Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1588
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/22/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and
       Domestic Security (Latvala) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 29
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 83.683, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         83.683 Rental application by a servicemember.—
    8         (1) If a landlord requires a prospective tenant to complete
    9  a rental application before residing in a rental unit, the
   10  landlord must complete processing of a rental application
   11  submitted by a prospective tenant who is a servicemember, as
   12  defined in s. 250.01, within 7 days after submission and must,
   13  within that 7-day period, notify the servicemember in writing of
   14  an application approval or denial and, if denied, the reason for
   15  denial. If the landlord requires the servicemember’s spouse or
   16  any adult dependents of the servicemember who are to reside in
   17  the same rental unit to submit a rental application, the
   18  landlord must process those applications within the same 7-day
   19  period. Absent a timely denial of the rental application, the
   20  landlord must lease the rental unit to the servicemember if all
   21  other terms of the application and lease are complied with.
   22         (2) If a condominium association, as defined in chapter
   23  718, a cooperative association, as defined in chapter 719, or a
   24  homeowners’ association, as defined in chapter 720, requires a
   25  prospective tenant of a condominium unit, cooperative unit, or
   26  parcel within the association’s control to complete a rental
   27  application before residing in a rental unit or parcel, the
   28  association must complete processing of a rental application
   29  submitted by a prospective tenant who is a servicemember, as
   30  defined in s. 250.01, within 7 days after submission and must,
   31  within that 7-day period, notify the servicemember in writing of
   32  an application approval or denial and, if denied, the reason for
   33  denial. If the association requires the servicemember’s spouse
   34  or any adult dependents of the servicemember who are to reside
   35  in the same unit or parcel to submit a rental application, the
   36  association must process those applications within the same 7
   37  day period. Absent a timely denial of the rental application,
   38  the association must allow the unit or parcel owner to lease the
   39  rental unit or parcel to the servicemember and the landlord must
   40  lease the rental unit or parcel to the servicemember if all
   41  other terms of the application and lease are complied with.
   42         (3) The provisions of this section may not be waived or
   43  modified by the agreement of the parties under any
   44  circumstances.
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   46  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   47  And the title is amended as follows:
   48         Between lines 2 and 3
   49  insert:
   50         amending s. 83.683, F.S.; requiring landlords,
   51         condominium associations, cooperative associations,
   52         and homeowners’ associations that require a
   53         servicemember’s spouse or certain adult dependents to
   54         submit a rental application to complete the processing
   55         of the application of within a specified timeframe;