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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                           Bill No. CS for CS for SB 694, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Bennett offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 1.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section

18  723.037, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         723.037  Lot rental increases; reduction in services or

20  utilities; change in rules and regulations; mediation.--

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22         (c)  If the committee disagrees with a park owner's lot

23  rental amount increase based upon comparable mobile home

24  parks, the committee shall disclose to the park owner the

25  name, address, lot rental amount, and any other relevant

26  factors relied upon by the committee, such as facilities,

27  services, and amenities, concerning the comparable mobile home

28  parks.  The committee shall provide to the park owner the

29  disclosure, in writing, within 15 days after the meeting with

30  the park owner, together with a request for a second meeting.

31  The park owner shall meet with the committee at a mutually

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  1  convenient time and place within 30 days after receipt by the

  2  park owner of the request from the committee to discuss the

  3  disclosure provided by the committee.

  4         Section 2.  Section 723.06116, Florida Statutes, is

  5  amended to read:

  6         723.06116  Payments to the Florida Mobile Home

  7  Relocation Corporation Trust Fund.--

  8         (1)  If a mobile home owner is required to move due to

  9  a change in use of the land comprising a mobile home park as

10  set forth in s. 723.061(1)(d), the mobile home park owner

11  shall, upon such change in use, pay to the Florida Mobile Home

12  Relocation Corporation department for deposit in the Florida

13  Mobile Home Relocation Trust Fund $2,000 for each

14  single-section mobile home and $2,500 for each multisection

15  mobile home for which a mobile home owner has made application

16  for payment of moving expenses. The mobile home park shall

17  make the payments required by this section and by s.

18  723.0612(7) to the corporation within 30 days after receipt

19  from the corporation of the invoice for payment.

20         (2)  A mobile home park owner is not required to make

21  the payment prescribed in subsection (1), nor is the mobile

22  home owner entitled to compensation under s. 723.0612(1),

23  when:

24         (a)  The mobile home park owner moves a mobile home

25  owner to another space in the mobile home park or to another

26  mobile home park at the park owner's expense;

27         (b)  A mobile home owner is vacating the premises and

28  has informed the mobile home park owner or manager before the

29  change in use notice has been given; or

30         (c)  A mobile home owner abandons the mobile home as

31  set forth in s. 723.0612(7)(8).

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  1         (3)  This section and s. 723.0612(7) are enforceable by

  2  the corporation by action in a court of appropriate

  3  jurisdiction.

  4         Section 3.  Subsection (4) of section 723.0612, Florida

  5  Statutes, is amended to read:

  6         723.0612  Change in use; relocation expenses; payments

  7  by park owner.--

  8         (4)  The Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation

  9  must approve payment within 45 15 days after receipt of the

10  information set forth in subsection (3), or payment is deemed

11  approved. A copy of the approval must be forwarded to the park

12  owner with an invoice for payment. Upon approval, the

13  corporation shall issue a voucher in the amount of the

14  contract price for relocating the mobile home. The moving

15  contractor may redeem the voucher from the corporation

16  following completion of the relocation and upon approval of

17  the relocation by the mobile home owner.

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21  And the title is amended as follows:

22         On page 1, line 3, after "cooperatives;"

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25         amending s. 723.037, F.S.; providing for a

26         meeting between the park owner and a committee

27         of affected mobile home owners with respect to

28         certain lot rental amount increases; amending

29         s. 723.06116, F.S.; correcting cross

30         references; requiring that certain payments by

31         a mobile home park be made to the Florida

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  1         Mobile Home Relocation Corporation rather than

  2         the Department of Business and Professional

  3         Regulation; amending s. 723.0612, F.S.;

  4         increasing the time period for the corporation

  5         to provide copies of certain approvals;

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