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CS/CS/HB 833: General Assignments

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Civil Justice Subcommittee ; Passidomo

General Assignments; Defines "negative notice"; requires assignee's bond to be in at least specific amount or double liquidation value of unencumbered & liquid assets of estate, whichever is higher; authorizes assignee to conduct certain discovery to determine whether to prosecute certain claims or causes of action; extends time period assignee may conduct business of assignor; authorizes assignee to continue conducting business of assignor by serving negative notice; extends time period for which court may authorize assignee to conduct business of assignor; provides procedures for assignee's rejection of unexpired lease of nonresidential real property or of personal property; requires assignee to serve notice of rejection on certain persons & file with court; requires that notice of rejection for personal property include certain information about affected property; specifies effective date of rejection; requires estate's rights & obligations to & liability for affected property to terminate; extends minimum time period for giving notice to assignor & creditors; provides procedure for serving notice on persons; requires objection to be filed & served within specific time period; requires notice to be in specified form; provides that assignee may take certain actions if objection is not filed.

Effective Date: 6/28/2013
Last Action: 7/1/2013 - Chapter No. 2013-244
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/15/2013 House • Filed
    2/28/2013 House • Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 85
    3/5/2013 House • Introduced -HJ 84
    3/11/2013 House • PCS on Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/13/13, 12:00 pm, 404 HOB
    3/13/2013 House • CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 272
    3/15/2013 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
    3/18/2013 House • Now in Insurance and Banking Subcommittee -HJ 270
    • CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 266
    3/26/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, 03/28/13, 8:00 am, 404 HOB
    3/28/2013 House • Favorable by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 373
    • Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 373
    4/1/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/03/13, 8:30 am, 404 HOB
    4/3/2013 House • CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -HJ 437
    4/4/2013 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
    • CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time -HJ 431
    4/5/2013 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 443
    4/19/2013 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/13
    4/23/2013 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 706
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    4/24/2013 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 805
    • CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 -HJ 806
    4/24/2013 Senate • In Messages
    • Referred to Judiciary; Banking and Insurance; Rules -SJ 583
    • Received -SJ 583
    4/25/2013 Senate • Withdrawn from Judiciary; Banking and Insurance; Rules -SJ 610
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 610
    • Substituted for CS/SB 1098 -SJ 610
    • Read 2nd time -SJ 610
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    4/26/2013 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 690
    • CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 690
    4/29/2013 House • Ordered enrolled -HJ 967
    6/17/2013 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
    6/28/2013 • Approved by Governor
    7/1/2013 • Chapter No. 2013-244

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  • CS/CS/HB 833, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/29/2013 at 5:22 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1098 (c1) General Assignments Richter Identical Last Action: 4/25/2013 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 833 (Ch. 2013-244) -SJ 610
    Location: Laid on Table

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    727.103 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    727.104 Commencement of proceedings. Page 3 (pdf)
    727.108 Duties of assignee. Page 4 (pdf)
    727.109 Power of the court. Page 5 (pdf)
    727.110 Actions by assignee and other parties in interest. Page 6 (pdf)
    727.111 Notice. Page 6 (pdf)
    727.113 Objections to claims. Page 10 (pdf)
    727.117 Page 11 (pdf)

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  • CS/CS/HB 833, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 4/4/2013 at 8:18 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1098 (c1) General Assignments Richter Identical Last Action: 4/25/2013 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 833 (Ch. 2013-244) -SJ 610
    Location: Laid on Table

    Floor Votes (2)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/24/2013 4:58 PM House 113 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/26/2013 10:59 AM Senate 36 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    727.103 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    727.104 Commencement of proceedings. Page 3 (pdf)
    727.108 Duties of assignee. Page 4 (pdf)
    727.109 Power of the court. Page 5 (pdf)
    727.110 Actions by assignee and other parties in interest. Page 6 (pdf)
    727.111 Notice. Page 6 (pdf)
    727.113 Objections to claims. Page 10 (pdf)
    727.117 Page 11 (pdf)

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  • CS/HB 833, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/15/2013 at 3:57 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Insurance and Banking Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/28/2013 (pdf)
    Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/4/2013 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1098 General Assignments Richter Identical Last Action: 4/25/2013 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 833 (Ch. 2013-244) -SJ 610
    Location: Laid on Table

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    167595 - Amendment
    Remove lines 283-284 and insert:
    Passidomo 4/2/2013
    6:33 PM
    Adopted without Objection
    4/3/2013
    PDF
    532737 - Amendment
    Between lines 367 and 368, insert:
    Passidomo 4/2/2013
    6:34 PM
    Adopted without Objection
    4/3/2013
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    727.103 Definitions. Page 3 (pdf)
    727.104 Commencement of proceedings. Page 3 (pdf)
    727.108 Duties of assignee. Page 4 (pdf)
    727.109 Power of the court. Page 6 (pdf)
    727.110 Actions by assignee and other parties in interest. Page 6 (pdf)
    727.111 Notice. Page 7 (pdf)
    727.113 Objections to claims. Page 10 (pdf)
    727.117 Page 11 (pdf)

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  • HB 833, Original Filed Version Posted 2/15/2013 at 3:30 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Civil Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 7/10/2013 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1098 General Assignments Richter Similar Last Action: 4/25/2013 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 833 (Ch. 2013-244) -SJ 610
    Location: Laid on Table

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    727.103 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    727.104 Commencement of proceedings. Page 2 (pdf)
    727.108 Duties of assignee. Page 3 (pdf)
    727.109 Power of the court. Page 5 (pdf)
    727.110 Actions by assignee and other parties in interest. Page 5 (pdf)
    727.111 Notice. Page 6 (pdf)
    727.113 Objections to claims. Page 9 (pdf)
    727.117 Page 10 (pdf)

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