SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1206

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Webster moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, between lines 12 and 13,

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17         Section 1.  Section 47.025, Florida Statutes, is

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19         47.025  Actions against contractors.--Any venue

20  provision in a contract for improvement to real property which

21  requires legal action involving a resident contractor,

22  subcontractor, sub-subcontractor, or materialman, as defined

23  in s. 713.01, to be brought outside this state is void as a

24  matter of public policy. To the extent that the venue

25  provision in the contract is void under this section, any

26  legal action arising out of that contract shall be brought

27  only in this state in the county where the defendant resides,

28  where the cause of action accrued, or where the property in

29  litigation is located, unless, after the dispute arises, the

30  parties stipulate to another venue.

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1206

    Amendment No.    





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 5  And the title is amended as follows:

 6         On page 1, line 2, after the semicolon,

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 9         creating s. 47.025, F.S.; providing that

10         certain venue provisions in a contract for

11         improvement of real property are void;

12         specifying appropriate venue for actions

13         against resident contractors, subcontractors,

14         sub-subcontractors, and materialmen;

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