Florida SB 822: Education

Bill Text

822 
Community Association Management 
2026-02-12T05:11:08Z 
Requiring certain community associations to contract with a community association management firm or a community association manager certified by the Community Association Managers International Certification Board as a Certified Manager of Community Associations or by the Community Associations Institute as an Association Management Specialist or a Professional Community Association Manager; requiring the community association management firm or certified community association manager to possess all applicable licenses, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
2026 
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2027-01-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 822 

 By the Committee on Regulated Industries; and Senators Gruters 
 and Rodriguez 

 580-02715-26 2026822c1 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to community association management; 
 3 amending ss. 718.111, 718.405, 719.106, and 720.303, 
 4 F.S.; requiring certain community associations to 
 5 contract with a community association management firm 
 6 or a community association manager certified by the 
 7 Community Association Managers International 
 8 Certification Board as a Certified Manager of 
 9 Community Associations or by the Community 
 10 Associations Institute as an Association Management 
 11 Specialist or a Professional Community Association 
 12 Manager; requiring the community association 
 13 management firm or certified community association 
 14 manager to possess all applicable licenses; providing 
 15 that association board members, officers, and 
 16 directors have a duty to ensure such community 
 17 association management firm or community association 
 18 manager is properly licensed; requiring that such 
 19 community association managers also be certified; 
 20 providing an effective date. 
 21 
 22 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 23 
 24 Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subsection (3) of section 
 25 718.111, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 26 718.111 The association.— 
 27 (3) POWER TO MANAGE CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY AND TO CONTRACT, 
 28 SUE, AND BE SUED; CONFLICT OF INTEREST.— 
 29 (g) If an association contracts with a community 
 30 association manager or a community association management firm, 
 31 the community association manager or community association 
 32 management firm must possess all applicable licenses required by 
 33 part VIII of chapter 468. An association with total annual 
 34 revenues of $750,000 or more and consisting of 100 or more units 
 35 must contract with a community association management firm or a 
 36 community association manager certified by the Community 
 37 Association Managers International Certification Board as a 
 38 Certified Manager of Community Associations or by the Community 
 39 Associations Institute as an Association Management Specialist 
 40 or a Professional Community Association Manager. Each board 
 41 member or officer All board members or officers of an 
 42 association that contracts with a community association manager 
 43 or a community association management firm has have a duty to 
 44 ensure that the community association manager or community 
 45 association management firm is properly licensed and certified 
 46 before entering into a contract. 
 47 Section 2. Subsection (6) is added to section 718.405, 
 48 Florida Statutes, to read: 
 49 718.405 Multicondominiums; multicondominium associations.— 
 50 (6) An association operating a multicondominium with total 
 51 annual revenues of $750,000 or more and consisting of 100 or 
 52 more units must contract with a community association management 
 53 firm or a community association manager certified by the 
 54 Community Association Managers International Certification Board 
 55 as a Certified Manager of Community Associations or by the 
 56 Community Associations Institute as an Association Management 
 57 Specialist or a Professional Community Association Manager. The 
 58 community association manager or community association 
 59 management firm must possess all applicable licenses required by 
 60 part VIII of chapter 468. Each board member or officer of an 
 61 association that contracts with a community association manager 
 62 or a community association management firm has a duty to ensure 
 63 that the community association manager or community association 
 64 management firm is properly licensed and certified before 
 65 entering into a contract. 
 66 Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 
 67 719.106, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 68 719.106 Bylaws; cooperative ownership.— 
 69 (1) MANDATORY PROVISIONS.—The bylaws or other cooperative 
 70 documents shall provide for the following, and if they do not, 
 71 they shall be deemed to include the following: 
 72 (a) Administration.— 
 73 1. The form of administration of the association shall be 
 74 described, indicating the titles of the officers a