HOUSE AMENDMENT

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11  Representative(s) K. Smith offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 86, between lines 16 and 17,

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17         Section 71.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (6) of section

18  932.703, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         932.703  Forfeiture of contraband article;

20  exceptions.--

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22         (d)  A vehicle that is rented or leased from a company

23  engaged in the business of renting or leasing vehicles, which

24  vehicle was rented or leased in the manner prescribed by law

25  prior to the seizure, may not be forfeited under the Florida

26  Contraband Forfeiture Act, and no fine, penalty, or

27  administrative charge, other than reasonable and customary

28  charges for towing and storage, shall be imposed by any

29  governmental agency on the company which rented or leased the

30  vehicle, unless the seizing agency establishes by

31  preponderance of the evidence that the renter or lessor had

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

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 1  actual knowledge, at the time the vehicle was rented or

 2  leased, that the vehicle was being employed or was likely to

 3  be employed in criminal activity.  When a vehicle that is

 4  rented or leased from a company engaged in the business of

 5  renting or leasing vehicles is seized under the Florida

 6  Contraband Forfeiture Act, upon learning the address or phone

 7  number of the company, the seizing law enforcement agency

 8  shall, as soon as practicable, inform the company that the

 9  vehicle has been seized and is available for the company to

10  take possession upon payment of the reasonable and customary

11  charges for towing and storage.

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15  And the title is amended as follows:

16         On page 7, line 20, after the semicolon

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19         amending s. 932.703, F.S.; revising language

20         with respect to fines, penalties, and

21         administrative charges for rented or leased

22         vehicles seized under the Florida Contraband

23         Forfeiture Act;

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