Bill Text: FL S1964 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Design Professionals [CPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-07-20 - Veto Message received (2010-C) -SJ 00004; Veto Message referred to Rules -SJ 00005 [S1964 Detail]

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Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1964 
 
By Senator Negron 
28-00977A-10                                          20101964__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to design professionals; creating ss. 
3         471.046, 472.0367, 481.23, and 481.333, F.S.; 
4         providing for limited liability for engineers, 
5         surveyors and mappers, architects, interior designers, 
6         and registered landscape architects as a result of 
7         professional negligence or professional malpractice 
8         resulting from the performance of professional 
9         services that are the subject of a contract; providing 
10         an effective date. 
11 
12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
13 
14         Section 1. Section 471.046, Florida Statutes, is created to 
15  read: 
16         471.046 Limitation of liability.—Notwithstanding any other 
17  law, any party to any contract for professional services does 
18  not have a cause of action in tort against an engineer for the 
19  recovery of economic damages that are caused by the engineer’s 
20  professional negligence or professional malpractice in the 
21  performance of the professional services that are the subject of 
22  the contract. This section does not apply to claims for economic 
23  damages resulting from personal injury or damage to property 
24  other than the property that is the subject of the contract. 
25         Section 2. Section 472.0367, Florida Statutes, is created 
26  to read: 
27         472.0367 Limitation of liability.—Notwithstanding any other 
28  law, any party to any contract for professional services does 
29  not have a cause of action in tort against a surveyor or mapper 
30  for the recovery of economic damages that are caused by the 
31  surveyor’s or mapper’s professional negligence or professional 
32  malpractice in the performance of the professional services that 
33  are the subject of the contract. This section does not apply to 
34  claims for economic damages resulting from personal injury or 
35  damage to property other than the property that is the subject 
36  of the contract. 
37         Section 3. Section 481.23, Florida Statutes, is created to 
38  read: 
39         481.23 Limitation of liability.—Notwithstanding any other 
40  law, any party to any contract for professional services does 
41  not have a cause of action in tort against an architect or 
42  interior designer for the recovery of economic damages that are 
43  caused by the architect’s or interior designer’s professional 
44  negligence or professional malpractice in the performance of the 
45  professional services that are the subject of the contract. This 
46  section does not apply to claims for economic damages resulting 
47  from personal injury or damage to property other than the 
48  property that is the subject of the contract. 
49         Section 4. Section 481.333, Florida Statutes, is created to 
50  read: 
51         481.333 Limitation of liability.—Notwithstanding any other 
52  law, any party to any contract for professional services does 
53  not have a cause of action in tort against a registered 
54  landscape architect for the recovery of economic damages that 
55  are caused by the registered landscape architect’s professional 
56  negligence or professional malpractice in the performance of the 
57  professional services that are the subject of the contract. This 
58  section does not apply to claims for economic damages resulting 
59  from personal injury or damage to property other than the 
60  property that is the subject of the contract. 
61         Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.