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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=077401418-11072011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial> We are in agreement that the various SOL provisions are
in conflict and need some "tightening up". I disagree with the proposed
manner of eliminating the existing inconsistencies. The fatal flaw in
the proposed language is abandoning the existing reference to "principal on
the bond" and replacing it with the ambiguous "bond governed by the applicable
provisions of Fla. Stat. s. 255.05 and 713.23". This language
replaces certainty with uncertainty and represents a "fix" we don't
need.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=077401418-11072011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=077401418-11072011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial> I would concede that certainty and
predictibility, while important, are not the only polestars for good
legislation. I would also agree that GC's and their sureties should not
benefit when they fail to list surety information on a NOC or fail to record
Payment Bond in public records on public projects. Those limited
circumstances can be adequately addressed by adding tolling language that tolls
the running of the one year period until the bonds are recorded in the public
records or a corrected NOC is recorded listing the omitted surety and attaching
the payment bond. A longer SOL for unrecorded subcontractor payment bonds
may also be appropriate.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=077401418-11072011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=077401418-11072011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial> What we don't need is the proposed ambiguous
language that invites attorneys to litigate hypertechnical issues of whether the
bond in question is "governed by" 255.05 or 713.23. Use the existing
reference to "bonds on which the principal is a contractor ... for private work
as well as public work". If it ain't broke don't "fix"
it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><B>Michael R. Gibbons (<A
href="http://lowndes-law.com/our-people/michael-r-gibbons">Bio</A>)<BR>Shareholder<BR></B></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT color=#008000 size=2>Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor &
Reed, P.A.<BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#008000 size=2>450
South Orange Avenue, 8th Floor<BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
color=#008000 size=2>Orlando, FL 32801<BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
color=#008000 size=2>Phone: 407-418-6378<BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
color=#008000 size=2>Fax: 407-843-4444<BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
color=#008000 size=2>email:</FONT> <A
href="mailto:michael.gibbons@lowndes-law.com"><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2>michael.gibbons@lowndes-law.com</FONT></A></SPAN><BR><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT color=#008000 size=2>website:</FONT> <A
href="http://www.lowndes-law.com/"><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2>http://www.lowndes-law.com</FONT></A></SPAN><BR><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B>
constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org
[mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Dan
Vega<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 11, 2011 1:46 PM<BR><B>To:</B> RPPTL
constructionlaw<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] Lien Law
Legislative Proposal<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Michael, your concern about the
change to 95.11 misses the mark. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">First and most importantly,
there is an initial obvious conflict in the statutes in question that needs to
be resolved as to when the SOL on a payment bond claim starts to run.
That’s priority. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Second, there is no need for a
one year SOL on claims against bonds that are not required or provided for by
statute such as 255.05, 337.18 or 713.23 bonds. The reasons are as
follows: (1) those statutory bonds are simply that – statutory creatures
to be strictly construed as they derogate the common law by providing a
statutory claim/basis to get paid for something otherwise protected by contract
law; and (2) the statutory bonds are required to be identified and attached to
the Notice of Commencement and recorded in the public records placing the
beneficiaries of those bonds on “notice” that they exist, hence the short
SOL.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">A bond issued on behalf of a
subcontractor is simply a contract. It is not provided for or required by
any statute and does not need to be recorded. As such, it should be
subject to the standard 5 year SOL applicable to claims on written contracts,
especially since those bonds are not recorded nor identified in the NOC.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Finally, the common law v.
statutory bond dichotomy is for the most part extinct. Additionally, from
my experience the argument generally centered on the position that a GC
statutory bond was rendered a common law bond because it was not recorded or
identified and/or attached to the NOC. Those are legitimate concerns as
they impact the time requirements for serving a Notice to Contractor and/or a
Notice of Non-payment as well as the time to file suit. However, those
concerns are not applicable to subcontractor bonds. And for the most part,
the common law bond concerns were cured by different amendments to 255.05 and
713.23 and 713.13. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">In sum, I see no harm in making
sure that we are all on the same page as it pertains to when the SOL starts to
run on GC bond claims and that those claims against bonds not required by
statute be subject to the same SOL applicable to any other
contract.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Thank you.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Daniel R.
Vega<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Board Certified in Construction
Law<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Vezina, Lawrence &
Piscitelli, P.A.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">121 Alhambra Plaza, Suite
1604<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Coral Gables, Florida
33134<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Main (305)
443-2043<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Fax (305)
443-2048<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Cell (305)
962-5186<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><A
href="mailto:dvega@vlplaw.com">dvega@vlplaw.com</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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[mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Gibbons, Michael<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 11, 2011 1:01 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
RPPTL constructionlaw<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] Lien Law
Legislative Proposal<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
I could not make the call today but write to express my views on
the proposed legislative changes. The proposed changes to Ch. 85
(dealing with Owner's exposure to personal judgments on claims brought by
non-privity claimants) and Ch. 95 (dropping the one year SOL for all bonds) are
problematic for following reasons:</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
1. Fla. Stat. s. 85.021--- This unintelligible
legislation admittedly cries out to be rewritten. Issue is making the
Owner liable personally to non-privity lienors foreclosing their construction
liens. I realize that there is a 1917 case and a 1969 case that
arguably supports holding an Owner personally liable for claims of non-privity
lienors. As construction law is practiced today, however, at least in my
universe, the Owner is only personally liable to lienor claimants who enjoy a
direct contractual relationship with owner. So, for example, when a
subcontractor lien is bonded off by a GC pursuant to Fla. Stat. s. 713.24,
the Owner is no longer a proper party to the action. Owners should not
bear personal liability for construction debts owed to subcontractors. I
believe having an in rem remedy along with a contractual remedy against the
contracting party (other than Owner) is adequate for the protection of lower
tier subs and suppliers. I would recommend that the statute be clarified,
consistent with practice today, that the Owner not be subject to personal
liability when a non-privity lienor is foreclosing its lien. Owner, under
certain circumstances, should continue to be liable to non-privity claimants for
unjust enrichment.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
2. Fla. Stat. s. 95.11 (2) (b) and (e)-- While there is an
inconsistency among the SOL's as noted, the prescribed "cure" will prove
far more harmful than the existing shortcoming (which boils down to measuring
the one year SOL period from the date of sub's last date of furnishing vs. GC's
last date of furnishing). The proposed change will lead us right back
to the bad old days when bond claims were dominated by arguments about whether
the bond was a "statutory bond" or a "common law bond". The provision
sought to be deleted at s. 95.11 (2) (e) was actually passed to eliminate all
the uncertainty and expense associated with litigating that issue which
generated great confusion in the trial courts. The beauty of
the existing language is that it doesn't matter whether the bond is "statutory"
or "common law"-- the one year period applies. Now we are going to replace
that clarity with the ambiguous proposed language which introduces the same
fog that generated the years of unproductive and wasteful litigation on
common law vs. statutory bonds. If you want to make the SOL's all
consistent, it is easy to do without injecting all the uncertainty and ambiguity
the proposed legislation offers. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P><B>Michael R. Gibbons (<A
href="http://lowndes-law.com/our-people/michael-r-gibbons">Bio</A>)<BR>Shareholder<BR></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor &
Reed, P.A.<BR>450 South Orange Avenue, 8th Floor<BR>Orlando, FL 32801<BR>Phone:
407-418-6378<BR>Fax: 407-843-4444<BR>email:</SPAN> <A
href="mailto:michael.gibbons@lowndes-law.com"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">michael.gibbons@lowndes-law.com</SPAN></A><BR><SPAN
style="COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">website:</SPAN> <A
href="http://www.lowndes-law.com/"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">http://www.lowndes-law.com</SPAN></A><BR><BR>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org
[mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Reese
J. Henderson, Jr.<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 11, 2011 11:24 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [RPPTL-constructionlaw]
Lien Law Legislative Proposal<BR><B>Importance:</B> High</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Folks,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>In connection with today’s call, please find attached the
legislative committee’s proposal for which we are seeking approval to forward to
the Executive Council for further action and, hopefully, submission during the
2012 legislative session. Attached are:<o:p></o:p></P>
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</SPAN>Legislative Position Request Form<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in" class=MsoListParagraph>3.<SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal>The long and short is that we are seeking to clarify certain
provisions of the lien law to eliminate contradictory references, clarify the
statute of limitations on actions on payment bonds, tweak the statutory claim of
lien form; tweak the statutory notice of commencement form and clean up the
section dealing with electronic proof of delivery. I will be on the call
to answer any questions.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Reese<o:p></o:p></P>
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