Florida Senate - 2007                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 400
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11  Senator Margolis moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment 
14         On page 2, lines 5-31, delete those lines
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16  and insert:  a dwelling unit used in connection with a
17  federally administered or regulated housing program, including
18  programs under s. 202, s. 221(d)(3) and (4), s. 236, or s. 8
19  of the National Housing Act, as amended.
20         Section 2. Subsection (5) of section 83.67, Florida
21  Statutes, is amended to read:
22         83.67 Prohibited practices.--
23         (5) A landlord of any dwelling unit governed by this
24  part shall not remove the outside doors, locks, roof, walls,
25  or windows of the unit except for purposes of maintenance,
26  repair, or replacement; and the landlord shall not remove the
27  tenant's personal property from the dwelling unit unless such
28  action is taken after surrender, abandonment, recovery of
29  possession of the dwelling unit due to the death of the last
30  remaining tenant in accordance with s. 83.59(3)(d), or a
31  lawful eviction. If provided in the rental agreement or a
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    Florida Senate - 2007                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 400
                        Barcode 263112
 1  written agreement separate from the rental agreement, upon
 2  surrender or abandonment by the tenant, the landlord is not
 3  required to comply with s. 715.104 and is not liable or
 4  responsible for storage or disposition of the tenant's
 5  personal property; if provided in the rental agreement, there
 6  must be printed or clearly stamped on such rental agreement a
 7  legend in substantially the following form:
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 9  BY SIGNING THIS RENTAL AGREEMENT, THE TENANT AGREES THAT UPON
10  SURRENDER, OR ABANDONMENT, OR RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF THE
11  DWELLING UNIT DUE TO THE DEATH OF THE LAST REMAINING TENANT,
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