Bill Text: FL S0716 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Flood Zone Disclosures for Dwelling Units

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2023-05-05 - Died in Judiciary [S0716 Detail]

Download: Florida-2023-S0716-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2023                                     SB 716
       
       
        
       By Senator Stewart
       
       
       
       
       
       17-00596A-23                                           2023716__
    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 definition of the designation
   23  as determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. If the
   24  flood zone designation of a dwelling unit changes, a landlord
   25  must notify the current tenants in writing or by e-mail of the
   26  new designation and the definition of such designation.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.