| 1 | Representative Dorworth offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment |
| 4 | Remove lines 47-72 and insert: |
| 5 | (3) If the sale is conducted by electronic means, as |
| 6 | provided in s. 45.031(10), the clerk shall receive a service |
| 7 | charge of $60 for services in conducting or contracting for the |
| 8 | electronic sale, which service charge shall be assessed as costs |
| 9 | and shall be advanced by the plaintiff before the sale. If the |
| 10 | clerk requires advance electronic deposits to secure the right |
| 11 | to bid, such deposits shall not be subject to the fee under s. |
| 12 | 28.24(10). The portion of an advance deposit from a winning |
| 13 | bidder required by s. 45.031(3) shall, upon acceptance of the |
| 14 | winning bid, be subject to the fee under s. 28.24(10). |
| 15 | Section 3. Subsection (4) is added to section 197.542, |
| 16 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 17 | 197.542 Sale at public auction.-- |
| 18 | (4) A clerk may conduct electronic tax deed sales in lieu |
| 19 | of public outcry. The clerk must comply with the procedures |
| 20 | provided in this chapter, except that electronic proxy bidding |
| 21 | shall be allowed and the clerk may require bidders to advance |
| 22 | sufficient funds to pay the deposit required by subsection (2). |
| 23 | The clerk shall provide access to the electronic sale by |
| 24 | computer terminals open to the public at a designated location. |
| 25 | A clerk who conducts such electronic sales may receive |
| 26 | electronic deposits and payments related to the sale. The |
| 27 | portion of an advance deposit from a winning bidder required by |
| 28 | subsection (2) shall, upon acceptance of the winning bid, be |
| 29 | subject to the fee under s. 28.24(10). |
| 30 | subject to the fee under s. 28.24(10). |