Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 528
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/05/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Pizzo) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 32 - 44
    4  and insert:
    5  Art. I of the State Constitution. The provisions of s. 696.031,
    6  Florida Statutes, are created to encourage participation in an
    7  optional program to protect real property owners from fraud in
    8  real estate transactions. The program uses the information
    9  collected to inform an owner that a contract for the sale or
   10  purchase of his or her real estate has been executed.
   11  Information that is provided to the property appraiser pursuant
   12  to s. 696.031, Florida Statutes, may be considered by some
   13  participants to be of a sensitive and personal nature. The
   14  Legislature finds that the potential of such information about a
   15  property seller being made public could have a chilling effect
   16  on participation in the program and thereby negate the fraud
   17  deterrent value of the program. The Legislature also finds that
   18  it is a public necessity to protect persons whose name is not
   19  submitted to the property appraiser pursuant to this program
   20  from becoming the target of a fraudulent real property
   21  conveyance by virtue of their lack of participation in the
   22  program. Thus, the Legislature finds that this act serves a
   23  compelling state interest. The Legislature further finds that
   24  the harm that may result from the exemption of the name, mailing
   25  address, e-mail address, and phone number of a seller submitted
   26  to a property appraiser outweighs any public benefit that may be
   27  derived from the disclosure of such information.
   28         Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date that
   29  SB 526 or other similar legislation takes effect, if such