Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 884
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/18/2022           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Boyd) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete line 71
    4  and insert:
    5         (6) A landlord has exclusive discretion as to whether to
    6  offer tenants the option to pay a fee in lieu of a security
    7  deposit and is not required to offer such fee option to tenants.
    8  However, if a landlord offers a tenant an option to pay a fee
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   10  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   11  And the title is amended as follows:
   12         Delete lines 13 - 15
   13  and insert:
   14         specifying that landlords have exclusive discretion as
   15         to whether to offer tenants the option to pay a fee in
   16         lieu of a security deposit; requiring that landlords
   17         who offer a tenant the fee option offer such option to
   18         all new tenants renting a dwelling unit on the same
   19         premises, except in certain circumstances;