Florida HB 657: Community Associations

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to community associations; creating s. 2
712.13, F.S.; providing legislative findings and 3
intent; providing definitions; providing that the 4
recorded governing documents of a dissolved 5
homeowners' association are deemed terminated and 6
unenforceable; requiring the clerk of the circuit 7
court to indicate in the county records that a 8
dissolved association's governing documents are 9
terminated and inactive; requiring certain exclusive 10
easements to revert to the servient estate upon 11
dissolution of a homeowners' association under certain 12
circumstances; providing for the extinguishment of 13
such easement; prohibiting an easement held by a 14
dissolved association from becoming a public right-of-15
way, trail, or access route unless the easement is 16
separately recorded for public use; providing 17
construction; providing retroactive applicability; 18
amending s. 718.103, F.S.; defining the term 19
"habitable"; revising the definition of the term 20
"video conference"; amending s. 718.104, F.S.; 21
requiring condominium associations to include a 22
specified statement in the governing documents or to 23
hold a meeting by a date certain to vote to amend the 24
governing documents to include such statement; 25

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requiring a vote held at such meeting to be approved 26
by a certain amount of the voting interests; amending 27
s. 718.111, F.S.; requiring a condominium association 28
to provide copies of certain records or otherwise make 29
them available for inspection and copying within a 30
specified timeframe if the association receives a 31
subpoena or written request from a law enforcement 32
agency or prosecuting agency; providing criminal 33
penalties; amending s. 718.112, F.S.; requiring a 34
developer to have a turnover inspection report 35
completed for all buildings on the condominium 36
property before turning control over to unit owners; 37
amending s. 718.1255, F.S.; removing presuit mediation 38
requirements; amending s. 718.128, F.S.; revising the 39
manner in which certain associations must receive 40
electronically transmitted ballots; revising the 41
methods by which unit owners may electronically 42
transmit ballots; amending s. 719.103, F.S.; defining 43
the term "habitable"; amending s. 719.106, F.S.; 44
requiring a developer to have a turnover inspection 45
report completed for all buildings on the condominium 46
property before turning control over to unit owners; 47
amending s. 720.301, F.S.; defining the term 48
"financial statements"; amending s. 720.302, F.S.; 49
conforming a provision to changes made by the act; 50

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amending s. 720.303, F.S.; requiring homeowners' 51
associations to include a specified statement in the 52
governing documents or to hold a meeting by a date 53
certain to vote to amend the governing documents to 54
include such statement; requiring a vote held at such 55
meeting to be approved by a certain amount of the 56
voting interests; removing the authority of an 57
association to take certain actions relating to the 58
roof of a building; requiring an association to 59
provide copies of or otherwise make available certain 60
records for inspection and copying within a specified 61
timeframe if the association receives a written 62
request from a prosecuting agency; providing criminal 63
penalties; providing that directors, officers, and 64
committee members of a homeowners' association owe a 65
duty of loyalty to such association and its members; 66
requiring a director, an officer, or a committee 67
member who has a conflict of interest to disclose to 68
the board such conflict in writing; prohibiting such 69
director, officer, or member from participating in any 70
discussion or vote on such matter; authorizing an 71
association to void a transaction involving a conflict 72
of interest; providing an exception; providing a 73
rebuttable presumption; providing construction; 74
amending s. 720.3035, F.S.; prohibiting an association 75

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or specified committees of an association from 76
enforcing or adopting a covenant, rule, or guideline 77
that requires a specific type of material for building 78
or rebuilding a roof under certain circumstances; 79
amendin