House Bill 0543c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000              CS/HB 543

        By the Committee on Real Property & Probate and
    Representatives Posey, Fasano and Wiles





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to mobile home park lot

  3         tenancies; amending s. 723.003, F.S.;

  4         redefining the term "pass-through charge" to

  5         limit expenses which may be passed through to

  6         mobile home owners; providing an effective

  7         date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (10) of section 723.003, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         723.003  Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the

14  following words and terms have the following meanings unless

15  clearly indicated otherwise:

16         (10)  The term "pass-through charge" means the mobile

17  home owner's proportionate share of the necessary and actual

18  direct costs and impact or hookup fees for a governmentally

19  mandated capital improvement, which may include the necessary

20  and actual direct costs and impact or hookup fees incurred for

21  capital improvements required for public or private regulated

22  utilities; provided that the pass-through charge may only

23  include that portion of the total capitalized expense that is

24  not depreciated or amortized according to rules and

25  regulations of the Internal Revenue Service.

26         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

27  law.

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