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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to Florida banking institutions; 2
amending s. 83.43, F.S.; defining the term "Florida 3
banking institution"; amending ss. 83.491 and 553.895, 4
F.S.; conforming cross -references; providing an 5
effective date. 6
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8
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Section 1. Subsections (7) through (17) of section 83.43, 10
Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (8) through 11
(18), respectively, and a new subsection (7) is added to that 12
section to read: 13
83.43 Definitions.—As used in this part, the following 14
words and terms shall have the following meanings unless some 15
other meaning is plainly indicated: 16
(7) "Florida banking insti tution" means a bank, industrial 17
savings bank, savings and loan association, or trust company 18
organized under the laws of this state, another state, or the 19
United States and doing business in this state. 20
Section 2. Subsection (6) of section 83.491, Flo rida 21
Statutes, is amended to read: 22
83.491 Fee in lieu of security deposit. — 23
(6) A fee collected under this section, or an insurance 24
product or a surety bond accepted, by a landlord in lieu of a 25
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security deposit is not a security deposit as defined in s. 26
83.43(13) s. 83.43(12). 27
Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 553.895, Florida 28
Statutes, is amended to read: 29
553.895 Firesafety. — 30
(1) Any transient public lodging establishment, as defined 31
in chapter 509 and used primarily for transient occupancy as 32
defined in s. 83.43(18) s. 83.43(17), or any timeshare unit of a 33
timeshare plan as defined in chapters 718 and 721, which is of 34
three stories or more and for which the construction contract 35
has been let after September 30, 1983, with interior corridors 36
which do not have direct access from the guest area to exterior 37
means of egress and on buildings over 75 feet in height that 38
have direct access from the guest area to exterior means of 39
egress and for which the construction contract has been let 40
after September 30, 1983, shall be equipped with an automatic 41
sprinkler system installed in compliance with the provisions 42
prescribed in the National Fire Protection Association 43
publication NFPA No. 13 (1985), "Standards for the Installation 44
of Sprinkler Systems." Ea ch guest room and each timeshare unit 45
shall be equipped with an approved listed single -station smoke 46
detector meeting the minimum requirements of NFPA 74 (1984) 47
"Standards for the Installation, Maintenance and Use of 48
Household Fire Warning Equipment," powe red from the building 49
electrical service, notwithstanding the number of stories in the 50
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structure, if the contract for construction is let after 51
September 30, 1983. Single -station smoke detectors shall not be 52
required when guest rooms or timeshare units con tain smoke 53
detectors connected to a central alarm system which also alarms 54
locally. 55
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 56