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Community Update, Volume 6, 2017
By Becker
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By Becker
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Associations Should Send Out Billing Notice For Special Assessments
By Joseph Adams
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Question: I recently read one of your prior columns discussing the process for a condominium association to impose a special assessment and you stated that once an assessment has been levied, the Association should send out a notice to the owners setting forth the specific purpose of the special assessment and the …
Can Homeowners’ Association Board Restrict Fences?
By Joseph Adams
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Question: My homeowners’ association board of directors sent out a new set of guidelines that they intend to adopt. There are a number of provisions that limit what an owner may do with their private property. For example, it states that while fences are permitted, they may only be privacy fences constructed …
New Laws Generate More Questions…
By Joseph Adams
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Question: Your recent column regarding the new laws stated that associations with websites must post their “estoppel certificate” information on the website. If the association currently has a website available to its members only, does it need to be expanded to allow outsiders to obtain estoppel information? If so, what information is …
New Laws Can Cause Confusion
By Joseph Adams
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Question: I read your recent column regarding the new Florida statutes. I am the manager of a homeowners’ association. The maintenance man and I each have a debit card in the association’s name for purchases of materials, emergency repairs, and the like. Under the new legislation, would we be allowed to continue …
Review of Legislation continues – Part 5
By Joseph Adams
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2017 Legislation Changes Financial Reporting Requirements
Today’s column is the final installment of our annual review of legislation affecting Florida community associations.
In prior columns, we reviewed Senate Bill 398 dealing with “estoppel certificates,” and House Bill 1237 which only applies to condominiums and contains changes to the statute including board member …
Community Association Legislative Guide, 2017
By Yeline Goin
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CALL’s Florida Community Association Legislative Guide 2017 (“Guide”) is now available online.
The 2017 Legislative Session ended with several bills passing that will have a significant effect on community associations: HB 1237, Relating to Condominiums; SB 398, Relating to Estoppel Certificates, and HB 6027, Relating to Financial Reporting. …
Review of Legislation continues – Part 4
By Joseph Adams
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2017 Statute Changes Impose New Conflict Of Interest Rules
Today’s column is the fourth installment of our annual review of legislation affecting community associations.
So far, we have reviewed Senate Bill 398, dealing with “estoppel certificates,” and parts of House Bill 1237, pertaining to board member term limits, the use of debit …
Review of New Legislation Continues – Part 3
By Joseph Adams
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Today’s column is the third installment of our annual review of community association legislation. In the first two installments, we covered the requirements for “estoppel certificates.” Today, we will look at House Bill 1237, which contains some significant changes. HB 1237 only applies to condominium associations.
Term Limits: A board …
Condominium Documents Should be Kept Current
By Joseph Adams
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Question: I recently purchased a condominium unit and was given a copy of the condominium documents. The documents I was given are over 40 years old. When I asked the association about this, I was told that the documents had never been updated. Don’t condominium documents have to be updated from time …
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