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Florida Law Governs Rules or Covenants Prohibiting Solar Collectors or other Renewable Resource Energy Devices.
Many community leaders may not be aware of Section 163.04, Florida Statutes which prohibits enforcement of restrictions precluding homeowners from obtaining energy from renewable resources.
Florida’s legislators made sure …
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Close to 200 Community Leaders and Professional Property Managers participated in the first of a series of webinars presented by Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.
On Wednesday, May 28, 2009, CALL presented a webinar explaining legislative activities during the 2009 legislative session. Co-executive directors Yeline Goin and …
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Florida Attorney General Issues Advisory Legal Opinion Indicating that Golf Courses located within platted residential subdivisions are not subject to separate taxation.
Impact of AGO 2009-23 may save Community Associations thousands of dollars in property taxes.
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum …
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State of Florida’s Division of Administrative Hearings finds that Industry Bulletins and Technical Advisories issued by Bureau of Elevator Safety are not improperly adopted rules.
Retrofits required for Universal Elevator Keys, Automatic Fire Alarm Initiating Devices and Replacement of Single Wall Hydraulic …
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SB 714 Most Significant Change for Community Associations. Community Association Leadership Lobby (CALL) summarizes changes resulting from SB 714.
While there were a number of bills filed and debated this legislative session, not many of them passed. SB 714, filed by Senator Jones, modifies the insurance provisions of the Condominium Act, extends …
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A reader recently posted the following inquiry to this site:
I live in a community in which the HOA documents are not being enforced, for instance most every homeowner in the community except for about 40 out of 245, do not maintain the property. There are piles of junk in the …
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There are significant business reasons to consider “green” retrofits and improvements. Examples of successful projects are included.
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Last week the Community Affairs Committee advanced SB 880 with a significant amendment entitled the “Distressed Condominium Relief Act”.
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Yesterday Senator Fasano moved to amend SB 1012 to eliminate submerged land lease fees for single-family and multi-family residential docking facilities.
If approved, not only would the existing exemption for single-family homes continue (and provide additional benefits to owners of larger single-family properties), but multi-family residential properties will not have …
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Proposed SB 1012 would require rules to impose increased fees for submerged land leases. SB 1012, filed by Senator Constantine along with the Committee on General Government Appropriations and the Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation seeks the imposition of new rules governing submerged sovereign land leases. …
Becker, with headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, FL., is a multi-practice commercial law firm with attorneys, lobbyists and other professionals at offices throughout the East Coast.
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