Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 342
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/27/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Detert) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 13 - 24
    4  and insert:
    5         83.491 Renters insurance.—A rental agreement entered into
    6  on or after January 1, 2017, must specify whether a tenant is
    7  required to obtain renters insurance and must provide in the
    8  agreement a line for the tenant’s initials immediately following
    9  that provision.
   10         (1) If renters insurance is required, the rental agreement
   11  must specify the coverage required.
   12         (2) If renters insurance is not required, the rental
   13  agreement must provide a statement in substantially the
   14  following form: “The tenant is not required to obtain renters
   15  insurance; however, the tenant is strongly advised to obtain
   16  renters insurance to cover damage to or loss of personal
   17  property.”
   18         (3) Failure to provide the notice in subsection (2) does
   19  not create a private cause of action and does not nullify any
   20  part of the rental agreement under this part.
   21  
   22  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   23  And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Delete line 6
   25  and insert:
   26         insurance is or is not required; providing that
   27         failure to include a certain notice in a rental
   28         agreement does not create a private cause of action or
   29         nullify any part of the rental agreement; providing an