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<font face="Arial" size="-1">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, </font><font face="Arial">986/1260. </font><font
face="Arial"> <br>
<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). I</font><font face="Arial">n 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.
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When your on that path the a</font><font face="Arial">ttorneys 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. </font>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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GTE<br>
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<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"">Palm Beach County v.
Trinity Industries, Inc.</span></i><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">, 661 So. 2d 942 (Fla. 4th
DCA 1995).<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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section 255.05, specifically in adding section 255.05(9):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","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
authority on any contract claim arising from a breach of an
express provision or an implied covenant of a written
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(mechanic's lien will not attach to property held and used
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">There’s also
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 06, 2012 2:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'RPPTL constructionlaw'<br>
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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?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] 713.10
lien for private leasehold onpublic land<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="color:#1F497D">Can you send a copy of the Order
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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";color:black">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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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>
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<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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<b>Subject:</b> [RPPTL-construction<span
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span
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