SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 1373

    Amendment No. 3

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11  The Committee on Community Affairs recommended the following

12  amendment:

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 4, line 3, through

16            page 5, line 3, delete those lines

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19         (14)  The holder of a tax certificate may not directly,

20  through an agent, or otherwise initiate contact with the owner

21  of property upon which he or she holds a tax certificate to

22  encourage or demand payment.

23         (15)  Any holder of a tax certificate who initiates, or

24  whose agent initiates, contact with the property owner upon

25  which he or she holds a certificate encouraging or demanding

26  payment may be barred by the tax collector from bidding at a

27  tax certificate sale. Unfair or deceptive contact by the

28  holder of a tax certificate to a property owner to obtain

29  payment is an unfair and deceptive trade practice, as

30  referenced in s. 501.204(1), regardless of whether the holder

31  of the tax certificate redeems the tax certificate. Such

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 1373

    Amendment No. 3





 1  unfair or deceptive contact is actionable under ss.

 2  501.2075-501.211. If the holder of the tax certificate later

 3  redeems the certificate in reliance on the deceptive or unfair

 4  practice, the unfair or deceptive contact is actionable under

 5  applicable laws prohibiting fraud.

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 7  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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11  And the title is amended as follows:

12         On page 1, lines 20-27, delete those lines

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15         certificates from initiating contact with

16         property owners and demanding payment;

17         providing for barring the holder of a tax

18         certificate from bidding at a certificate sale;

19         providing that any such contact is an unfair or

20         deceptive trade practice; creating s.

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