Bill Text: FL S0898 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Self-service Storage Facilities
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-03-10 - Died in Commerce and Tourism [S0898 Detail]
Download: Florida-2018-S0898-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2018 SB 898 By Senator Perry 8-01144-18 2018898__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to self-service storage facilities; 3 amending s. 83.806, F.S.; providing that advertisement 4 of a sale or disposition of property may be published 5 on certain websites; deleting a required alternative 6 form of advertisement; providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 83.806, Florida 11 Statutes, is amended to read: 12 83.806 Enforcement of lien.—An owner’s lien as provided in 13 s. 83.805 may be satisfied as follows: 14 (4) After the expiration of the time given in the notice, 15 an advertisement of the sale or other disposition shall be 16 published once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of 17 general circulation in the area where the self-service storage 18 facility or self-contained storage unit is located or published 19 continuously for 2 consecutive weeks on a public website that 20 customarily conducts personal property auctions. 21 (a) A lien sale may be conducted on a public website that 22 customarily conducts personal property auctions. The facility or 23 unit owner is not required to hold a license to post property 24 for online sale. Inasmuch as any sale may involve property of 25 more than one tenant, a single advertisement may be used to 26 dispose of property at any one sale. 27 (b) The advertisement shall include: 28 1. A brief and general description of what is believed to 29 constitute the personal property contained in the storage unit, 30 as provided in paragraph (2)(b). 31 2. The address of the self-service storage facility or the 32 address where the self-contained storage unit is located and the 33 name of the tenant. 34 3. The time, place, and manner of the sale or other 35 disposition. The sale or other disposition shall take place at 36 least 15 days after the first publication. 37(c)If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the38area where the self-service storage facility or self-contained39storage unit is located, the advertisement shall be posted at40least 10 days before the date of the sale or other disposition41in at least three conspicuous places in the neighborhood where42the self-service storage facility or self-contained storage unit43is located.44 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.