Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 400
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11  The Committee on Judiciary (Geller) recommended the following
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14         Senate Amendment 
15         On page 2, lines 4-26, delete those lines
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18         of a personal representative. This paragraph shall not
19  apply to a dwelling unit occupied by a tenant participating in
20  a federally administered or regulated housing program
21  including s. 202, s. 221(d)(3) and (4), s. 236, or s. 8 of the
22  National Housing Act, as amended.
23         Section 2. Subsection (5) of section 83.67, Florida
24  Statutes, is amended to read:
25         83.67 Prohibited practices.--
26         (5) A landlord of any dwelling unit governed by this
27  part shall not remove the outside doors, locks, roof, walls,
28  or windows of the unit except for purposes of maintenance,
29  repair, or replacement; and the landlord shall not remove the
30  tenant's personal property from the dwelling unit unless such
31  action is taken after surrender, abandonment, recovery of
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    Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 400
                        Barcode 941238
 1  possession of the dwelling unit due to the death of the tenant
 2  in accordance with s. 83.59(3)(d), or a lawful eviction. If
 3  provided in the rental agreement or a written agreement
 4  separate from the rental agreement, upon surrender or
 5  abandonment by the tenant, the landlord is not required to
 6  comply with s. 715.104 and is not liable or responsible for
 7  storage or disposition of the tenant's personal property; if
 8  provided in the rental agreement, there must be printed or
 9  clearly stamped on such rental agreement a legend in
10  substantially the following form:
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12  BY SIGNING THIS RENTAL AGREEMENT, THE TENANT AGREES THAT UPON
13  SURRENDER, OR ABANDONMENT, OR RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF THE
14  DWELLING UNIT DUE TO THE DEATH OF THE TENANT, AS PROVIDED
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