Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 398
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/29/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Rodriguez) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 24 - 43
    4  and insert:
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    6  brought within 2 years after the date that the alleged act or
    7  omission is discovered, or should have been discovered, but in
    8  no case shall such action be brought more than 4 years after the
    9  date the appraisal services or appraisal management services
   10  were performed, or should have been performed.
   11         (3) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all
   12  actions for damages or other relief brought against an appraiser
   13  or appraisal management company with respect to appraisal
   14  services or appraisal management services shall be governed
   15  exclusively by the provisions of this section.
   16         (4) This section does not apply to any administrative
   17  proceedings initiated by the board or department.
   18         (5) This section does not apply to any action founded upon
   19  fraud in the provision of appraisal services or appraisal
   20  management services by an appraiser or appraisal management
   21  company.
   22         Section 2. Section 95.371, Florida Statutes, applies to any
   23  action accruing on or after July 1, 2023. Any action accruing
   24  before July 1, 2023, which would not have been barred before
   25  July 1, 2023, must be commenced by July 1, 2024. Any such action
   26  that is not commenced by July 1, 2024, is barred by this act.