Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB's 674 & 1422
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                 Floor: WD/3R          .                                
             04/27/2009 02:15 PM       .                                
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       Senator Bennett moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 261 and 262
    4  insert:
    5         Section 5. Section 768.1258, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7  768.1258 Drywall Liability Act.—
    8  Property owners, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, or
    9  other installers of drywall will not be liable for defective
   10  drywall causing personal injury or damage to property unless the
   11  property owners, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, or
   12  other installers knew or should have known that the drywall was
   13  defective. The provisions of this section shall apply to any
   14  complaint filed after January 1, 2009. This section does not
   15  apply to manufacturers of defective drywall.
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   17  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   18         And the title is amended as follows:
   19         Delete line 13
   20  and insert:
   21  providing for retroactive application; creating s. 768.1258,
   22  F.S.; providing a limitation of liability for defective drywall;
   23  providing an