CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.House Bill 1691
Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 1691
By Representatives Flanagan, Thrasher, Bainter, Melvin,
Burroughs, Dockery, Fasano, Lynn, Turnbull and Bitner
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to negligence; creating s.
3 768.32, F.S.; providing exemption from
4 specified tort liability for persons engaged in
5 the business of renting or leasing motor
6 vehicles; providing exception; providing an
7 effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Section 768.32, Florida Statutes, is
12 created to read:
13 768.32 Liability of person renting or leasing motor
14 vehicles.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
15 person engaged in the business of renting or leasing motor
16 vehicles shall be liable to a claimant for the tortious act of
17 any person operating a motor vehicle rented or leased from the
18 person engaged in the business of renting or leasing motor
19 vehicles without a showing of negligence or intentional
20 misconduct on the part of the person from whom the motor
21 vehicle was rented or leased.
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
23 law.
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26 HOUSE SUMMARY
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For purposes of chapter 768, F.S., relating to
28 negligence, provides that no person engaged in the
business of renting or leasing motor vehicles shall be
29 liable to a claimant for the tortious act of any person
operating a motor vehicle rented or leased from the
30 person engaged in the business of renting or leasing
motor vehicles without a showing of negligence or
31 intentional misconduct on the part of the person from
whom the motor vehicle was rented or leased.
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