| 1 | The Committee on Business Regulation recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to mobile home parks; amending s. |
| 7 | 723.0612, F.S.; revising provisions for payment by the |
| 8 | park owner to the Florida Mobile Home Relocation |
| 9 | Corporation when the mobile home owner chooses to abandon |
| 10 | the mobile home rather than relocate due to a change in |
| 11 | use of the mobile home park; providing an effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Subsection (7) of section 723.0612, Florida |
| 16 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 17 | 723.0612 Change in use; relocation expenses; payments by |
| 18 | park owner.-- |
| 19 | (7) In lieu of collecting payment from the Florida Mobile |
| 20 | Home Relocation Corporation as set forth in subsection (1), a |
| 21 | mobile home owner may abandon the mobile home in the mobile home |
| 22 | park and collect $1,375 for a single section and $2,750 for a |
| 23 | multisection from the corporation as long as the mobile home |
| 24 | owner delivers to the park owner the current title to the mobile |
| 25 | home duly endorsed by the owner of record and valid releases of |
| 26 | all liens shown on the title. If a mobile home owner chooses |
| 27 | this option, the park owner shall make payment to the |
| 28 | corporation in an amount equal to the amount the mobile home |
| 29 | owner is entitled to under this subsection one-fourth of the |
| 30 | maximum allowable moving expenses. The mobile home owner's |
| 31 | application for funds under this subsection shall require the |
| 32 | submission of a document signed by the park owner stating that |
| 33 | the home has been abandoned under this subsection and that the |
| 34 | park owner agrees to make payment to the corporation in the |
| 35 | amount provided to the home owner under this subsection section. |
| 36 | However, in the event that the required documents are not |
| 37 | submitted with the application, the corporation may consider the |
| 38 | facts and circumstances surrounding the abandonment of the home |
| 39 | to determine whether the mobile home owner is entitled to |
| 40 | payment pursuant to this subsection section. |
| 41 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |