Florida Senate - 2024                                      SB 38
       
       
        
       By Senator Stewart
       
       
       
       
       
       17-00020-24                                             202438__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to flood zone disclosures for dwelling
    3         units; creating s. 83.505, F.S.; requiring landlords
    4         or persons authorized to enter into rental agreements
    5         on behalf of landlords to make specified disclosures
    6         relating to flood zones before the commencement of a
    7         tenancy; requiring landlords to notify current tenants
    8         of a change in a dwelling unit’s flood zone
    9         designation; providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 83.505, Florida Statutes, is created to
   14  read:
   15         83.505 Disclosure of flood zone.—A landlord, or a person
   16  authorized to enter into a rental agreement on the landlord’s
   17  behalf, must disclose in writing to a tenant before the
   18  commencement of a tenancy whether the dwelling unit is located
   19  within a flood zone established by the Federal Emergency
   20  Management Agency. If the dwelling unit is located within a
   21  flood zone, such disclosure must also include the risk
   22  designation for the flood zone and the definition of the risk
   23  designation as determined by the Federal Emergency Management
   24  Agency. If the flood zone designation of a dwelling unit
   25  changes, a landlord must notify the current tenant in writing or
   26  by e-mail of the new risk designation and its definition.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.