Florida House Bill 295 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Failed on May 5 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-05 - Died in Careers and Competition Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises uses of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, & Mobile Homes Trust Fund; increases damages to which member of homeowners' association is entitled for denial of access to official records; provides cause of action for member against community association manager or management firm; prohibits reimbursement to community association manager or management firm for certain fines; provides & revises reporting requirements; provides that fine may not become lien against parcel; revises provisions relating to election of officers; provides presuit mediation for election & recall disputes; provides for binding arbitration by DBPR for certain disputes between parcel owner & homeowners' association; requires DBPR to provide training & educational programs; authorizes DBPR to enforce & ensure compliance with Homeowners' Association Act & specified rules; provides DBPR with jurisdiction to investigate certain complaints; provides cause of action against developers by HOA or nondeveloper members of HOA.

Homeowners' Associations

Rep. Charlie Stone [R]

Rep. John Cortes [D]

Sen. Gayle Harrell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-05	House	Died in Careers and Competition Subcommittee
2017-05-05	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2017-03-07	House	Introduced
2017-01-25	House	Referred to Careers and Competition Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
2017-01-19	House	Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
718	509		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	303		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	305		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	307		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	311		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	318		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	319		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	401		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	402		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/295
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0295/BillText/Filed/PDF