I think everyone reading this knows how long and how hard I have fought for mandatory education for Board members. I always thought it was disgraceful to allow someone to get certified by signing a dumb form that says I read my governing documents and promise to enforce them. Finally, we have a change in…
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House Bill 1203 - Continued
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY If the unit owners elect to do so, they can vote for the association to prepare a lesser year-end statement than what is required by law. The law has changed and now states: An association may not prepare a lesser financial statement than what is required by law for consecutive fiscal years. NO…
WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT WANTS THE ASSOCIATION’S RECORDS
An HOA here in South Florida recently fought the State Attorney’s Office tooth and nail when they attempted to obtain copies of the association’s official records. There’s no doubt that as a result of that one HOA, the following law was passed: HB 1203 Florida Statute 720.303 (i) If an association receives a subpoena for…
FROM NOW ON…...HOA DIRECTORS ARE ON THE RADAR AS WELL
There’s no question that 2024 will be remembered as the year that both HOA and Condominium law were jolted. This week, let’s discuss how HOA directors can wind up behind bars. Here’s the new law in : 720.303(5) (d) Any director or member of the board or association or a community association manager who knowingly,…
HB 1203: LOTS OF NEW PROTECTIONS FOR MEMBERS LIVING IN HOAs MAKES IT HARDER FOR CAMs
House Bill 1203 and SB 7046 merged to eventually create a huge bill for the protection of homeowners in HOAs. It starts by placing lots of responsibilities on community association managers. A community association manager or community association management firm that is authorized by contract to provide community association management services to a homeowners’ association…
A GENERATOR BILL THAT IS LONG OVER DUE (Part 2)
Until now there was no law in our Florida HOAs that would allow a home owner to install their own electrical generator with above ground or below ground gas tanks. Here we are, living in Florida with sometimes unbearable heat and humidity, we have a large elderly population, hurricanes generally hit in the hottest parts…
HOUSE BILL 59 – PROVIDING COPIES OF THE DOCS
So The Florida Legislature is only in session for another four days. Over the next few weeks we want to educate you about the bills that passed both The Florida House and The Florida Senate. So here we go…….. Let’s start with an amendment to Florida Statute 720.303. The following is all added: (13) REQUIREMENT…
A PARKING PRIMER
So many of our condominiums were built in the days that it was basically unheard of for a family to own more than one automobile. Many homes didn’t even own one automobile. As a result, the laws were a lot different than they are today and allowed a building to be built with far less…
SO WHAT AM I LEAVING OUT
So when I wrote my blog last week asking people what their problems are, I couldn’t help but think about all of the issues that can arise in a condominium or HOA. It’s almost endless. Here’s some issues that are routinely litigated or arbitrated: faulty elections, failure to hold meetings, failure to post notices, failure…
HEY……………WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM?
Every week, Jan, Rafael and myself blog about the issues that affect all of you that live in community associations throughout our great state. Read in a vacuum, one would think that you would have to be nuts to want to live in one of these community associations where boards of directors have more control…