Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 536
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/25/2018           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Steube) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 40 - 54
    4  and insert:
    5  out of the conduct, transaction or occurrence set out or
    6  attempted to be set out in a pleading may be commenced up to 1
    7  year after the pleading to which such claims relate is served,
    8  even if such claims would otherwise be time barred. With respect
    9  to actions founded on the design, planning, or construction of
   10  an improvement to real property, if such construction is
   11  performed pursuant to a duly issued building permit and if a
   12  local enforcement agency, state enforcement agency, or special
   13  inspector, as those terms are defined in s. 553.71, has issued a
   14  final certificate of occupancy or certificate of completion,
   15  then as to the construction which is within the scope of such
   16  building permit and certificate, the correction opf defects to
   17  completed work or repair of completed work, whether performed
   18  under warranty or otherwise, does not extend the period of time
   19  within which an action must be commenced. Completion of the
   20  contract means the later of the date of final performance of all
   21  the contracted services or the date that final payment for such
   22  services becomes due without regard to the date final payment is
   23  made.
   24         Section 2. This act applies to causes of action that accrue
   25  on or after July 1, 2019.
   26         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
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   28  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   29  And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete lines 6 - 11
   31  and insert:
   32         party claims that arise out of the conduct,
   33         transaction or occurrence set out or attempted to be
   34         set out in a pleading for which such claims relate;
   35         specifying that certain corrections and repairs do not
   36         extend the period of time within which an action must
   37         be commenced; providing applicability; providing an
   38         effective date.