Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 798
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/24/2014           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Ring) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 348 - 371
    4  and insert:
    5  presumed to be abandoned if all tenants and the unit owner have
    6  been absent from the unit for 2 consecutive months and the
    7  association is unable to contact the owner or determine the
    8  whereabouts of the owner after reasonable inquiry. However, this
    9  presumption does not apply if the unit owner is current on all
   10  assessments or the unit owner or a tenant has notified the
   11  association, in writing, of an intended absence.
   12         2. Except in the case of an emergency, an association may
   13  not enter an abandoned unit until 2 days after notice of the
   14  association’s intent to enter the unit has been mailed or hand
   15  delivered to the owner at the address of the owner as reflected
   16  in the records of the association. The notice may be given by
   17  electronic transmission to unit owners who previously consented
   18  to receive notice by electronic transmission.
   19         3. Any reasonable expense incurred by an association
   20  pursuant to this paragraph is chargeable to the unit owner and
   21  enforceable as an assessment pursuant to s. 718.116, and the
   22  association may use the lien authority provided under s. 718.116
   23  to enforce collection of the expense.
   24         4. The association may petition a court of competent
   25  jurisdiction to appoint a receiver to lease out an