Florida Senate - 2024                                    SB 7020
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Judiciary
       
       
       
       
       
       590-01982-24                                          20247020__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the delivery of notices; amending
    3         s. 1.01, F.S.; revising the definition of the term
    4         “registered mail” for purposes of construction of the
    5         Florida Statutes; defining the term “return receipt
    6         requested” for purposes of construction of the Florida
    7         Statutes; providing for construction and retroactive
    8         application; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsection (11) of section 1.01, Florida
   13  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (20) is added to that
   14  section, to read:
   15         1.01 Definitions.—In construing these statutes and each and
   16  every word, phrase, or part hereof, where the context will
   17  permit:
   18         (11) The term words “registered mail” includes include
   19  certified mail with return receipt requested. The term also
   20  includes any delivery service by the United States Postal
   21  Service or a private delivery service that is regularly engaged
   22  in the delivery of documents which provides proof of mailing or
   23  shipping and proof of delivery. Proof of delivery must be
   24  established by a receipt that is signed by the addressee or
   25  other responsible person at the delivery address.
   26         (20) The term “return receipt requested” includes a
   27  delivery confirmation service by the United States Postal
   28  Service or a private delivery service that is regularly engaged
   29  in the mailing or shipping of documents and that confirms
   30  delivery by receipt that is signed by the addressee or other
   31  responsible person at the delivery address.
   32         Section 2. The amendments made by this act to s. 1.01,
   33  Florida Statutes, are remedial in nature and apply
   34  retroactively.
   35         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.