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SUMMARY ANALYSIS OF BILLS
CONDOMINIUMS
(FS 718)
HB 307 -- Representative
LaMarca -- Law Enforcement Vehicles
Law Enforcement Vehicles; Provides that community associations may not
prohibit law enforcement officer from parking his or her law enforcement
vehicle in certain areas. (See SB 476)
SB 476 -- Senator Hooper -- Law
Enforcement Vehicles
Law Enforcement Vehicles; Provides that community associations may not
prohibit law enforcement officer from parking his or her law enforcement
vehicle in certain areas. (Signed by Governor -- Chapter No.2020-5)
HB 623 -- Representative
Jason Shoaf -- Community Associations
Community Associations; Revises & provides
requirements relating to community associations, including contracts,
documents, records, assessments, fines, liens, improvements, online voting,
electronic notice, & prohibited provisions to governing documents. (Indefinitely
postponed and withdrawn from consideration)
HB 689 -- Representative
Anthony Rodriguez -- Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Department of Business and Professional
Regulation; Revises & provides requirements relating to electronic
reporting, application fee schedules, weight of boxing gloves, fingerprint
processing procedures, proof of occupancy of premises, food service
establishment audit schedules, delinquency of payment conditions, rules
related to submission of certain complaints, & location of Office of the
Condominium Ombudsman. (Indefinitely
postponed and withdrawn from consideration)
SB 912 -- Senator Manny Diaz
-- Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Requiring that certain
reports relating to the transportation or possession of cigarettes be filed
with the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco through the division’s
electronic data submission system; renaming the Florida State Boxing
Commission as the Florida Athletic Commission; revising requirements for
issuing special licenses to certain food service establishments; providing
the circumstances under which a person is delinquent in the payment of an
assessment in the context of eligibility for membership on certain
condominium boards, etc. (Referred to HB 689)
SB 1154 --
Senator Dennis Baxley -- Community Associations
Community Associations; Exempting
certain property association pools from Department of
Health regulations; providing that certain provisions in
governing documents are void and unenforceable; revising
regulations for electric vehicle charging stations;
revising provisions related to a quorum and voting
rights for members remotely participating in meetings,
etc. (Indefinitely
postponed and withdrawn from consideration)
HB 1257 --
Representative Josie Tomkow -- Community
Associations
Condominium Associations;
Revising criminal penalties relating to the acceptance
of things or services of value or kickbacks; revising
requirements for the creation of a rebuttable
presumption relating to the provision of records;
providing criminal penalties for fraudulent voting
activities related to association elections; revising
the jurisdiction of the Division of Florida
Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the
Department of Business and Professional Regulation with
regard to investigating complaints, etc. (Indefinitely
postponed and withdrawn from consideration)
HB 1317
-- Representative Javier Fernandez -- Condominium
Associations
Condominium Associations;
Revises & provides criminal penalties relating to
acceptance of certain things of value, official records,
use of association debit cards, & fraudulent voting
activities; revises & provides requirements relating to
official association records; revises jurisdiction of
Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, & Mobile
Homes of DBPR with regard to investigating complaints. (NOT
CONSIDERED)
SB 1752 --
Senator Jason Pizzo Community Associations
Condominium Associations; Revising criminal
penalties relating to the acceptance of things or services of value or
kickbacks; revising requirements for the creation of a rebuttable
presumption relating to the provision of records; providing criminal
penalties for fraudulent voting activities related to association
elections; revising the jurisdiction of the Division of Florida
Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business
and Professional Regulation with regard to investigating complaints,
etc. (DIED IN COMMITTEE)
CO-OPS (FS
719)
HB 307 -- Representative
LaMarca -- Law Enforcement Vehicles
Law Enforcement Vehicles; Provides that community associations may not
prohibit law enforcement officer from parking his or her law enforcement
vehicle in certain areas. (See SB 476)
SB 476 -- Senator Hooper -- Law
Enforcement Vehicles
Law Enforcement Vehicles; Provides that community associations may not
prohibit law enforcement officer from parking his or her law enforcement
vehicle in certain areas. (Signed by Governor -- Chapter No.2020-5)
HB 623 -- Representative
Jason Shoaf -- Community Associations
Community Associations; Revises & provides
requirements relating to community associations, including contracts,
documents, records, assessments, fines, liens, improvements, online voting,
electronic notice, & prohibited provisions to governing documents. (Indefinitely
postponed and withdrawn from consideration)
SB 1154 --
Senator Dennis Baxley -- Community Associations
Community Associations; Exempting
certain property association pools from Department of
Health regulations; providing that certain provisions in
governing documents are void and unenforceable; revising
regulations for electric vehicle charging stations;
revising provisions related to a quorum and voting
rights for members remotely participating in meetings,
etc. (Indefinitely
postponed and withdrawn from consideration)
HOMEOWNERS'
ASSOCIATIONS (FS 720)
HB 137 --
Representative Cortes -- Homeowners' Association Recalls
Homeowners' Association Recalls; Revises process for recalling director of
homeowners' association; requires specified percentage of certain parcel
owners to initiate recall petition or special meeting to recall director;
requires board of directors to duly notice & hold referendum within
specified time.
(NOT CONSIDERED)
HB 233 --
Representative Cortes -- Homeowners' Associations Dispute
Resolution
Homeowners' Associations Dispute Resolution; Requires nonbinding arbitration
in certain homeowners' association disputes; authorizes parties to initiate
judicial proceeding; provides procedures for certain homeowners' association
disputes which do not require nonbinding arbitration.
(NOT CONSIDERED)
HB 235 -- Representative Cortes -- Nonbinding
Arbitration Fees
Nonbinding Arbitration Fees; Requires certain fees to be paid to DBPR;
provides for prevailing party in nonbinding arbitration to recover certain
costs & fees.
(NOT CONSIDERED)
HB 307 -- Representative
LaMarca -- Law Enforcement Vehicles
Law Enforcement Vehicles; Provides that community associations may not
prohibit law enforcement officer from parking his or her law enforcement
vehicle in certain areas. (See SB 476)
SB 476 -- Senator Hooper -- Law
Enforcement Vehicles
Law Enforcement Vehicles; Provides that community associations may not
prohibit law enforcement officer from parking his or her law enforcement
vehicle in certain areas. (Signed by Governor -- Chapter No.2020-5)
HB 623 -- Representative
Jason Shoaf -- Community Associations
Community Associations; Revises & provides
requirements relating to community associations, including contracts,
documents, records, assessments, fines, liens, improvements, online voting,
electronic notice, & prohibited provisions to governing documents. (Indefinitely
postponed and withdrawn from consideration)
SB 1154 --
Senator Dennis Baxley -- Community Associations
Community Associations; Exempting
certain property association pools from Department of
Health regulations; providing that certain provisions in
governing documents are void and unenforceable; revising
regulations for electric vehicle charging stations;
revising provisions related to a quorum and voting
rights for members remotely participating in meetings,
etc. (Indefinitely
postponed and withdrawn from consideration)
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS (FS 190)
HB 135
-- Representative Cortes -- Community Development
Districts
Requires community development districts to obtain a just valuation of
property before acquiring any property that includes land or is permanently
affixed to land.
(NOT CONSIDERED)
Department
of Business and Professional Regulation
HB 689 -- Representative
Anthony Rodriguez -- Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Department of Business and Professional
Regulation; Revises & provides requirements relating to electronic
reporting, application fee schedules, weight of boxing gloves, fingerprint
processing procedures, proof of occupancy of premises, food service
establishment audit schedules, delinquency of payment conditions, rules
related to submission of certain complaints, & location of Office of the
Condominium Ombudsman. (Indefinitely
postponed and withdrawn from consideration)
SB 912 -- Senator Manny Diaz
-- Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Requiring that certain
reports relating to the transportation or possession of cigarettes be filed
with the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco through the division’s
electronic data submission system; renaming the Florida State Boxing
Commission as the Florida Athletic Commission; revising requirements for
issuing special licenses to certain food service establishments; providing
the circumstances under which a person is delinquent in the payment of an
assessment in the context of eligibility for membership on certain
condominium boards, etc. (Referred to HB 689)
CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS
HB 295
-- Representative David Santiago -- Construction Defects
Construction Defects; Specifies that certain
disclosures & documents must be provided before claimant may file action;
removes provisions related to action involving association; provides
requirements for notice of claim, repair of construction defects, & payments
for such repairs; revises timeframe within which certain persons are
required to serve written response to claimant; prohibits advance payments
for such repairs; limits liability; provides requirements for certain
payments held in trust; requires parties to construction defect claim to
participate in mandatory nonbinding arbitration. (DIED IN COMMITTEE)
SB 948 -- Senator Dennis
Baxley -- Construction Defects
Construction Defects; Revising when a person
has a cause of action for a violation relating to the Florida Building Code;
revising requirements relating to notices of claim; requiring a claimant to
allow persons served with a notice of claim to inspect certain records;
providing that the claimant, under certain circumstances, does not have a
claim for damages that could have been avoided or mitigated, etc. (NOT
CONSIDERED)
Emotional
Support Animals
SB 1084 --
Senator Manny Diaz -- Emotional Support Animals
Emotional Support Animals; Defining the terms
“emotional support animal” and “housing provider”; prohibiting
discrimination in housing provided to a person with a disability or a
disability-related need for an emotional support animal; prohibiting a
health care practitioner from providing information regarding a person’s
need for an emotional support animal without having personal knowledge of
that person’s need for the animal; prohibiting the falsification of
information or other fraudulent misrepresentation regarding the use of an
emotional support animal, etc.
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