HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                   Bill No. HB 595   Barcode 083895
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  The Council for Smarter Government offered the following:
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13         Amendment to Amendment (505559) (with title amendment) 
14         On page 8, between lines 13 and 14 of the amendment
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17         Section 7.  Subsection (13) is added to section
18  475.011, Florida Statutes, to read:
19         475.011  Exemptions.--This part does not apply to:
20         (13)  Any property management firm, or any owner of an
21  apartment complex, for the act of paying a finder's fee or
22  referral fee to an unlicensed person who is a tenant in such
23  apartment complex provided the value of the fee does not
24  exceed $50 per transaction. Nothing in this subsection
25  authorizes an unlicensed person to advertise or otherwise
26  promote the person's services in procuring or assisting in
27  procuring prospective lessees or tenants of apartment units.
28  For purposes of this subsection, "finder's fee" or "referral
29  fee" means a fee paid, credit towards rent, or some other
30  thing of value provided to a person for introducing or
31  arranging an introduction between parties to a transaction
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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                   Bill No. HB 595   Barcode 083895
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
 1  involving the rental or lease of an apartment unit. It is a
 2  violation of s. 475.25(i)(h), and punishable under s. 475.42
 3  for a property management firm, or any owner of an apartment
 4  complex to pay finder's fee or referral fee to an unlicensed
 5  person unless expressly authorized by this subsection.
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10         On page 9, line 5, after the semicolon of the amendment
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14         amending s. 475.011, F.S.; providing an
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