Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/CS/HB 27, 2nd Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Garcia moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (927562) (with directory and
    2  title amendments)
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    4         Between lines 1306 and 1307
    5  insert:
    6         (13) TRANSFER FEES.—No charge in excess of $100 may be made
    7  by the association or anybody thereof in connection with the
    8  sale, mortgage, lease, sublease, or other transfer of a parcel.
    9  This subsection does not prohibit an association from requiring
   10  as a condition to permitting the letting or renting of a parcel,
   11  when the association has such authority in the documents, the
   12  depositing into an escrow account maintained by the association
   13  a security deposit in an amount not to exceed the equivalent of
   14  1 month’s rent. The security deposit shall protect against
   15  damages to the common areas or association property. Within 15
   16  days after a tenant vacates the premises, the association shall
   17  refund the full security deposit or give written notice to the
   18  tenant of any claim made against the security. Disputes under
   19  this subsection shall be handled in the same fashion as disputes
   20  concerning security deposits under s. 83.49.
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   23         And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   24         Delete line 1088
   25  and insert:
   26  are amended, and subsections (12) and (13) are added to that
   27  section, to
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   30         And the title is amended as follows:
   31         Delete line 1947
   32  and insert:
   33  exceptions; prohibiting transfer fees in excess of a specified
   34  amount; providing for a security deposit when authorized in the
   35  documents of the association; amending s. 720.306, F.S.;
   36  providing