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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">SB 392 – landlord must disclose known or suspected sinkhole activity to a proposed residential tenant. This proposal is an amendment to Chapter 83.50 FS.
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<b>Florida Senate</b> - <b>2019</b> <b>SB 392</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> <b>By
</b>Senator Farmer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 34-00704-19 2019392__<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 1 A bill to be entitled
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 2 An act relating to disclosure of sinkhole activity;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 3 amending s. 83.50, F.S.; requiring certain persons to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 4 make certain disclosures related to sinkholes or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 5 sinkhole activity to tenants of residential dwelling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 6 units; providing an effective date.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 10 Section 1. Section 83.50, Florida Statutes, is amended to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 11 read:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 12 83.50 </span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#339933">Required notices and disclosures</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">
</span><s><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red">Disclosure of</span></s><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><s><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red">landlord’s address</span></s><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.—In addition to any other disclosure required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 14 by law, the landlord, or a person authorized to enter into a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 15 rental agreement on the landlord’s behalf,
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</span><s><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red">shall</span></s><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> disclose<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#339933">all of the following</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> in writing to the tenant</span><s><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red">,</span></s><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 17 commencement of the tenancy</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#339933">:</span></u><s><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red">,</span></s><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#339933">(1)</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> The name and address of the landlord or a person<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 19 authorized to receive notices and demands
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</span><s><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red">in</span></s><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> the landlord’s<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 20 behalf. The person so authorized
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 21 retains authority until the tenant is notified otherwise. All<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 22 notices of such names and addresses or changes thereto
</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#339933">must</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><s><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red">shall</span></s><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> be delivered to the tenant’s residence or, if specified in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 24 writing by the tenant, to any other address.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#339933">(2)(a) Any suspected, known, or reported sinkhole or</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#339933">sinkhole activity, as those terms are defined in s. 627.706,</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#339933">affecting the premises.</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#339933">(b) Any report regarding such sinkhole or sinkhole activity</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#339933">affecting the premises, including any report prepared pursuant</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#339933">to ss. 627.7072 and 627.7073.</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#339933">(c) The information as described in s. 627.7073(2)(c)</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> 33 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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