Florida Senate - 2024                                    SB 1466
       
       
        
       By Senator Grall
       
       
       
       
       
       29-01022-24                                           20241466__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to residential tenancies; amending s.
    3         83.43, F.S.; defining the term “Florida banking
    4         institution” for purposes of part II of ch. 83, F.S.;
    5         amending ss. 83.491 and 553.895, F.S.; conforming
    6         cross-references to changes made by the act; providing
    7         an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Present subsections (7) through (17) of section
   12  83.43, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (8)
   13  through (18), respectively, and a new subsection (7) is added to
   14  that section, to read:
   15         83.43 Definitions.—As used in this part, the following
   16  words and terms shall have the following meanings unless some
   17  other meaning is plainly indicated:
   18         (7) “Florida banking institution” means a bank, an
   19  industrial savings bank, a savings and loan association, or a
   20  trust company organized under the laws of this state, any other
   21  state, or by the United States and doing business in this state.
   22         Section 2. Subsection (6) of section 83.491, Florida
   23  Statutes, is amended to read:
   24         83.491 Fee in lieu of security deposit.—
   25         (6) A fee collected under this section, or an insurance
   26  product or a surety bond accepted, by a landlord in lieu of a
   27  security deposit is not a security deposit as defined in s.
   28  83.43(13) s. 83.43(12).
   29         Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 553.895, Florida
   30  Statutes, is amended to read:
   31         553.895 Firesafety.—
   32         (1) Any transient public lodging establishment, as defined
   33  in chapter 509 and used primarily for transient occupancy as
   34  defined in s. 83.43(18) s. 83.43(17), or any timeshare unit of a
   35  timeshare plan as defined in chapters 718 and 721, which is of
   36  three stories or more and for which the construction contract
   37  has been let after September 30, 1983, with interior corridors
   38  which do not have direct access from the guest area to exterior
   39  means of egress and on buildings over 75 feet in height that
   40  have direct access from the guest area to exterior means of
   41  egress and for which the construction contract has been let
   42  after September 30, 1983, shall be equipped with an automatic
   43  sprinkler system installed in compliance with the provisions
   44  prescribed in the National Fire Protection Association
   45  publication NFPA No. 13 (1985), “Standards for the Installation
   46  of Sprinkler Systems.” Each guest room and each timeshare unit
   47  shall be equipped with an approved listed single-station smoke
   48  detector meeting the minimum requirements of NFPA 74 (1984)
   49  “Standards for the Installation, Maintenance and Use of
   50  Household Fire Warning Equipment,” powered from the building
   51  electrical service, notwithstanding the number of stories in the
   52  structure, if the contract for construction is let after
   53  September 30, 1983. Single-station smoke detectors shall not be
   54  required when guest rooms or timeshare units contain smoke
   55  detectors connected to a central alarm system which also alarms
   56  locally.
   57         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.