Florida Senate - 2016                      CS for CS for SB 1432
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Rules; and Judiciary; and Senator Stargel
       
       595-04422-16                                          20161432c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to service of process; amending s.
    3         48.031, F.S.; expanding the locations at which
    4         substitute service of process may be made when such
    5         location is the only discoverable address for the
    6         person to be served; defining the terms “virtual
    7         office” and “executive office or mini suite”; amending
    8         s. 48.193, F.S.; providing that orders issued by
    9         agencies of other states are not enforceable under
   10         certain circumstances; amending s. 48.081, F.S.;
   11         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
   12         providing an effective date.
   13          
   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   15  
   16         Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 48.031, Florida
   17  Statutes, is amended to read:
   18         48.031 Service of process generally; service of witness
   19  subpoenas.—
   20         (6)(a) If the only address for a person to be served, which
   21  is discoverable through public records, is a private mailbox, a
   22  virtual office, or an executive office or mini suite, substitute
   23  service may be made by leaving a copy of the process with the
   24  person in charge of the private mailbox, virtual office, or
   25  executive office or mini suite, but only if the process server
   26  determines that the person to be served maintains a mailbox, a
   27  virtual office, or an executive office or mini suite at that
   28  location.
   29         (b) For purposes of this subsection, the term “virtual
   30  office” means an office that provides communications services,
   31  such as telephone or facsimile services, and address services
   32  without providing dedicated office space, and where all
   33  communications are routed through a common receptionist. The
   34  term “executive office or mini suite” means an office that
   35  provides communications services, such as telephone and
   36  facsimile services, a dedicated office space, and other
   37  supportive services, and where all communications are routed
   38  through a common receptionist.
   39         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
   40  48.193, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   41         48.193 Acts subjecting person to jurisdiction of courts of
   42  state.—
   43         (1)
   44         (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection,
   45  an order issued, or a penalty or fine imposed, by an agency of
   46  another any other state is shall not be enforceable against any
   47  person or entity incorporated or having its principal place of
   48  business in this state if the where such other state does not
   49  provide a mandatory right of review of the such agency decision
   50  in a state court of competent jurisdiction.
   51         Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
   52  48.081, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   53         48.081 Service on corporation.—
   54         (3)
   55         (b) If the address for the registered agent, officer,
   56  director, or principal place of business is a residence, a or
   57  private mailbox, a virtual office, or an executive office or
   58  mini suite, service on the corporation may be made by serving
   59  the registered agent, officer, or director in accordance with s.
   60  48.031.
   61         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.