbons  (Bio<http://lowndes-law.com/our-people/michael-r-gibbons>)
Shareholder
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
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Orlando, FL 32801
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email: michael.gibbons at lowndes-law.com<mailto:michael.gibbons at lowndes-law.com>
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