| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to contracts; providing disclosure |
| 3 | requirements for contracts for goods or services; |
| 4 | providing an effective date. |
| 5 |
|
| 6 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
| 7 |
|
| 8 | Section 1. Disclosure of certain contract provisions.-- |
| 9 | (1) All contracts for goods or services shall |
| 10 | conspicuously disclose the following: |
| 11 | (a) Any conditions placed upon the right to terminate the |
| 12 | contract, including any provisions that provide for a right to |
| 13 | cure. |
| 14 | (b) Any conditions or procedures relating to breach of |
| 15 | contract or remedies for breach of contract, including any |
| 16 | provisions related to arbitration. |
| 17 | (2) All disclosures of contract provisions under |
| 18 | subsection (1) must be in bold type and placed within a separate |
| 19 | paragraph. |
| 20 | (3) A contract containing provisions provided in |
| 21 | subsection (1) shall provide, in immediate proximity to each of |
| 22 | the provisions, a space reserved in the contract for the |
| 23 | signature of all parties to specifically acknowledge having read |
| 24 | each of such provisions. Failure to provide such spaces for |
| 25 | signature and to obtain the signatures of all parties shall |
| 26 | render the applicable contract provisions void and |
| 27 | unenforceable. |
| 28 | (4) For purposes of this section, the term "conspicuously" |
| 29 | means so written, displayed, or presented that a reasonable |
| 30 | person against whom it is to operate ought to have noticed it. |
| 31 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, and |
| 32 | shall apply to contracts entered into on or after that date. |