(Companion S 1248 CS)  Real Property Reform: Requires the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to review and evaluate changes to the laws affecting land sales, exemptions, and mandatory homeowners' associations and disclosure laws related to adult and residential subdivisions; requires the office to consult with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, homeowners and homeowners' associations, and developers and to hold hearings.

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
04/17/03 Recommendation: CS by Business Regulation;
Pending Review of CS under Rule 6.3
04/28/03 HOUSE  Withdrawn from Appropriations
05/02/03 HOUSE  Placed on Special Order Calendar;
Temporarily postponed, on Second Reading; Died on Calendar

HB 0547 CS    ( Identical to SB 1248 CS)                                                                    2003 

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6           The Committee on Business Regulation recommends the following: 
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8           Committee Substitute 
9           Remove the entire bill and insert: 
10  A bill to be entitled 
11           An act relating to real property reform; requiring the 
12     Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government 
13     Accountability to review and evaluate changes to the laws 
14     affecting land sales, exemptions, and mandatory 
15     homeowners' associations and disclosure laws related to 
16     adult and residential subdivisions; requiring the office 
17     to consult with the Department of Business and 
18     Professional Regulation, homeowners and homeowners' 
19     associations, and developers and to hold hearings; 
20     requiring a report; providing an effective date. 
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22           Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
23           Section 1.  (1)  The Office of Program Policy Analysis
24  and Government Accountability shall review and recommend
25  appropriate changes to the laws of this state affecting land
26  sales, exemptions, and mandatory homeowners' associations and
27  disclosure laws related to adult and residential subdivisions.
28  In conducting the review, the office shall consider input from
29  a variety of sources, including, but not limited to, the
30  Department of Business and Professional Regulation, homeowners
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    Florida House - 2003                           CS for HB 547

1  hold public meetings in South Florida, Central Florida, and
 2  Jacksonville to obtain input.
 3     (2)  The review shall evaluate the need for any changes
 4  and additions to those laws which may be appropriate to
 5  protect the interests of consumers and property owners on
 6  matters, including, but not limited to, control of the
 7  homeowners' association's operations, management and
 8  maintenance, disclosure of financial reports by developers or
 9  owners, disclosure of all governing documents governing real
10  property, penalties for noncompliance, oversight and funding
11  for such protection of interests, alternative dispute
12  resolution, and assistance in the formulation of rules to
13  implement enforcement.
14      (3)  By February 1, 2004, the Office of Program Policy
15  Analysis and Government Accountability shall submit a report
16  of its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the
17  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
18  Representatives.
19         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a
20  law.
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Florida House - 2003                           CS for HB 1248

 1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 2                          House Bill 547

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 4  The committee substitute (CS) requires the Office of Program
     Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to
 5  review and recommend appropriate statutory changes affecting
     land sales, exemptions, and mandatory homeowner's associations
 6  and disclosure laws related to adult and residential
      subdivisions. This CS provides that OPPAGA will consider input
 7  from various sources, hold public meetings to obtain input,
     and report its findings and recommendations to the Governor,
 8  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
     Representatives by February 1, 2004.
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      Also, the CS deletes provisions creating the 39-member
10  "Mandated Property Reform Task Force" charged with reviewing
      and recommending statutory changes affecting land sales,
11  exemptions, and mandatory homeowner's associations and
      disclosure laws related to adult and residential subdivisions;
12  requiring a preliminary and final report from the task force;
      and appropriating $50,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the
13  Office of Legislative Services for administrative expenses
      associated with the task force.
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