Florida SB 722: Education for Student Inmates

Bill Text

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Condominium Structural Integrity Reserve Studies 
2025-12-03T06:32:59Z 
Defining the term “structural integrity reserve study”; requiring condominium associations that govern a building of a specified height to conduct a structural integrity reserve study for a specified purpose; providing that condominium associations that govern a building that does not meet such specified height requirement are not required to conduct a structural integrity reserve study; authorizing certain condominium associations to elect, by a majority vote of their members, to waive or reduce reserve contributions; providing construction, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 722 

 By Senator Osgood 

 32-00381-26 2026722__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to condominium structural integrity 
 3 reserve studies; amending s. 553.899, F.S.; defining 
 4 the term “structural integrity reserve study”; 
 5 requiring condominium associations that govern a 
 6 building of a specified height to conduct a structural 
 7 integrity reserve study for a specified purpose; 
 8 providing that condominium associations that govern a 
 9 building that does not meet such specified height 
 10 requirement are not required to conduct a structural 
 11 integrity reserve study; authorizing certain 
 12 condominium associations to elect, by a majority vote 
 13 of their members, to waive or reduce reserve 
 14 contributions; providing construction; providing an 
 15 effective date. 
 16 
 17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 18 
 19 Section 1. Present paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and 
 20 present subsections (3) through (15) of section 553.899, Florida 
 21 Statutes, are redesignated as paragraph (c) of subsection (2) 
 22 and subsections (4) through (16), respectively, a new paragraph 
 23 (b) is added to subsection (2) of that section, a new subsection 
 24 (3) is added to that section, and paragraph (d) of present 
 25 subsection (3) and present subsections (6), (7), and (13) of 
 26 that section are amended, to read: 
 27 553.899 Mandatory structural inspections for condominium 
 28 and cooperative buildings.— 
 29 (2) As used in this section, the terms: 
 30 (b) “Structural integrity reserve study” has the same 
 31 meaning as in s. 718.103. 
 32 (3)(a) Condominium associations that govern a building that 
 33 is six stories or more in height, as determined by the Florida 
 34 Building Code, must conduct a structural integrity reserve study 
 35 of the building for the purpose of estimating future 
 36 maintenance, repair, and replacement costs of common elements 
 37 and funding adequate reserves based on the findings of the 
 38 study. 
 39 (b) Condominium associations that govern a building that is 
 40 five stories or less in height, as determined by the Florida 
 41 Building Code, are not required to conduct a structural 
 42 integrity reserve study of the building and may, by a majority 
 43 vote of the unit owners present at a duly called meeting, elect 
 44 to waive or reduce reserve contributions. 
 45 (c) A structural integrity reserve study conducted pursuant 
 46 to this subsection must comply with the standards established 
 47 under s. 718.112(2)(g). 
 48 (4)(3) 
 49 (d) The local enforcement agency may accept an inspection 
 50 report prepared by a licensed engineer or architect for a 
 51 structural integrity and condition inspection of a building 
 52 performed before July 1, 2022, if the inspection and report 
 53 substantially comply with the requirements of this section. 
 54 Notwithstanding when such inspection was completed, the 
 55 condominium or cooperative association must comply with the unit 
 56 owner notice requirements in subsection (10) (9). The inspection 
 57 for which an inspection report is accepted by the local 
 58 enforcement agency under this paragraph is deemed a milestone 
 59 inspection for the applicable requirements in chapters 718 and 
 60 719. If a previous inspection and report is accepted by the 
 61 local enforcement agency under this paragraph, the deadline for 
 62 the building’s subsequent 10-year milestone inspection is based 
 63 on the date of the accepted previous inspection. 
 64 (7)(6) Phase one of the milestone inspection must be 
 65 completed within 180 days after the owner or owners of the 
 66 building receive the written notice under subsection (6) (5). 
 67 For purposes of this section, completion of phase one of the 
 68 milestone inspection means the licensed engineer or architect 
 69 who performed the phase one inspection submitted the inspection 
 70 report by e-mail, United States Postal Service, or commercial 
 71 delivery service to the local enforcement agency. 
 72 (8)(7) A milestone inspection consists of two phases: 
 73 (a) For phase one of the milestone inspection, a licensed 
 74 architect or engineer authorized to practice in this state shall 
 75 perfo