Bill > H0689

Introduced Session

An act relating to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; amending s. 210.09, F.S.; requiring that certain reports relating to the transportation or possession of cigarettes be filed with the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco through the division's electronic data submission system; authorizing certain records to be kept in an electronic or paper format; amending s. 210.55, F.S.; requiring that certain entities file reports, rather than returns, relating to tobacco products with the division; providing requirements for such reports; amending s. 210.60, F.S.; authorizing certain records to be kept in an electronic or paper format; amending s. 326.002, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "yacht"; amending s. 194.011, F.S.; providing that certain associations may represent, prosecute, or defend owners in certain proceedings; providing applicability; requiring specified notice be provided to unit or parcel owners in a specified way; amending s. 194.181, F.S.; providing and revising the parties considered as the defendant in a tax suit; requiring certain notice to be provided to unit owners in a specified way; providing unit owners options for defending a tax suit; imposing certain actions for CS/, Engrossed 2 unit owners who fail to respond to a specified notice; amending s. 514.0115, F.S.; exempting certain property association pools from Department of Health regulations; amending s. 553.77, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 548.003, F.S.; renaming the Florida State Boxing Commission as the Florida Athletic Commission; amending s. 548.043, F.S.; revising rulemaking requirements for the commission relating to gloves; amending s. 561.01, F.S.; deleting the definition of the term "permit carrier"; amending s. 561.17, F.S.; revising a requirement related to the filing of fingerprints with the division; requiring that applications be accompanied by certain information relating to right of occupancy; providing requirements relating to contact information for licensees and permittees; amending s. 561.20, F.S.; conforming cross-references; revising requirements for issuing special licenses to certain food service establishments; amending s. 561.42, F.S.; requiring the division, and authorizing vendors, to use electronic mail to give certain notice; amending s. 561.55, F.S.; revising requirements for reports relating to alcoholic beverages; amending s. 562.455, F.S.; removing grains of paradise from the list of specified substances subject to penalties relating to CS/, Engrossed 2 adulterating liquor; amending s. 627.714, F.S.; prohibiting subrogation rights against a condominium association under certain circumstances; creating s. 712.065, F.S.; defining the term "discriminatory restriction"; providing that discriminatory restrictions are unlawful, unenforceable, and void; providing that discriminatory restrictions are extinguished and severed from recorded title transactions; specifying that the recording of certain notices does not reimpose or preserve a discriminatory restriction; providing requirements for a parcel owner to remove a discriminatory restriction from a covenant or restriction; amending s. 718.111, F.S.; providing that a condominium association may take certain actions relating to a challenge to ad valorem taxes in its own name or on behalf of unit owners; providing applicability; requiring an association to provide a checklist to certain persons requesting records; requiring that the checklist be signed by a specified person or the association to provide an affidavit attesting to the veracity of the checklist; providing a timeframe for maintaining such checklist and affidavit; creating a rebuttable presumption; amending s. 718.112, F.S.; authorizing a condominium association to extinguish discriminatory restrictions; CS/, Engrossed 2 revising calculation of a board member's term limit; providing requirements for certain notices; revising the fees an association may charge for transfers; deleting a prohibition against employing or contracting with certain service providers; amending s. 718.113, F.S.; defining the terms "natural gas fuel" and "natural gas fuel vehicle"; revising legislative findings; revising requirements for electric vehicle charging stations; providing requirements for the installation of natural gas fuel stations on property governed by condominium associations; amending s. 718.117, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 718.121, F.S.; providing when the installation of a natural gas fuel station may be the basis of a lien; amending s. 718.1255, F.S.; authorizing parties to initiate presuit mediation under certain circumstances; specifying when arbitration is binding on the parties; providing requirements for presuit mediation; amending s. 718.202, F.S.; revising use of certain withdrawn escrow funds by developers; amending s. 718.303, F.S.; revising requirements for certain actions for failure to comply with specified provisions; revising requirements for certain fines; amending s. 718.501, F.S.; defining the term CS/, Engrossed 2 "financial issue"; authorizing the Division of Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes to adopt rules; amending s. 718.5014, F.S.; revising where the principal office of the Office of the Condominium Ombudsman must be maintained; amending s. 719.103, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "unit" to specify that an interest in a cooperative unit is an interest in real property; amending s. 719.104, F.S.; prohibiting an association from requiring certain actions relating to the inspection of records; amending s. 719.106, F.S.; revising provisions relating to a quorum and voting rights for members remotely participating in meetings; amending procedure to challenge a board member recall; authorizing cooperative associations to extinguish discriminatory restrictions; amending s. 720.303, F.S.; authorizing an association to adopt procedures for electronic meeting notices; revising the documents that constitute the official records of an association; revising when a specified statement must be included in an association's financial report; revising requirements for such statement; revising when an association is deemed to have provided for reserve accounts; amending procedure to challenge a board member recall; amending s. 720.305, F.S.; providing CS/, Engrossed 2 requirements for certain fines; amending s. 720.306, F.S.; revising requirements for providing certain notices; providing limitations on associations when a parcel owner attempts to rent or lease his or her parcel; amending the procedure for election disputes; amending s. 720.311, F.S.; amending the procedure for election disputes; amending s. 720.3075, F.S.; authorizing homeowners' associations to extinguish discriminatory restrictions; amending s. 721.15, F.S.; providing requirements for subordinate lienholder related timeshare estates; amending ss. 455.219, 548.002, 548.05, 548.071, and 548.077, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date.

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Anthony Rodriguez (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (3)

Died in returning Messages (on 03/14/2020)

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