Florida Senate - 2022 SB 580 By Senator Torres 15-00728-22 2022580__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to rent control measures; amending ss. 3 125.0103 and 166.043, F.S.; deleting requirements for 4 the termination, expiration, extension, and renewal of 5 local governmental rent control measures; providing an 6 effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1.Subsection (3) and present subsection (6) of 11 section 125.0103, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 12 125.0103Ordinances and rules imposing price controls; 13 findings required; procedures. 14 (3)Any law, ordinance, rule, or other measure which has 15 the effect of imposing controls on rents shall terminate and 16 expire within 1 year and shall not be extended or renewed except 17 by the adoption of a new measure meeting all the requirements of 18 this section. 19 (5)(6)In any court action brought to challenge the 20 validity of rent control imposed pursuant to the provisions of 21 this section, the evidentiary effect of any findings or 22 recitations required by subsection (4) (5) shall be limited to 23 imposing upon any party challenging the validity of such measure 24 the burden of going forward with the evidence, and the burden of 25 proof (that is, the risk of nonpersuasion) shall rest upon any 26 party seeking to have the measure upheld. 27 Section 2.Subsection (3) and present subsection (6) of 28 section 166.043, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 29 166.043Ordinances and rules imposing price controls; 30 findings required; procedures. 31 (3)Any law, ordinance, rule, or other measure which has 32 the effect of imposing controls on rents shall terminate and 33 expire within 1 year and shall not be extended or renewed except 34 by the adoption of a new measure meeting all the requirements of 35 this section. 36 (5)(6)In any court action brought to challenge the 37 validity of rent control imposed pursuant to the provisions of 38 this section, the evidentiary effect of any findings or 39 recitations required by subsection (4) (5) shall be limited to 40 imposing upon any party challenging the validity of such measure 41 the burden of going forward with the evidence, and the burden of 42 proof (that is, the risk of nonpersuasion) shall rest upon any 43 party seeking to have the measure upheld. 44 Section 3.This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.