FLORIDA – On Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis added four more laws to the count, adding to the list of 60 new laws already passed so far this year, according to our sister station WKMG in Orlando.
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Most of these new laws will take effect on July 1, though one went into play immediately upon being signed.
The full list of newly signed laws is as follows:
HB 895 — Trustee Settlement
House Bill 895 establishes a summary procedure for trustee liability and claims discharge under the Florida Trust Code.
This applies to non-adversarial irrevocable trust administrations where the trustee has substantially complied with certain trustee duties, negating the need for judicial process to achieve such discharge.
The law took effect upon being signed.
HB 929 — Chickee Regulation
House Bill 929 prohibits local governments from enacting an ordinance that prevents a member of the Miccosukee or Seminole tribes from constructing a chickee under certain conditions.
The law takes effect on July 1.
HB 961 — Electronic Signatures
House Bill 961 requires that insurance companies implement secure control processes and procedures for electronic signatures that are acceptable to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
The law takes effect on July 1.
HB 1337 — Estate Authority
House Bill 1337 amends several provisions of Florida law to reduce the necessity for court involvement or formal proceedings in the distribution of a decedent.
More specifically, this bill does the following:
- Gives a personal representative more authority with respect to a decedent’s safe deposit box
- Expressly allows a personal representative to institute a proceeding to enforce his/her authority as personal representative
- Increases the amounts of what Florida law considers “small estates,” such that procedures other than formal probate proceedings may be instituted to dispose of the subject property under certain conditions
The law takes effect on July 1.