HOUSE AMENDMENT

    513-190AX-06                                Bill No. CS/HB 681

    Amendment No. 2 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Merchant offered the following:

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13         Amendment to Amendment (861589) (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 1.  Section 47.025, Florida Statutes, is

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19         47.025  Actions against contractors.--Any venue

20  provision in a contract for improvement to real property which

21  requires legal action involving a resident contractor,

22  subcontractor, sub-subcontractor, or materialman, as defined

23  in s. 713.01, to be brought outside this state is void as a

24  matter of public policy. To the extent that the venue

25  provision in the contract is void under this section, any

26  legal action arising out of that contract shall be brought

27  only in this state in the county where the defendant resides,

28  where the cause of action accrued, or where the property in

29  litigation is located, unless, after the dispute arises, the

30  parties stipulate to another venue.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    513-190AX-06                                Bill No. CS/HB 681

    Amendment No. 2 (for drafter's use only)





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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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 6         creating s. 47.025, F.S.; providing that

 7         certain venue provisions in a contract for

 8         improvement of real property are void;

 9         specifying appropriate venue for actions

10         against resident contractors, subcontractors,

11         sub-subcontractors, and materialmen;

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