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The Committee on Transportation and Economic Development

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Appropriations (Webster) recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between line(s) 2351 and 2352

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insert:

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     Section 44.  Subsection (19) of section 501.976, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     501.976  Actionable, unfair, or deceptive acts or

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practices.--It is an unfair or deceptive act or practice,

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actionable under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices

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Act, for a dealer to:

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     (19)  Fail to disclose damage to a new motor vehicle, as

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defined in s. 319.001(9)(8), of which the dealer had actual

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knowledge, if the dealer's actual cost of repairs exceeds the

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threshold amount, excluding replacement items.

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In any civil litigation resulting from a violation of this

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section, when evaluating the reasonableness of an award of

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attorney's fees to a private person, the trial court shall

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consider the amount of actual damages in relation to the time

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spent.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line 194, after the semicolon

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insert:

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amending 501.976, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference;

4/9/2008  11:23:00 AM     TR.TA.07118