Florida SB 908: Construction Bonds

Bill Text

908 
Fees/Homeowners’ Associations 
2025-12-15T06:31:51Z 
Requiring each homeowners’ association that operates more than two parcels to pay to the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes an annual fee for each residential parcel operated by the association; requiring that the association be assessed a specified penalty of the amount due if the fee is not paid by a specified date; providing that, until the amount due, plus any penalty, is paid, an association is deemed delinquent and does not have standing to maintain or defend any action in the courts of this state; requiring that all fees the division collects be deposited in the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes Trust Fund, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 908 

 By Senator Garcia 

 36-01563-26 2026908__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to fees; amending s. 720.3025, F.S.; 
 3 requiring each homeowners’ association that operates 
 4 more than two parcels to pay to the Division of 
 5 Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes an 
 6 annual fee for each residential parcel operated by the 
 7 association; requiring that the association be 
 8 assessed a specified penalty of the amount due if the 
 9 fee is not paid by a specified date; providing that, 
 10 until the amount due, plus any penalty, is paid, an 
 11 association is deemed delinquent and does not have 
 12 standing to maintain or defend any action in the 
 13 courts of this state; requiring that all fees the 
 14 division collects be deposited in the Division of 
 15 Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes 
 16 Trust Fund; providing a contingent effective date. 
 17 
 18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 19 
 20 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 720.3025, Florida 
 21 Statutes, as created by SB 906 , 2026 Regular Session, is 
 22 amended to read: 
 23 720.3025 Authority, responsibility, and duties of Division 
 24 of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes.— 
 25 (2)(a) On the certification form provided by the division, 
 26 the directors of the association shall certify that each 
 27 director of the association has completed the written 
 28 certification and educational certificate requirements in s. 
 29 720.3033(1). This certification requirement does not apply to 
 30 the directors of an association governing a timeshare property. 
 31 (b) Each homeowners’ association shall create and maintain 
 32 an online account with the division, as required in subsection 
 33 (3). 
 34 (c) Each homeowners’ association that operates more than 
 35 two parcels must pay to the division an annual fee in the amount 
 36 of $4 for each residential parcel operated by the association. 
 37 If the fee is not paid by March 1, the association will be 
 38 assessed a penalty of 10 percent of the amount due, and, until 
 39 the amount due, plus any penalty, is paid, the association is 
 40 deemed delinquent and does not have standing to maintain or 
 41 defend any action in the courts of this state. 
 42 (d) All fees the division collects must be deposited in the 
 43 Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes 
 44 Trust Fund as provided by law. 
 45 Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date that 
 46 SB 906 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation 
 47 is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension 
 48 thereof and becomes a law.