Florida HB 319 - Community Association Legislation

Are you ready for your 2012 community association legislative season?

In Florida, the Community Advocacy Network (CAN) announced today that comprehensive legislation impacting community associations has just been filed in the form of HB 319, putting forward proposed changes to Florida law dealing with a range of issues that include:

High-rise elevator code update requirements; publication of community association managers' home addresses by the State's Department of Business and Professional regulation; requirements related to condominium and homeowner association meetings, Board elections and recall procedures; hurricane safety precautions; imposition of remedies against unit or home owners who are delinquent in payment of assessments; records availability for members of community associations and much more.

HB 319 virtually mirrors all the main points contained in CAN's 2012 "wish list" (http://bit.ly/qKG2xh) for positive community association legislation. CAN worked closely with Florida State Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff (R-Ft. Lauderdale) and Rep. George Moraitis (R-Ft. Lauderdale) and with experts at the Florida Bar on the specific language of HB 319 to facilitate the legislation's passage through committee and pave the way toward approval by the Legislature.

The full text of HB 319 can be read online by clicking on the link below: http://bit.ly/p6Gzg2

Florida HB 319 - Community Association Legislation

An act relating to residential properties; amending s. 399.02, F.S.; exempting certain elevators from specific code update requirements; amending s. 468.433, F.S.; prohibiting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation from publishing a community association manager's personal home address unless it is for the purpose of satisfying a public records request; amending s. 718.112, F.S.; r
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