HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-06                              Bill No. HB 1403, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Tobin offered the following:

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13         Amendment to Senate Amendment (341634) (with title

14  amendment) 

15         On page 1, line 17, of the amendment

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18         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section

19  713.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

20         713.18  Manner of serving notices and other

21  instruments.--

22         (1)  Service of notices, claims of lien, affidavits,

23  assignments, and other instruments permitted or required under

24  this part, or copies thereof when so permitted or required,

25  unless otherwise specifically provided in this part, must be

26  made by one of the following methods:

27         (b)  By mailing the same, postage prepaid, by

28  registered or certified mail to the person to be served at her

29  or his last known address and evidence of delivery. If a

30  notice to owner is mailed pursuant to this paragraph within 40

31  days after the date the lienor first furnishes labor,

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-06                              Bill No. HB 1403, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  services, or materials, service of that notice is effective as

 2  of the date of mailing if the person who served the notice

 3  maintains a registered or certified mail log that shows the

 4  date the notice was served, the registered or certified mail

 5  number issued by the United States Postal Service, the name

 6  and address of the person served, and the date stamp of the

 7  United States Postal Service confirming the date of mailing.

 8  If an instrument served pursuant to this paragraph by this

 9  method to the last address shown in the notice of commencement

10  or any amendment thereto or, in the absence of a notice of

11  commencement, to the last address shown in the building permit

12  application is not received, but is returned by the United

13  States Postal Service as being "refused," "moved, not

14  forwardable," or "unclaimed," or is otherwise not delivered or

15  deliverable through no fault of the person serving the item,

16  then service is effective as of the date of mailing.

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20  And the title is amended as follows:

21         On page 9, line 17, of the amendment

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23  after the semicolon insert:

24         amending s. 713.18, F.S.; revising language

25         with respect to service of notice;

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