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    <font size="-1"><font face="Arial">My apologies Tracye. . .  I had
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        by Ms. Ashby's discussion.  Particular to your question, I
        suspect you have already made your way through the cases dealing
        with "bid splitting" and "piggybacking" in an effort by by the
        public procuring agent to </font></font>avoid putting a job out
    to competitive bidding, i.e., Mayes v Flowers, 154/859.  Doesn't get
    you there, but maybe a foot in the door.<br>
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    G. Elliott<br>
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    On 2/7/2012 10:10 AM, Tracye wrote:
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            Greg for the thoughts. The tort route is a long road, but it
            may open up to an E & O policy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>
                [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>] <b>On
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                <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 07, 2012 9:04 AM<br>
                <b>To:</b> RPPTL constructionlaw<br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] 713.10 lien
                for private leasehold on public land<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hmm. 
            Always viewed language added in 255.05(9) as, more or less,
            a codification of Miorelli v Brevard and not so much
            directed to public entity liability under Palm Beach v.
            Trinity, etc.   Seems the S Ct indirectly recognized as
            such  in FDEP v. ContractPoint,  </span><span
            style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">986/1260. 
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            <br>
            Anyway, have had to resort to Palm Beach/Trinity type
            actions on several occasions in the recent past, alleging a
            cause against the public entity for failure to comply with
            the "ministerial duties" imposed on it by statute (to see
            that a compliant bond is recorded prior to commencement).  A
            few times I have brought them in cases where a bond was
            apparently obtained by the prime but never recorded
            (prejudicing the sub-subs & materialmen in getting
            notices to the proper parties).  In my view liability for
            the surety (and principal if solvent) was pretty
            straightforward when Martin Paving "no recording/no reliance
            on notice defenses" prevailed (overlooking common law bond
            rationale).  Now that liability on the 255.05 Bond count
            apparently turns on whether the claimant was "prejudiced" by
            failure to record (American Home Assurance), you almost have
            to add the additional count against the public entity for
            failure to see that a compliant bond was recorded under Palm
            Beach/Trinity.   </span><br>
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            When your on that path the attorneys for the entity have
            started taking the position the Palm Beach/Trinity type
            claim is in tort for common law negligence, with the
            significance being whether notice requirements and liability
            limitations of 768.28 apply, and further, whether
            comparatives under 768.81 (Fabre) come in.  Usually they try
            to point fault at the claimant,  whatever "noticing" outfit
            the sub or materialman used to serve their notices, and any
            other party that could have taken action to avert notice
            failings.  </span>I have even had one where the public
          entity and the prime contractor cross-claimed against each
          other, each claiming that the other "promised to record the
          bond".  Very murky process.<br>
          <br>
          Experience suggest to me that much of it could be avoided if
          there was provision in 255.05, akin to that in 713.23(1)(b)
          (imposing liability against the "owner, contractor or surety"
          for failing to furnish a copy of the bond on demand).  I say
          this, because sub-subs and materialman almost always get the
          "owner" right when serving their notices even if they can't
          find the bond.  The Notice to Owner/Contractor form inevitably
          requests a copy of any bond (713.23/255.05 and 337.18).  I
          don't recall once in 28 years having seen a single instance in
          which any party that received notice actually furnished a copy
          of the bond.  Also, (and as Mr. Leiby adroitly points out in
          his learned treatise), searching for bonds in the public
          record is never easy where there are no specifications to the
          clerk for indexing.<br>
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          On 2/6/2012 3:42 PM, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:kim.ashby@akerman.com">kim.ashby@akerman.com</a>
          wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Fred, if you
            look closely at that case, it was the Commissioner's E&O
            carrier (for operational activities) that was the liable
            party because the Commissioners were protected by the same
            sovereign immunity. See </span><i><span
              style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman
              , serif","serif"">Palm Beach County v.
              Trinity Industries, Inc.</span></i><span
            style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,
            serif","serif"">, 661 So. 2d 942 (Fla. 4th
            DCA 1995).<i> </i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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          style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span
            style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,
            serif","serif"">Since that opinion was
            published, the legislature made the following changes to
            section 255.05, specifically in adding section 255.05(9):</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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            style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,
            serif","serif"">          (9)     On any
            public works project for which the public authority requires
            a performance and payment bond, suits at law and in equity
            may be brought and maintained by and against the public
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              subdivisions from equitable claims and equitable remedies.
            </i> The provisions of this section shall apply only to
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
              style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman
              , serif","serif"">See also</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
              style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman
              , serif","serif"">St. Augustine v. Brooks,</span></i><span
            style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,
            serif","serif""> 55 So. 2d 96 (Fla. 1951)
            (mechanic's lien will not attach to property held and used
            by a municipality for public purposes). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>
                [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>]
                <b>On Behalf Of </b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:fred.dudley@hklaw.com">fred.dudley@hklaw.com</a><br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 06, 2012 3:04 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org">constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] 713.10 lien
                for private leasehold onpublic land</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">There’s also an
            old case out of north Florida holding county commissioners
            PERSONALLY liable for failing to require a 255 bond! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.75pt"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.5pt">Frederick Dudley</span></b><span
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#001A63">Holland
                  & Knight</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><br>
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            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>
                [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joseph G. Thresher<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 06, 2012 2:44 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> 'RPPTL constructionlaw'<br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] 713.10 lien
                for private leasehold onpublic land</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
            style="color:#1F497D">Why not enforce your bond remedy?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
            style="color:#1F497D">Note the first sentence of
            255.05(1)(a); the recent amendments creating existing
            language requires private party to obtain bond(s) for work
            that private party contracts for as improvement to public
            property or a Public Work .  To understand better the
            meaning of the amendment, do research on use of “public
            work”; that wording is not limited to “ public property” or
            there would be no disjunctive “or”. A very early case used
            “public work”  as private property of a railroad that would
            serve the public; that case did not deal with lien or bond,
            but it illustrates how general “public work” means in
            current version of statute.   A more interesting issue is
            defining the remedy for non-compliance against the public
            body or the private party that failed to obtain bonds. In
            some past cases the commissioners or council members were
            liable to person or entity that by law had right to rely
            upon existence of the required bonds. Who was advising the
            public body; the private party. Does the license or lease
            have an indemnity clause in favor of public entity?  Have
            fun.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
            style="color:#1F497D">         JG Thresher</span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
            style="color:#1F497D">813-229-7744</span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
            style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>
                [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>]
                <b>On Behalf Of </b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:fred.dudley@hklaw.com">fred.dudley@hklaw.com</a><br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 03, 2012 2:25 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org">constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] 713.10 lien
                for private leasehold onpublic land</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
              style="color:#1F497D">Can you send a copy of the Order on
              your motion for SJ?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bryan L. Capps<br>
                  <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 02, 2012 4:34 PM<br>
                  <b>To:</b> RPPTL constructionlaw<br>
                  <b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] 713.10
                  lien for private leasehold onpublic land</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Steve
                  Pickert and I had such a case many years ago, wherein
                  the City of Coral Springs entered into a
                  renewable "Concession Agreement" (i.e., a lease) for a
                  private party to build an ice-skating rink on City
                  property.  Under the Concession Agreement,
                  the concessionaire/lessee actually owned the
                  improvements subject to the City's reversionary
                  interest at the conclusion of the lease.  The
                  concessionaire/lessee didn't pay the contractor and,
                  in fact, sold its interest during construction.  The
                  contractor, our client, recorded a lien against the
                  property, and both the concessionaire/lessee and the
                  purchaser said the property was not lienable.  We
                  moved for and were granted summary judgment in our
                  favor on that issue.  Attached is the motion/brief,
                  which is a matter of public record and may be
                  helpful.  Presumably much of the law has
                  changed/evolved over the past 14 or so years.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Bryan
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
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                on behalf of Larry Leiby<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Thu 2/2/2012 3:44 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> RPPTL constructionlaw<br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] 713.10 lien
                for private leasehold onpublic land</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
                style="color:#1F497D">The answer is in the definitions
                in 713.01 (and if you are referring to 8:3 of my book,
                it is set out there).  The statutory reason that you
                can’t lien publicly owned property is because a
                governmental owner is not within the definition of owner
                in 713.01.  The definition of real property also
                excludes governmentally owned property.  This is
                intended to keep governmentally owned property out of
                the lien law because a government must usually go
                through an election to subject public owned property to
                liens, e.g., financing bond issues.  </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
                style="color:#1F497D">An owner is also defined as one
                having an interest in the property and who enters into a
                contract for the improvement of the real property.  Thus
                there is no reason that you cannot have a lien on a
                private leasehold interest that sits on public
                property.  You want to be careful when you prepare the
                lien to only seek it against the leasehold.  Also a lien
                on a leasehold is typically only as valuable as the
                tenant is collectable.  </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
                style="color:#1F497D">Go get em.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b>Larry R.
                  Leiby, Esq.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Malka
                    & Kravitz, P.A.        
                                                                     </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">1300
                    Sawgrass Corp. Pkwy., Suite 100</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Ft.
                    Lauderdale, FL  33323</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Phone: 
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                      href="mailto:leiby@mkpalaw.com">leiby@mkpalaw.com</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b>Board
                  Certified in Construction Law</b><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b>Fla. S.
                  Ct. Certified Circuit Court Civil Mediator</b><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b>Fellow,
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
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                    <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rafael Perez<br>
                    <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 02, 2012 2:56 PM<br>
                    <b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org">constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br>
                    <b>Subject:</b> [RPPTL-construction</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
                  </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">law]
                    713.10 lien for private leasehold on public land</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in">Does anyone
              have any authority for a construction lien on a leasehold
              where the lessee is a private party but the lessor is a
              municipality (i.e. on public land)?  The lessee contracted
              for the improvements which were required by the lease
              agreement.  The only authority I have found is Section 8.3
              of the Fla. Prac. Construction Law Manual which states in
              the first paragraph, in part: “However, there may be
              private leasehold interests on governmental property that
              are lienable.”   I have found no other authority.<o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
                style="color:#1F497D">Rafael A. Perez</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
                style="color:#1F497D">Board Certified Construction
                Attorney</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
                style="color:#1F497D">McArdle and Perez, P.A.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
                style="color:#1F497D">806 S. Douglas Road, Suite 625</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
                style="color:#1F497D">Coral Gables, Florida 33134</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
                style="color:#1F497D">305-442-2214</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
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