(Similar S 1248)  Mandated Property Reform Task Force; creates said task force; provides  for appointment of members & organization; specifies duties; provides  for termination.  APPROPRIATION: $50,000.  EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming  law. 
02/22/03 HOUSE  Prefiled 
02/26/03 HOUSE  Referred to :
Judiciary;
Business Regulation; 
Appropriations

03/04/03 HOUSE  Introduced, referred to Judiciary; Business Regulation;                  Appropriations - HJ 00057
3/26/2003 10:00 AM -- On agenda for Judiciary Committee
Favorable Vote (final action) : Yeas:  17 /  Nays:  0 
03/28/03 On Committee agenda -- Business Regulation, 
04/01/03, 3:45 pm, Morris Hall
03/28/03 HOUSE  On Committee agenda-- Business Regulation, 04/01/03, 3:45 pm, Morris Hall -- Not considered
04/07/03 HOUSE  On Committee agenda-- Business Regulation, 04/09/03, 8:00 am, Morris Hall -- Not considered 
04/10/03 HOUSE  On Committee agenda -- Business Regulation, 
04/14/03, 12:45 pm, Morris Hall
04/14/03 HOUSE  Favorable with CS amendment by Business Regulation; 
YEAS  28 NAYS  0 -- Preliminary

HB 0547    ( Similar to SB 1248 )                                                                    2003 

1  A bill to be entitled 
2           An act relating to real property reform; creating the 
3     Mandated Property Reform Task Force; providing for 
4     appointment of members and organization; specifying 
5     duties; providing for termination; providing an 
6     appropriation; providing an effective date. 
7 
8           Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
9
10           Section 1. Mandated Property Reform Task Force;
11     membership; duties.--
12      (1) The Mandated Property Reform Task Force is established
13     and shall review and recommend appropriate changes to the laws
14     of this state affecting land sales, exemptions, and mandatory
15     homeowners’ and condominium associations and disclosure laws
16     related to adult and residential subdivisions. The task force
17     shall issue recommendations in its preliminary and final reports
18     to the Governor and the Legislature by the dates specified in
19     subsection (5). The Senate Regulated Industries Committee and
20     the House Judiciary Committee shall provide administrative staff
21     for the task force. The task force shall consist of the
22     following members, who shall be appointed by July 1, 2003:
23           (a) Eleven members to be appointed by the Governor.
24      (b) Five members to be appointed by the President of the
25     Senate.
26           (c) Five members to be appointed by the Speaker of the
27     House of Representatives.
28      (d) A representative from the Attorney General’s office.
29      (e) Five members of the Legislature who shall be ex
30     officio, nonvoting members of the task force, appointed as
31     follows:
32      1. Three Senators, to be appointed by the President of the
33     Senate, one of whom is a member of the Senate Agriculture
34     Committee, one of whom is a member of the Senate Judiciary
35     Committee, and one of whom is a member of the Senate Regulated
36     Industries Committee.
37      2. Two Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of
38     the House of Representatives, one of whom is a member of the
39     House Committee on Business Regulation and one of whom is a
40     member of the House Committee on Judiciary.
41      (f) Twelve members representing homeowners’ rights and
42     consumer interests who shall be selected from a pool of
43     candidates solicited for appointment by the Governor, the
44     President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
45     Representatives, six of whom shall be appointed by the Governor,
46     three of whom shall be appointed by the President of the Senate,
47     and three of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House
48     of Representatives.
49      (2) Selection of task force members shall be made in a
50     manner which ensures a fair and balanced representation from the
51     industry sector and consumer advocates with a substantial public
52     record of endeavors on behalf of homeowners’ rights and consumer
53     interests.
54      (a) Each appointed member of the task force shall serve at
55     the pleasure of the appointing official. A vacancy on the task
56     force shall be filled in the same manner as the original 
57     appointment.
58      (b) The task force shall elect a chair from among its
59     members.
60      (c) Members of the task force shall serve without
61     compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for per diem and
62     travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as
63     provided in s. 112.061, Florida Statutes.
64      (3) The task force shall hold its organizational meeting
65     by August 1, 2003, and thereafter shall meet as scheduled at the
66     time and place designated by the chair. A majority of the
67     members of the task force constitutes a quorum, and a quorum is
68     necessary for the purpose of conducting official business of the
69     task force. The task force shall use accepted rules of
70     procedure to conduct its meetings and shall keep a complete
71     record of each meeting.
72      (4) The task force shall evaluate the changes and
73     additions, if any, to those laws which may be appropriate to
74     protect the interests of consumers and property owners on
75     matters including, but not limited to, control of the
76     homeowners’ association’s operations, management and
77     maintenance, disclosure of financial reports by developers or
78     owners, disclosure of all governing documents governing the real
79     property, penalties for noncompliance, oversight and funding for
80     such protection of interests, alternative dispute resolution,
81     and assistance in the formulation of rules to implement
82     enforcement.
83      (5)(a) By February 1, 2004, the task force shall submit a
84     preliminary report to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
85     and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
86      (b) By February 1, 2005, the task force shall submit a
87     final report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
88     the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
89      (6) This act is repealed and the task force is terminated
90     on June 30, 2005.
91      Section 2. The sum of $50,000 is appropriated from the
92     General Revenue Fund to the Office of Legislative Services for
93     the purposes of paying administrative expenses and funding
94     contracts necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
95           Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 

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