| 1 | Representative Julien offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 109 and 110, insert: |
| 5 | Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 48.151, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (6) is added to that |
| 7 | section, to read: |
| 8 | 48.151 Service on statutory agents for certain persons.- |
| 9 | (1) When any law designates a public officer, board, |
| 10 | agency, or commission as the agent for service of process on any |
| 11 | person, firm, or corporation, service of process thereunder |
| 12 | shall be made by leaving one copy two copies of the process with |
| 13 | the public officer, board, agency, or commission or in the |
| 14 | office thereof, or by mailing one copy said copies to the public |
| 15 | officer, board, agency, or commission. The public officer, |
| 16 | board, agency, or commission so served shall retain a record |
| 17 | file one copy in his or her or its records and promptly send the |
| 18 | other copy served, by registered or certified mail, to the |
| 19 | person to be served as shown by his or her or its records. Proof |
| 20 | of service on the public officer, board, agency, or commission |
| 21 | shall be by a notice accepting the process which shall be issued |
| 22 | by the public officer, board, agency, or commission promptly |
| 23 | after service and filed in the court issuing the process. The |
| 24 | notice accepting service shall state the date upon which the |
| 25 | copy of the process was mailed by the public officer, board, |
| 26 | agency, or commission to the person being served and the time |
| 27 | for pleading prescribed by the rules of procedure shall run from |
| 28 | this date. The service is valid service for all purposes on the |
| 29 | person for whom the public officer, board, agency, or commission |
| 30 | is statutory agent for service of process. |
| 31 | (6) For purposes of this section, records may be retained |
| 32 | as paper or electronic copies. |
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| 35 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 36 | Remove line 20 and insert: |
| 37 | from his or her office; amending s. 48.151, F.S.; revising the |
| 38 | number of copies of process that must be served on statutory |
| 39 | agents for certain persons; providing that records may be |
| 40 | retained as paper or electronic copies; amending s. 48.21, F.S.; |
| 41 | requiring |