[RPPTL LandTen] Status of Proposed Legislation

[rick.eckhard at hklaw.com]

Good morning Committee Members:  as you know, our committee provided comments on a number of bills affecting real estate leasing.  The current status of those bills is summarized below.
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House Bill 833 was introduced on February 15th, was passed in the House on April 24th and passed in the Senate on April 26th.  It has yet to be signed into Law by the Governor.

Here is a link to the final version of the Bill:

http://openstates.org/fl/bills/2013/H833/documents/FLD00022287/

An analysis of the Bill from the Judiciary Committee can be found here:

http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0833/Analyses/1UoNJJeogduc9rX2QathgMRG07c=%7C14/Public/Bills/0800-0899/0833/Analysis/h0833e.JDC.PDF






Senate Bill 490 was introduced on January 25th and introduced to the Senate on March 5th. Neither the House nor the Senate has voted on the Bill.

http://openstates.org/fl/bills/2013/S490/






House Bill 77 was introduced on January 2nd, was passed by the House on March 13th and on May 2nd (as amended).  It passed in the Senate on April 26th.  It has yet to be signed into Law by the Governor.

Here is a link to the final version of the Bill:

http://openstates.org/fl/bills/2013/H77/documents/FLD00022440/

An analysis of the Bill from the Judiciary Committee can be found here:

http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0077/Analyses/GliYXs4pf5A=PL=nZfG2lL7/Sq3ofY=%7C14/Public/Bills/0001-0099/0077/Analysis/h0077c.JDC.PDF






House Bill 169 was introduced on January 14th.  It was referred to the Judiciary Committee on March 29th, where it presently resides.  It was introduced in the House on March 5th, but it has not been voted on.

http://openstates.org/fl/bills/2013/H169/






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