Florida 2022 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0577 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 01/27/2022

                       
 
CS/HB 577  	2022 
 
 
 
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A bill to be entitled 1 
An act relating to tenant safety; providing a short 2 
title; amending s. 83.53, F.S.; revising what 3 
constitutes reasonable notice for repairs of dwelling 4 
units; providing an effective date. 5 
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7 
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 Section 1.  This act may be cited as "Miya's Law." 9 
 Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 83.53, Florida 10 
Statutes, is amended to read: 11 
 83.53  Landlord's acce ss to dwelling unit. — 12 
 (2)  The landlord may enter the dwelling unit at any time 13 
for the protection or preservation of the premises. The landlord 14 
may enter the dwelling unit upon reasonable notice to the tenant 15 
and at a reasonable time for the purpose of r epair of the 16 
premises. "Reasonable notice" for the purpose of repair is 17 
notice given at least 24 12 hours prior to the entry, and 18 
reasonable time for the purpose of repair shall be between the 19 
hours of 7:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. The landlord may enter the 20 
dwelling unit when necessary for the further purposes set forth 21 
in subsection (1) under any of the following circumstances: 22 
 (a)  With the consent of the tenant; 23 
 (b)  In case of emergency; 24 
 (c)  When the tenant unreasonably withholds consent; or 25     
 
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 (d)  If the tenant is absent from the premises for a period 26 
of time equal to one -half the time for periodic rental payments. 27 
If the rent is current and the tenant notifies the landlord of 28 
an intended absence, then the landlord may enter only with the 29 
consent of the tenant or for the protection or preservation of 30 
the premises. 31 
 Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 32