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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to rent control measures; amending ss. 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 125.0103, and 166.043, F.S.; removing provisions that 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | require local government measures that impose rent 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | controls to expire within a specified time period 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | unless they are extended or renewed in accordance with 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | law; conforming cross -references; providing an 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | effective date. 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. Subsectio ns (4) through (7) of section 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 125.0103, Florida Statutes are renumbered as subsections (3) 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | through (6), respectively, and present subsections (3) and (6) 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | of that section are amended, to read: 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 125.0103 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls; 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | findings required; procedures. — 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) Any law, ordinance, rule, or other measure which has 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the effect of imposing controls on rents shall terminate and 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | expire within 1 year and shall not be extended or renewed except 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | by the adoption of a new measure meeting all t he requirements of 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | this section. 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (5)(6) In any court action brought to challenge the 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | validity of rent control imposed pursuant to the provisions of 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | this section, the evidentiary effect of any findings or 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | recitations required by subsection (4)(5) shall be limited to 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | imposing upon any party challenging the validity of such measure 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | the burden of going forward with the evidence, and the burden of 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | proof (that is, the risk of nonpersuasion) shall rest upon any 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | party seeking to have the measure upheld. 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Section 2. Subsections (4) through (7) of section 166.043, 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Florida Statutes are renumbered as subsections (3) through (6), 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | respectively, and present subsections (3) and (6) of that 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | section are amended, to read: 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 166.043 Ordinances and rules imposing price cont rols; 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | findings required; procedures. — 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (3) Any law, ordinance, rule, or other measure which has 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | the effect of imposing controls on rents shall terminate and 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | expire within 1 year and shall not be extended or renewed except 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | by the adoption of a new measure meeting all the requirements of 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | this section. 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (5)(6) In any court action brought to challenge the 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | validity of rent control imposed pursuant to the provisions of 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | this section, the evidentiary effect of any findings or 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | recitations required by subsection (4)(5) shall be limited to 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | imposing upon any party challenging the validity of such measure 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | the burden of going forward with the evidence, and the burden of 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | proof (that is, the risk of nonpersuasion) shall rest upon any 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | party seeking to have the measure uphe ld. 49 |
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| 75 | 75 | | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 50 |
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