Florida House Bill 723 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 10 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-10 - Died in Careers and Competition Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires notice of nonpayment to be verified; provides notice of nonpayment requirements; provides that claimant or lienor who serves fraudulent notice of nonpayment shall be deprived of rights under bond; requires notice of nonpayment to be in prescribed form; provides that provision relating to attorney's fees applies to certain suits brought by contractors; deems contractors to be insureds or beneficiaries for certain purposes; provides that contractor may record notice identifying bond as conditional payment bond prior to project commencement in order for duty of surety to pay lienors to be coextensive with contractor's duty to pay.

Construction Bonds

Rep. Stan McClain [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-10	House	Died in Careers and Competition Subcommittee
2018-03-10	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2018-01-09	House	Introduced
2017-11-27	House	Referred to Careers and Competition Subcommittee; Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
2017-11-15	House	Filed

S908 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died in Community Affairs

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
255	05		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	428		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	756		Amended Code	See Bill Text
713	23		Amended Code	See Bill Text
713	245		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/723
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/723/BillText/Filed/PDF