Florida Senate - 2023 SB By Senator Burgess 23-01669-23 2023574__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled

An act relating to the termination of agreements by a servicemember; amending ss. 83.682 and 689.27, F.S.; 3 defining the term “government quarters” for purposes of the termination of a servicemember’s rental agreement or agreement to purchase real property, 6 respectively; making technical changes; providing an effective date. 8

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10

Section 1. Subsection (1) of

section 83.682, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 13 83.682 Termination of rental agreement by a servicemember.— 14

(1) Any servicemember may terminate his or her rental agreement by providing the landlord with a written notice of termination to be effective on the date stated in the notice which that is at least days after the landlord’s receipt of the notice if any of the following criteria are met: 19

(

a) The servicemember is required, pursuant to a permanent change of station orders, to move miles or more from the location of the rental premises; 22

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b) The servicemember is prematurely or involuntarily discharged or released from active duty or state active duty; 24

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c) The servicemember is released from active duty or state active duty after having leased the rental premises while on active duty or state active duty status and the rental premises is miles or more from the servicemember’s home of record before prior to entering active duty or state active duty; 29 Florida Senate - 2023 SB 574 23-01669-23 2023574__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.

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d) After entering into a rental agreement, the servicemember receives military orders requiring him or her to move into government quarters or the servicemember becomes eligible to live in and opts to move into government quarters. 33 For purposes of this paragraph, the term “government quarters” 34 means any military housing option that is available to a servicemember, including privatized military installation housing that is owned by a private sector company; 37

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e) The servicemember receives temporary duty orders, 38 temporary change of station orders, or state active duty orders to an area miles or more from the location of the rental premises, provided such orders are for a period exceeding 60 days; or 42

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f) The servicemember has leased the property, but before prior to taking possession of the rental premises, receives a change of orders to an area that is miles or more from the location of the rental premises. 46

Section 2. Paragraphs

(

c) and

(

d) of subsection (1) of

section 689.27, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as paragraphs 48

(

d) and (e), respectively, and a new paragraph

(

c) is added to that subsection, to read: 50 689.27 Termination by servicemember of agreement to purchase real property.— 52

(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law and for the purposes of this section: 54

(c) “Government quarters” means any military housing option that is available to a servicemember, including privatized military installation housing that is owned by a private sector company. 58 Florida Senate - 2023 SB 574 23-01669-23 2023574__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.

Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 59