Senate Bill sb1120

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1120

    By Senator Sebesta





    16-188-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to home inspectors; requiring

  3         home inspectors and persons holding themselves

  4         out as such to maintain a surety bond;

  5         prescribing the minimum bond amount; providing

  6         an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Home inspectors; bond required.--Each

11  person who holds himself or herself out as a home inspector or

12  who performs home inspection services must, in addition to

13  complying with all other requirements of law or rule, maintain

14  a surety bond in an amount at least equal to the value of any

15  home he or she inspects, but in no event less than $100,000.

16  The bond shall be payable to any person for whom the inspector

17  has performed inspection services and be conditioned upon the

18  inspector's compliance with all laws, rules, and ordinances

19  applicable to home inspection services.

20         Section 2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2005.

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23                          SENATE SUMMARY

24    Requires a surety bond of persons acting as, or holding
      themselves out as, home inspectors.
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