Florida Senate - 2021                                     SB 290
       
       
        
       By Senator Baxley
       
       
       
       
       
       12-00513-21                                            2021290__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to retaliatory conduct by landlords;
    3         amending s. 125.01, F.S.; authorizing county
    4         legislative and governing bodies to create boards to
    5         investigate alleged retaliatory conduct by landlords;
    6         authorizing such boards to impose fines for
    7         retaliatory conduct by landlords; providing an
    8         effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (dd) is added to subsection (1) of
   13  section 125.01, Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         125.01 Powers and duties.—
   15         (1) The legislative and governing body of a county shall
   16  have the power to carry on county government. To the extent not
   17  inconsistent with general or special law, this power includes,
   18  but is not restricted to, the power to:
   19         (dd) Create boards to investigate alleged violations of s.
   20  83.64. Such boards may impose fines for any violation of s.
   21  83.64.
   22         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.