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Take a well deserved bow. You did it! Today the Florida House of Representatives overwhelming passed CS/CS/CS/SB 1196 (passed on 4/16/2010 by the Florida Senate) sending it to Governor Crist for his signature. Please take a moment to contact the Governor (http://www.flgov.com/contact_governor) and urge him to sign the bill right away. This is very important given his veto of similar last year.

This bill is of SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE IMPACT to community associations. It addresses everything from mortgagee liability (foreclosure crisis) to elevators, to sprinklers, to renters, etc. CALL has sent out earlier alerts containing details and be on the lookout for another summary to be released via the CALL website soon. Please contact your Legislators (both Representative and Senator) and thank them for their support.  From your CALL team on the ground at the Capitol…..THANK YOU!

All your emails, calls, visits and involvement were invaluable. We are only as good as the rest of our team…YOU! Thanks for once again proving you are THE voice for good community association public policy. Attention has been paid.

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This week marks the second week of the legislative session and things are getting downright hot inside the capitol as it relates to community association bills. While only mid-week, I have been involved with numerous meetings regarding SB 1196 and HB 561, the ca package getting the most attention by the Legislature. I have met with the sponsors…Sen. Fasano, Sen. Ring, Rep. Bogdanoff, Rep. Hudson…with interest groups ranging from bankers, managers, CPA’s, insurance agents, with committee staff, etc. Progress is being made on several fronts and as language is negotiated which provide workable solutions to real challenges, we will get that out via the CALL website (www.CALLbp.com) for your review and input.

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A couple of CA bills of interest were heard by the House Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee on Tuesday (February 4, 2010) morning. HB 329 by Rep. Robaina was debated and it was decided by the Committee to hold off on taking a vote due to some concerns with the provisions pertaining to the ability of associations to go after payment of assessments from renters when unit owner landlords aren’t paying.

HB 561, a omnibus CA bill which CALL is working on very closely with sponsors Bogdanoff and Hudson, was passed by the committee after adopting several amendments pertaining to the contentious sprinkler retrofit issue. It would move the date of compliance to 2019 from 2014 and say that if an association has voted to forego retrofitting that 10 percent of owners could petition to have a special meeting “re-vote” once every 3 years. CALL will continue to monitor this issue to make certain a workable solution is found which doesn’t jeopardize the bill.

There was also a discussion on the Florida Supreme Court’s administrative order re the mandatory mediation process for residential mortgage foreclosure cases. David Muller of CALL was asked by the Committee to testify and was able to provide helpful information on the foreclosure crisis many associations are facing and how this mediation process must not cause further delay and cost. This issue remains a top priority of CALL. We need you to let your Legislators know how your association is being impacted and ask for action.

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