Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 620
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/04/2019           .                                
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       The Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs and Space
       (Broxson) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 37 - 65
    4  and insert:
    5  due in a 2-month period under the rental agreement, excluding
    6  prorated rent.
    7         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 83.682, Florida
    8  Statutes, is amended to read:
    9         83.682 Termination of rental agreement by a servicemember.—
   10         (1) Any servicemember may terminate his or her rental
   11  agreement by providing the landlord with a written notice of
   12  termination to be effective on the date stated in the notice
   13  that is at least 1 month 30 days after the landlord’s receipt of
   14  the notice if any of the following criteria are met:
   15         (a) The servicemember is required, pursuant to a permanent
   16  change of station orders, to move 35 miles or more from the
   17  location of the rental premises.;
   18         (b) The servicemember is prematurely or involuntarily
   19  discharged or released from active duty or state active duty.;
   20         (c) The servicemember is released from active duty or state
   21  active duty after having leased the rental premises while on
   22  active duty or state active duty status and the rental premises
   23  is 35 miles or more from the servicemember’s home of record
   24  prior to entering active duty or state active duty.;
   25         (d) After entering into a rental agreement, the
   26  servicemember receives military orders requiring him or her to
   27  move into government quarters or the servicemember becomes
   28  eligible to live in and opts to move into government quarters or
   29  privatized military housing.;
   30         (e) The servicemember receives temporary duty orders,
   31  temporary change of station orders, or state active duty orders
   32  to an area 35 miles or more from the location of the rental
   33  premises, provided such orders are for a period exceeding 2
   34  months. 60 days; or