H 1263

HB 1263: Homeowners' Associations

GENERAL BILL by Representative Mike La Rosa

Homeowners' Associations; Authorizes local governing authority to enforce deed restrictions on certain property that is not part of homeowners' association; provides reporting requirements for community association manager, management firm, & association; authorizes department to arbitrate certain homeowners' association-related disputes at its discretion; authorizes mediator or arbitrator to conduct mediation or arbitration only if he or she has been certified; requires DBPR to provide training & educational programs for homeowners' association members, directors, & officers; authorizes department to enforce & ensure compliance with certain provisions and rules; provides that department has complete jurisdiction to investigate complaints relating to homeowners' associations; provides limitation on certain homeowner fees for transfer of title.

Effective Date: 7/1/2016

3/3/2015 House - Introduced

Last Action: 3/8/2015 Business and Professions Subcommittee; Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee 
Location: In committee/council (BPS) 

THE OFFICIAL HOUSE BILL SUMMARY:

A Bill To Be Entitled:

An act relating to homeowners' associations; creating s. 189.101, F.S.; authorizing a local governing authority to enforce deed restrictions on certain property that is not part of a homeowners' association; amending s. 720.303, F.S.; requiring a community association manager or management firm, or an association itself, to provide a specified report to the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation every 3 years beginning on a specified date; extending the date by which the department must establish and implement a registration system; requiring the department to provide a data report by a specified date; extending the expiration date of such reporting requirements; amending s. 720.311, F.S.; authorizing the department to arbitrate certain homeowners' association-related disputes at its discretion; authorizing a mediator or arbitrator to conduct mediation or arbitration only if he or she has been certified as a county court or circuit court civil mediator or arbitrator pursuant to the requirements of the Florida Supreme Court; creating s. 720.317, F.S.; requiring the department to provide training and educational programs for homeowners' association members, directors, and officers; authorizing the training to be presented using certain methods; authorizing the department to review and approve such training and educational programs; requiring the department to maintain a current list of approved programs and providers and to make the list available to the associations in a reasonable and cost-effective manner; creating s. 720.318, F.S.; authorizing the department to enforce and ensure compliance with certain provisions and rules; providing that the department has complete jurisdiction to investigate complaints relating to homeowners' associations; creating s. 720.319, F.S.; providing a limitation on certain homeowner fees for a transfer of title; providing an effective date.