Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2064
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                 Floor: WD/3R          .                                
             04/27/2009 11:30 AM       .                                
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       Senator Bennett moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 418 and 419
    4  insert:
    5         Section 5. Section 768.1258, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7  768.1258 .— Property owners, contractors, subcontractors,
    8  suppliers, or other installers of drywall will not be liable for
    9  defective drywall causing personal injury or damage to property
   10  unless the property owners, contractors, subcontractors,
   11  suppliers, or other installers knew or should have known that
   12  the drywall was defective. The provisions of this section shall
   13  apply to any complaint filed after January 1, 2009. This section
   14  does not apply to manufacturers of defective drywall.
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   16  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   17         And the title is amended as follows:
   18         Delete line 18
   19  and insert:
   20  construction of the requirement; creating s. 768.1258, F.S.;
   21  providing a limitation of liability for defective drywall;
   22  providing an