SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 482
Amendment No. 2 Barcode 065042
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11 The Committee on Judiciary recommended the following amendment
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 2. Section 83.67, Florida Statutes, is amended
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20 83.67 Prohibited practices.--
21 (1) No landlord of any dwelling unit governed by this
22 part shall cause, directly or indirectly, the termination or
23 interruption of any utility service furnished the tenant,
24 including, but not limited to, water, heat, light,
25 electricity, gas, elevator, garbage collection, or
26 refrigeration, whether or not the utility service is under the
27 control of, or payment is made by, the landlord.
28 (2) No landlord of any dwelling unit governed by this
29 part shall prevent the tenant from gaining reasonable access
30 to the dwelling unit by any means, including, but not limited
31 to, changing the locks or using any bootlock or similar
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2 (3) No landlord of any dwelling unit governed by this
3 part shall discriminate against a member of the United States
4 Armed Forces in offering a dwelling unit for rent or in any of
5 the term of the rental agreement.
6 (4)(3) No landlord of any dwelling unit governed by
7 this part shall remove the outside doors, locks, roof, walls,
8 or windows of the unit except for purposes of maintenance,
9 repair, or replacement; nor shall the landlord remove the
10 tenant's personal property from the dwelling unit unless said
11 action is taken after surrender, abandonment, or a lawful
12 eviction. If provided in the rental agreement or a written
13 agreement separate from the rental agreement, upon surrender
14 or abandonment by the tenant, the landlord is not required to
15 comply with s. 715.104 and is not liable or responsible for
16 storage or disposition of the tenant's personal property; if
17 provided in the rental agreement there must be printed or
18 clearly stamped on such rental agreement a legend in
19 substantially the following form:
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21 BY SIGNING THIS RENTAL AGREEMENT THE TENANT AGREES THAT UPON
22 SURRENDER OR ABANDONMENT, AS DEFINED BY CHAPTER 83, FLORIDA
23 STATUTES, THE LANDLORD SHALL NOT BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR
24 STORAGE OR DISPOSITION OF THE TENANT'S PERSONAL PROPERTY.
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26 For the purposes of this section, abandonment shall be as set
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28 (5)(4) A landlord who violates the provisions of this
29 section shall be liable to the tenant for actual and
30 consequential damages or 3 months' rent, whichever is greater,
31 and costs, including attorney's fees. Subsequent or repeated
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2 violation shall be subject to separate awards of damages.
3 (6)(5) A violation of this section shall constitute
4 irreparable harm for the purposes of injunctive relief.
5 (7)(6) The remedies provided by this section are not
6 exclusive and shall not preclude the tenant from pursuing any
7 other remedy at law or equity which the tenant may have.
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13 And the title is amended as follows:
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17 An act relating to rental agreements by members
18 of the United States Armed Forces; amending s.
19 83.682, F.S.; removing provisions requiring the
20 payment of liquidated damages to the landlord
21 under certain circumstances upon termination of
22 a rental agreement; amending s. 83.67, F.S.;
23 prohibiting a landlord from discriminating
24 against a member of the United States Armed
25 Forces in offering a dwelling unit for rent;
26 providing an effective date.
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