Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1734
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                 Comm: UNFAV           .                                
                  03/23/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Taddeo) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (482404) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 757 - 792
    5  and insert:
    6         501.177 Department of Legal Affairs; rules.—
    7         (1) The Department of Legal Affairs shall adopt rules to
    8  enforce this act. If the department has reason to believe that a
    9  business, directly or indirectly, has violated or is violating
   10  this section, the department may institute an appropriate legal
   11  proceeding against the business.
   12         (2) The trial court, upon a showing that any business,
   13  directly or indirectly, has violated or is violating this act,
   14  may take any of the following actions:
   15         (a) Issue a temporary or permanent injunction.
   16         (b) Impose a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for each
   17  violation. If the violation involves a consumer who was 16 years
   18  of age or younger at the time of the violation, the court may
   19  triple the civil penalty.
   20         (c) Award reasonable costs of enforcement, including a
   21  reasonable attorney fee and costs.
   22         (d) Grant such other relief as the court may deem
   23  appropriate.
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   26  And the title is amended as follows:
   27         Delete lines 853 - 855
   28  and insert:
   29         s. 501.177, F.S.; requiring the Department of Legal
   30         Affairs to