Bill Text: FL S2196 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Agreements for Property Repairs/Reactive Drywall [CPSC]

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Regulated Industries [S2196 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S2196-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 2196 
 
By Senator Bennett 
21-01439A-10                                          20102196__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to agreements for property repairs 
3         related to reactive drywall; creating s. 553.875, 
4         F.S.; authorizing certain persons or entities to agree 
5         to certain measures to effect repairs to improvements 
6         to real property due to problems arising from the use 
7         of reactive drywall; prohibiting a cause of action 
8         against certain persons or entities for damage to 
9         property arising from prior use of reactive drywall or 
10         from such repairs; providing a definition; providing 
11         an effective date. 
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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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15         Section 1. Section 553.875, Florida Statutes, is created to 
16  read: 
17         553.875 Agreements for property repairs related to reactive 
18  drywall.—In the absence of government laws, rules, or ordinances 
19  establishing standards in the applicable jurisdiction for making 
20  repairs due to problems arising from the use of reactive drywall 
21  in improvements to real property, a property owner or a 
22  condominium association authorized under chapter 718 to enter 
23  into contracts on behalf of unit owners, and a condominium 
24  developer or licensed contractor, or any combination of such 
25  persons or entities, may agree to specific measures to effect 
26  such repairs. If these measures are completed pursuant to the 
27  agreement, the condominium association, property owner, 
28  subsequent owners, and their successors in interest will not 
29  have a cause of action against the condominium developer or 
30  contractor for damage to the property arising from the prior use 
31  of reactive drywall or from the repairs, regardless of the later 
32  adoption of government laws, rules, or ordinances establishing 
33  repair standards in the applicable jurisdiction which take 
34  effect after the date of the agreement. As used in this section, 
35  the term “reactive drywall” means drywall or similar materials 
36  that are contaminated with substances that cause the corrosion 
37  of metals or emit sulfurous compounds. 
38         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.