Senate Bill sb2536

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2536

    By Senator Fasano





    11-953-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to sinkhole investigation

  3         reports; requiring any licensed professional

  4         engineer contracted to conduct a sinkhole

  5         investigation to file a report with the clerk

  6         of court if a sinkhole is present; requiring

  7         the clerk to record the report with the

  8         certificate of title for the property;

  9         providing for the payment of recording costs;

10         requiring notification of the recording

11         requirement to the property owner; limiting the

12         cost of filing and recording the report;

13         providing an effective date.

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

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17         Section 1.  A professional engineer, licensed under

18  chapter 471, Florida Statutes, who is hired by a property

19  owner to inspect the owner's property and investigate for the

20  presence of a sinkhole and finds evidence of a sinkhole on the

21  property shall file an investigation report stating the

22  results of the inspection with the clerk of the court in the

23  county where the property is located. The clerk shall record

24  the report with the certificate of title or deed for that

25  property and shall charge the engineer a fee not to exceed

26  $10. The engineer must disclose to the property owner the

27  reporting requirement.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2536
    11-953-05




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 3    Requires an engineer who is hired by a property owner to
      inspect property for sinkholes and finds evidence of a
 4    sinkhole to file a report with the clerk of the court,
      who shall record the report with the certificate of title
 5    or deed for the property. Requires notification of the
      filing requirement to the property owner. Sets a fee for
 6    recording the report.

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