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2025 Florida Statutes

SECTION 505
Breach of contract during emergency recovery periods for natural emergencies.
F.S. 252.505
252.505 Breach of contract during emergency recovery periods for natural emergencies.Each state or local government contract for goods or services related to emergency response for a natural emergency entered into, renewed, or amended on or after July 1, 2025, must include a provision that requires a vendor or service provider that breaches such contract during an emergency recovery period to pay a $5,000 penalty and damages, which may be either actual and consequential damages or liquidated damages. As used in this section, the term “emergency recovery period” means a 1-year period that begins on the date that the Governor initially declared a state of emergency for a natural emergency.
History.s. 19, ch. 2025-190.