Bill Amendment: FL S0720 | 2016 | Regular Session
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Self-storage Facilities
Status: 2016-03-11 - Died in Regulated Industries [S0720 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S0720-Senate_Committee_Amendment_947448.html
Bill Title: Self-storage Facilities
Status: 2016-03-11 - Died in Regulated Industries [S0720 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S0720-Senate_Committee_Amendment_947448.html
Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 720 Ì947448OÎ947448 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Regulated Industries (Stargel) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 32 - 99 4 and insert: 5 for 2 consecutive weeks on an Internet website accessible to the 6 public. 7 (a) A lien sale may be conducted on a public website that 8 customarily conducts personal property auctions. The facility or 9 unit owner is not required to be licensed to post property 10 online for sale pursuant to this subsection. Inasmuch as any 11 sale may involve property of more than one tenant, a single 12 advertisement may be used to dispose of property at any one 13 sale. 14 (b)(a)The advertisement shall include: 15 1. A brief and general description of what is believed to 16 constitute the personal property contained in the storage unit, 17 as provided in paragraph (2)(b). 18 2. The address of the self-service storage facility or the 19 address where the self-contained storage unit is located and the 20 name of the tenant. 21 3. The time, place, and manner of the sale or other 22 disposition. The sale or other disposition shall take place not 23 sooner than 15 days after the first publication or 24 advertisement. 25(b) If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the26area where the self-service storage facility or self-contained27storage unit is located, the advertisement shall be posted at28least 10 days before the date of the sale or other disposition29in not fewer than three conspicuous places in the neighborhood30where the self-service storage facility or self-contained31storage unit is located.32 (9) If the rental agreement contains a limit on the value 33 of property stored in the tenant’s storage space, the limit is 34 deemed to be the maximum value of the property stored in that 35 space. 36 (10) If a lien is claimed on property that is a motor 37 vehicle or a watercraft and rent and other charges related to 38 the property remain unpaid or unsatisfied for 60 days after the 39 maturity of the obligation to pay the rent and other charges, 40 the facility or unit owner may do one of the following: 41 (a) The facility or unit owner may have the property towed. 42 If a motor vehicle or watercraft is towed, the facility or unit 43 owner is not liable for the motor vehicle or watercraft or any 44 damages to the motor vehicle or watercraft once a tower takes 45 possession of the property. 46 (b) The facility or unit owner may sell the motor vehicle 47 or watercraft by public auction if an owner or lienholder who 48 receives notice pursuant to this paragraph does not satisfy the 49 lien. Prior to such a sale, the facility or unit owner must 50 contact the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to 51 determine the existence and identity of any lienholder and the 52 name and address of the owner of the motor vehicle or 53 watercraft. Within 10 days after receipt of such information 54 concerning a lienholder and the owner of such motor vehicle or 55 watercraft, the facility or unit owner must send written notice 56 to the lienholder and to the owner by first-class mail stating 57 that: 58 1. Such motor vehicle or watercraft is being held by the 59 facility or unit owner; 60 2. A lien has attached; 61 3. Payment must be made within 30 days after notification 62 to satisfy the lien and take possession of the motor vehicle or 63 watercraft; and 64 4. The facility or unit owner may sell the motor vehicle or 65 watercraft by public auction, if the lien is not satisfied. 66 67 68 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 69 And the title is amended as follows: 70 Delete lines 4 - 8 71 and insert: 72 sale or disposition of property may be conducted 73 through certain websites; providing that a lien sale 74 may