Bill Text: FL S0484 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Flood Disclosure in the Sale of Real Property
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-03-04 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1049 [S0484 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-S0484-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Flood Disclosure in the Sale of Real Property
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-03-04 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1049 [S0484 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-S0484-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2024 SB 484 By Senator Bradley 6-00659-24 2024484__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to flood disclosure in the sale of 3 real property; creating s. 689.302, F.S.; requiring a 4 seller of real property to disclose in writing certain 5 flood information to a prospective purchaser before 6 executing a contract for the sale of the property; 7 defining the term “flooding”; providing an effective 8 date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1. Section 689.302, Florida Statutes, is created to 13 read: 14 689.302 Disclosure of flood risks to prospective 15 purchaser.—A seller of real property, before executing a 16 contract for sale, shall disclose in writing to a prospective 17 purchaser all of the following information known to the seller: 18 (1) Whether the property has suffered damage from flooding 19 and the number of times the property has been subject to 20 flooding. For the purposes of this subsection, the term 21 “flooding” means a general or temporary condition of partial or 22 complete inundation of the property caused by any of the 23 following: 24 (a) The overflow of inland or tidal waters. 25 (b) The unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff or surface 26 waters from any established water source, such as a river, 27 stream, or drainage ditch. 28 (c) Excessive rainfall. 29 (2) Whether the property owner has maintained flood 30 insurance. 31 (3) Whether any portion of the property is located in a 32 designated special flood hazard area or moderate risk flood 33 hazard zone established by the Federal Emergency Management 34 Agency. 35 (4) Whether the seller has ever received federal assistance 36 for flood damage to the property, including, but not limited to, 37 assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the 38 United States Small Business Administration. 39 (5) Whether the seller has ever filed a claim with an 40 insurance provider relating to flood damage on the property, 41 including, but not limited to, a claim with the National Flood 42 Insurance Program. 43 (6) Whether a Federal Emergency Management Agency elevation 44 certificate is available for the property. 45 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.