The 2023 Florida legislative session addressed a wide variety of issues impacting community associations. The longest bill impacting community associations became 2023-203, Laws of Florida. The amended statutes changed, clarified, or corrected provisions created by the laws approved in 2022, Senate Bill 4-D, which became Chapter 2022-269, Laws of Florida, commonly referred to as “SB-4D.” Specifically, Section 553.899 was amended to remove the term “walls” and now uses the more encompassing term “load-bearing elements.” It limited the application of the statute to buildings of three stories or more in height to those subject to condominium or cooperative forms of ownership. While the amendment did adopt a standard of 30 years for the requirement of an inspection, the statute allows the local agency to take local environmental conditions, including proximity to saltwater, into account in accelerating compliance requirements to 25 years.
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