CCFJ, Inc. Presentation |
January 9, 2004 HOA TASK FORCE AGENDA
ITEMS:
After we have listened to all the testimony and have read all the supplied documents, it is very obvious that the current system is not working in the interest of the homeowners. FS 720.311 -- Dispute Resolution – doesn’t function and doesn’t produce the results as intended when created by the legislators. The only obvious solution for this growing problem is the creation of a powerful government agency with enforcement power. This can only be achieved if all mandated properties – regulated by FS 718 through 723 – will be united under one roof. This would as well create the necessary finances for a well-funded agency. A $4 door-charge would give this agency an estimated annual budget of more than $20 million. Other resources would be freed also. Paid for by the Florida taxpayer, our legal system is overwhelmed with full dockets. Courts all over Florida are calling for more judges and more finances. Taking away the onslaught of many of these association lawsuits would definitely create some air for the besieged courts. We won’t gain one inch toward solving the many problems that exist, unless we create a regulatory agency. Fancy proposals and suggestions won’t help us without an agency empowered to enforce the statutes and regulations. Without adequate supervision for mandated properties, we will clearly fail the job envisioned by Governor Bush when he formed this task force. Or is it the idea of the legislators that homeowners should have to spend more than $10,000 to receive a copy of the minutes of last year’s board meeting, because they have to go through an expensive legal system to get what’s rightfully theirs? But we sure need a good independent, strong agency, financed by the consumers whose lives are affected when they purchase real estate in a mandatory property owners’ association. Vital checks and balances can empower the agency to protect the consumers’ rights. Our citizens deserve the best security we can help them achieve! This AGENCY should serve the following purpose: Regulation Of Mandated Properties FS 718 - 723 Among the tasks:
An agency created under these guidelines would definitely harmonize and improve relations among homeowners, homeowners’ associations and other related entities, as envisioned by Governor Bush, without adding an extra tax burden to the Florida taxpayer. Respectfully,
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