Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 720
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: TP .
02/02/2016 .
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The Committee on Regulated Industries (Stargel) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 32 - 99
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5 for 2 consecutive weeks on an Internet website accessible to the
6 public.
7 (a) A lien sale may be conducted on a public website that
8 customarily conducts personal property auctions. The facility or
9 unit owner is not required to be licensed to post property
10 online for sale pursuant to this subsection. Inasmuch as any
11 sale may involve property of more than one tenant, a single
12 advertisement may be used to dispose of property at any one
13 sale.
14 (b)(a) The advertisement shall include:
15 1. A brief and general description of what is believed to
16 constitute the personal property contained in the storage unit,
17 as provided in paragraph (2)(b).
18 2. The address of the self-service storage facility or the
19 address where the self-contained storage unit is located and the
20 name of the tenant.
21 3. The time, place, and manner of the sale or other
22 disposition. The sale or other disposition shall take place not
23 sooner than 15 days after the first publication or
24 advertisement.
25 (b) If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the
26 area where the self-service storage facility or self-contained
27 storage unit is located, the advertisement shall be posted at
28 least 10 days before the date of the sale or other disposition
29 in not fewer than three conspicuous places in the neighborhood
30 where the self-service storage facility or self-contained
31 storage unit is located.
32 (9) If the rental agreement contains a limit on the value
33 of property stored in the tenant’s storage space, the limit is
34 deemed to be the maximum value of the property stored in that
35 space.
36 (10) If a lien is claimed on property that is a motor
37 vehicle or a watercraft and rent and other charges related to
38 the property remain unpaid or unsatisfied for 60 days after the
39 maturity of the obligation to pay the rent and other charges,
40 the facility or unit owner may do one of the following:
41 (a) The facility or unit owner may have the property towed.
42 If a motor vehicle or watercraft is towed, the facility or unit
43 owner is not liable for the motor vehicle or watercraft or any
44 damages to the motor vehicle or watercraft once a tower takes
45 possession of the property.
46 (b) The facility or unit owner may sell the motor vehicle
47 or watercraft by public auction if an owner or lienholder who
48 receives notice pursuant to this paragraph does not satisfy the
49 lien. Prior to such a sale, the facility or unit owner must
50 contact the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to
51 determine the existence and identity of any lienholder and the
52 name and address of the owner of the motor vehicle or
53 watercraft. Within 10 days after receipt of such information
54 concerning a lienholder and the owner of such motor vehicle or
55 watercraft, the facility or unit owner must send written notice
56 to the lienholder and to the owner by first-class mail stating
57 that:
58 1. Such motor vehicle or watercraft is being held by the
59 facility or unit owner;
60 2. A lien has attached;
61 3. Payment must be made within 30 days after notification
62 to satisfy the lien and take possession of the motor vehicle or
63 watercraft; and
64 4. The facility or unit owner may sell the motor vehicle or
65 watercraft by public auction, if the lien is not satisfied.
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69 And the title is amended as follows:
70 Delete lines 4 - 8
71 and insert:
72 sale or disposition of property may be conducted
73 through certain websites; providing that a lien sale
74 may