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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 694, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Bennett offered the following:
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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
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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),
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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
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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
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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:
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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
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