Bill > S7046

Introduced Session

An act relating to homeowners’ associations; amending s. 720.303, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing criminal penalties for directors or members of the board or association who fail to maintain and make available specified records; defining the term “repeatedly”; providing criminal penalties for persons who knowingly and intentionally deface, destroy, or fail to maintain specified accounting records; providing criminal penalties for persons who willfully and intentionally refuse to release certain records for specific purposes; authorizing a parcel owner or any occupant, licensee, or invitee of the parcel owner to make a written request to the board for a detailed accounting of any debts owed to the association; requiring the board to provide such information within a specified timeframe; prohibiting subsequent requests from being made within a specified period after the initial request; requiring the board to waive all outstanding fines if it fails to provide a detailed accounting within a specified timeframe when such fines owed are past due more than a specified number of days; prohibiting an association and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from using a debit card issued in the name of the association for specified purposes; defining the term “lawful obligation of the association”; requiring the board to provide a detailed accounting within a specified timeframe upon written request by certain persons; prohibiting such persons from making more than one request within a specified time period; requiring the board to waive certain outstanding fines owed to the association by such persons if the board fails to respond within a specified timeframe; amending s. 720.3033, F.S.; providing criminal penalties for certain actions by an officer, a director, or a manager of an association; requiring that a director or an officer be removed from office and a vacancy declared for certain actions taken; amending s. 720.3035, F.S.; prohibiting an association or any architectural, construction improvement, or other such similar committee of an association from enforcing or adopting certain covenants, rules, or guidelines; requiring an association or any architectural, construction improvement, or other such similar committee of an association to provide a parcel owner with an appeals process under certain circumstances; making technical changes; amending s. 720.3045, F.S.; prohibiting a homeowners’ association from restricting residents from installing certain vegetable gardens and clotheslines under certain circumstances; amending s. 720.305, F.S.; revising the fines prohibited from being aggregated to create a lien against a parcel; requiring that certain notices be provided to parcel owners; requiring that certain hearings be held within a specified timeframe; authorizing that such hearings may be conducted by telephone or other electronic means; providing a specified timeframe after a hearing for a committee to send a parcel owner certain information related to a violation; requiring the committee to provide written notice to the parcel owner within a specified timeframe after the hearing; revising what information must be included in such written notice; requiring that the date the committee sets for payment of a fine be a specified time after delivery of the required notice to the parcel owner; deleting a specified timeframe that a fine is due after notice to the parcel owner is mailed or hand delivered; specifying the priority of applying payments made by a parcel owner to an association; prohibiting the accrual of attorney fees and costs before a specified time; prohibiting attorney fees and costs from continuing to accrue after a fine is paid; prohibiting certain fines levied to become a lien on the parcel; authorizing certain persons to request a hearing to dispute certain fees and costs; prohibiting an association from retroactively applying a fine or imposing a suspension for certain actions; providing an exception; prohibiting an association from enforcing certain rules or covenants under certain circumstances; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 720.3065, F.S.; providing criminal penalties for certain voting violations; providing applicability; making technical changes; amending s. 720.3075, F.S.; prohibiting certain homeowners’ association documents from precluding property owners or tenants, guests, or invitees from taking certain actions; prohibiting homeowners’ association documents from limiting or requiring certain actions; amending s. 720.3085, F.S.; deleting provisions relating to the priority of certain liens, mortgages, or certified judgments; amending s. 720.318, F.S.; prohibiting an association from prohibiting certain law enforcement officers from parking their assigned vehicles on public roads and rights-of-way; providing an effective date.

AI Summary

Jennifer Bradley (R), 

Other Sponsors (1)

Died in Rules (on 03/08/2024)

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