At least 14 days prior to such a meeting, the board shall hand deliver to each unit owner, mail to each unit owner at the address last furnished to the association by the unit owner, or electronically transmit to the location furnished by the unit owner for that purpose a notice of such meeting and a copy of the proposed annual budget. s. 1, ch. s. 1, ch. 2010-174; s. 11, ch. If this notice is not given at least 45 days before the foreclosure action is filed, and if the unpaid assessments, including those coming due after the claim of lien is recorded, are paid before the entry of a final judgment of foreclosure, the association shall not recover attorney fees or costs. All costs of any action and interest from this day forward will also be charged to your account. The Legislature further finds and declares that this situation cannot be open-ended without potentially prejudicing the rights of unit owners and condominium associations, and thereby declares that the provisions of this part may be used by purchasers of condominium inventory for only a specific and defined period. 96-396; s. 4, ch. All affirmative acknowledgments made pursuant to s. 718.121(4)(c). A fine may be levied by the board on the basis of each day of a continuing violation, with a single notice and opportunity for hearing before a committee as provided in paragraph (b). Multicondominium means real property containing two or more condominiums, all of which are operated by the same association. 2002-27; s. 8, ch. This part does not waive, release, compromise, or limit liability established under this chapter except as specifically excluded under this part. The division is authorized to adopt rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act to administer and ensure compliance with developers obligations with respect to condominium conversions concerning the filing and noticing of intended conversion, rental agreement extensions, rights of first refusal, and disclosure and postpurchase protections. 1, 7, ch. The division shall maintain a toll-free telephone number accessible to condominium unit owners. Such relocation payment shall be in addition to the termination proceeds for such owners former unit and shall be paid no later than 10 days after the former unit owner vacates his or her former unit. Amendments to the Cooperative Act (719.108(4), F.S.) If one association operates more than one . At least 14 days prior to such special meeting, the board shall hand deliver to each unit owner, or mail to each unit owner at the address last furnished to the association, a notice of the meeting. The division may adopt rules regarding the submission of a complaint against an association. 2d 475 (Fla 1st DCA 1990), Tiffany Plaza Condominium Association, Inc. v. Spencer, 416 So. s. 1, ch. A board member may not serve more than 8 consecutive years unless approved by an affirmative vote of unit owners representing two-thirds of all votes cast in the election or unless there are not enough eligible candidates to fill the vacancies on the board at the time of the vacancy. 79-166; s. 13, ch. The reservation agreement form shall include the following: A statement of the obligation of the developer to file condominium documents with the division prior to entering into a binding purchase agreement or binding agreement for a lease of more than 5 years. Discovery may, in the discretion of the arbitrator, be permitted in the manner provided by the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. If the unit owner remains in possession of the unit after a foreclosure judgment has been entered, the court, in its discretion, may require the unit owner to pay a reasonable rental for the unit. An extension of the 7-year period may be submitted for approval only during the last 3 years of the 7-year period. Condominium association directors, officers, and employees; condominium developers; bulk assignees, bulk buyers, and community association managers; and community association management firms have an ongoing duty to reasonably cooperate with the division in any investigation under this section. An estoppel certificate may be completed by any board member, authorized agent, or authorized representative of the association, including any authorized agent, authorized representative, or employee of a management company authorized to complete this form on behalf of the board or association. However, such unit owner remains responsible for the pro rata share of expenses for hurricane shutters, impact glass, code-compliant windows or doors, or other types of code-compliant hurricane protection installed on common elements and association property by the board pursuant to s. 718.113(5) and remains responsible for a pro rata share of the expense of the replacement, operation, repair, and maintenance of such shutters, impact glass, code-compliant windows or doors, or other types of code-compliant hurricane protection. Filing fees collected under this section must be used to defray the expenses of the alternative dispute resolution program. Charles B. Jimerson 97-102; s. 5, ch. THE SELLER IS NOT OBLIGATED FOR ANY WARRANTIES OF THE DEVELOPER UNDER S. 718.203(1) OR S. 718.618, AS APPLICABLE, EXCEPT FOR DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT, OR REPAIR WORK PERFORMED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE SELLER; and. 5, 7, ch. If rent under the lease is payable by the association or by the unit owners, the lease shall include the following requirements: The leased land must be identified by a description that is sufficient to pass title, and the leased personal property must be identified by a general description of the items of personal property and the approximate number of each item of personal property that the developer is committing to furnish for each room or other facility. If the developer or any other person or persons other than the unit owners has the right to retain control of the board of administration of the association for a period of time which can exceed 1 year after the closing of the sale of a majority of the units in that condominium to persons other than successors or alternate developers, then a statement in conspicuous type in substantially the following form shall be included: THE DEVELOPER (OR OTHER PERSON) HAS THE RIGHT TO RETAIN CONTROL OF THE ASSOCIATION AFTER A MAJORITY OF THE UNITS HAVE BEEN SOLD. 87-102; ss. Labor performed on or materials furnished to the common elements are not the basis for a lien on the common elements, but if authorized by the association, the labor or materials are deemed to be performed or furnished with the express consent of each unit owner and may be the basis for the filing of a lien against all condominium parcels in the proportions for which the owners are liable for common expenses. 2010-174; s. 10, ch. In lieu of this written certification, within 90 days after being elected or appointed to the board, the newly elected or appointed director may submit a certificate of having satisfactorily completed the educational curriculum administered by a division-approved condominium education provider within 1 year before or 90 days after the date of election or appointment. If protected information or information restricted from being accessible to unit owners is included in documents that are required to be posted on the associations website or application, the association shall ensure the information is redacted before posting the documents. The association may issue notice under s. The tenant does not, by virtue of payment of monetary obligations to the association, have any of the rights of a unit owner to vote in any election or to examine the books and records of the association. s. 1, ch. 95-211; s. 856, ch. The termination of the condominium form of ownership is subject to the following conditions: The total voting interests of the condominium must include all voting interests for the purpose of considering a plan of termination. 2. Division means the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. All other contracts to which the association is a party. Any party to an arbitration proceeding may enforce an arbitration award by filing a petition in a court of competent jurisdiction in which the condominium is located. 96-399, other than the exceptions stated in s. 611 of that act, shall not apply in this state. The question and answer sheet described in s. 718.504, and declaration of condominium, or the proposed declaration if the declaration has not been recorded, which shall include the certificate of a surveyor approximately representing the locations required by s. 718.104. However, as to first mortgages of record, the lien is effective from and after recording of a claim of lien in the public records of the county in which the condominium parcel is located. The process shall have the same force and validity as if personally served. 81-185; s. 13, ch. Arbitration shall be conducted according to rules adopted by the division. 2002-27; s. 14, ch. Alternatively, a registered secondary unit owner or mortgagee may pay the amount of all delinquent assessments attributed to the subdivided parcel and seek reimbursement for all such amounts paid and all costs incurred from the secondary condominium association, including, without limitation, the costs of collection other than the share allocable to the secondary unit on behalf of which such payment was made. The ombudsman may establish branch offices elsewhere in the state upon the concurrence of the Governor. The division shall provide, upon request, a list of such mediators to any association, unit owner, or other participant in alternative dispute resolution proceedings under s. 718.1255 requesting a copy of the list. All reconstruction work after a property loss must be undertaken by the association except as otherwise authorized in this section. A copy of the associations most recent structural integrity reserve study or a statement that the association has not completed a structural integrity reserve study. Before turnover of control of an association by a developer to unit owners other than the developer pursuant to s. 718.301, the developer-controlled association may not vote to use reserves for purposes other than those for which they were intended. Mergers or consolidations of associations shall be accomplished in accordance with this chapter, the declarations of the condominiums being merged or consolidated, and chapter 617. 718.122 Unconscionability of certain leases; rebuttable presumption. Such relief would benefit existing unit owners and condominium associations. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or the governing documents of a condominium or a multicondominium association, the board of administration may, without any requirement for approval of the unit owners, install upon or within the common elements or association property solar collectors, clotheslines, or other energy-efficient devices based on renewable resources for the benefit of the unit owners. If the maintenance is to be by the association at the expense of only those entitled to use the limited common elements, the declaration shall describe in detail the method of apportioning such costs among those entitled to use the limited common elements, and the association may use the provisions of s. 718.116 to enforce payment of the shares of such costs by the unit owners entitled to use the limited common elements. The counties in which all such buildings are located. 2000-201; s. 56, ch. Division means the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. In Cottrell, the board of the association specially assessed its unit owners $600 to remedy severe problems with the canal system, roadway system and pool. 90-151; s. 3, ch. If provided by the declaration or bylaws, the association may, in addition to such interest, charge an administrative late fee of up to the greater of $25 or 5 percent of each delinquent installment for which the payment is late. 78-323; ss. The association may use the address provided in the original recorded mortgage document, unless there is a different address for the holder of the mortgage in a recorded assignment or modification of the mortgage, which recorded assignment or modification must reference the official records book and page on which the original mortgage was recorded. For elections of the board of administration, able to permanently separate any authentication or identifying information from the electronic election ballot, rendering it impossible to tie an election ballot to a specific unit owner. A rental agreement may provide for termination by the developer upon 60 days written notice if the rental agreement is entered into subsequent to the delivery of the written notice of intended conversion to all tenants and conspicuously states that the existing improvements are to be converted. Notice shall be by first-class mail addressed to each owner at the address of his or her unit or at his or her last known address. If a vacancy occurs on the board as a result of a recall or removal and less than a majority of the board members are removed, the vacancy may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this subsection. b. The association may adopt reasonable rules regarding the frequency, time, location, notice, and manner of record inspections and copying but may not require a member to demonstrate any purpose or state any reason for the inspection. Notice shall be provided as required for any regularly called meeting of the unit owners, and must state the purpose of the meeting. The copy posted pursuant to this sub-subparagraph must be a copy of the articles of incorporation filed with the Department of State. The liability of a first mortgagee or its successor or assignees who acquire title to a unit by foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure for the unpaid assessments that became due before the mortgagees acquisition of title is limited to the lesser of: The units unpaid common expenses and regular periodic assessments which accrued or came due during the 12 months immediately preceding the acquisition of title and for which payment in full has not been received by the association; or. He or she may use the funds for the actual costs incurred by the developer in the construction and development of the condominium property in which the unit to be sold is located. 98-195; s. 50, ch. (Print, type, or stamp commissioned name of Notary Public). Each board of administration of a residential condominium shall adopt hurricane shutter specifications for each building within each condominium operated by the association which shall include color, style, and other factors deemed relevant by the board. However, such distance requirement does not apply to an association governing a timeshare condominium. The division shall provide training and educational programs for condominium association board members and unit owners. 77-221; s. 6, ch. As used in this paragraph, the term offer includes any solicitation to the general public by means of newspaper advertisement, radio, television, or written or printed sales literature or price list but does not include a transaction involving the sale of more than one unit to one purchaser. A declaration of servitude of properties serving the condominium but not owned by unit owners or leased to them or the association. 718.503 and 718.504. 2003-14; s. 1, ch. If, pursuant to the plan of termination, condominium property or real property owned by the association is to be sold following termination, the plan must provide for the sale and may establish any minimum sale terms. OF (NAME OF CONDOMINIUM), A CONDOMINIUM AS SET FORTH IN THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM AND THE EXHIBITS ANNEXED THERETO AND FORMING A PART THEREOF, RECORDED IN OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK , PAGE , OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF COUNTY, FLORIDA. In the absence of provisions to the contrary in the bylaws, the board of administration shall have a president, a secretary, and a treasurer, who shall perform the duties of such officers customarily performed by officers of corporations. 2022-269. ANY PURPORTED WAIVER OF THESE VOIDABILITY RIGHTS SHALL BE OF NO EFFECT. The funds collected pursuant to a special assessment shall be used only for the specific purpose or purposes set forth in such notice. The warranty shall inure to the benefit of each owner and successor owner. The board of administration of a condominium association may not prohibit a unit owner from installing an electric vehicle charging station for an electric vehicle, as defined in s. 320.01, or a natural gas fuel station for a natural gas fuel vehicle within the boundaries of his or her limited common element or exclusively designated parking area. The association has a lien on each condominium parcel to secure the payment of assessments. An amendment by the developer must be evidenced in writing, but a certificate of the association is not required. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to a nonresidential condominium and do not apply if the lessor is the Government of the United States or this state or any political subdivision thereof or, in the case of an underlying land lease, a person or entity which is not the developer or directly or indirectly owned or controlled by the developer and did not obtain, directly or indirectly, ownership of the leased property from the developer. After the turnover, the developer may vote its voting interest to waive or reduce the funding of reserves. The date of such acquisition shall be determined by the date of recording a deed or other instrument of conveyance for such parcels in the public records of the county in which the condominium is located, or by the date of issuing a certificate of title in a foreclosure proceeding with respect to such condominium parcels. If the condominium property has been declared a condominium more than 3 years after the completion of construction or remodeling of the improvements, the requirements of this paragraph do not apply. Subsequent to recording the declaration and while the property remains subject to the declaration, no liens of any nature are valid against the condominium property as a whole except with the unanimous consent of the unit owners. The proportion or percentage of, and the manner of sharing, common expenses and owning common surplus, which for a residential unit must be the same as the undivided share in the common elements. If a director or an officer, or a relative of a director or an officer, proposes to engage in an activity that is a conflict of interest, as described in subsection (1), the proposed activity must be listed on, and all contracts and transactional documents related to the proposed activity must be attached to, the meeting agenda. Personnel records of association or management company employees, including, but not limited to, disciplinary, payroll, health, and insurance records. Conspicuous type means bold type in capital letters no smaller than the largest type, exclusive of headings, on the page on which it appears and, in all cases, at least 10-point type. The division shall submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the chairs of the legislative appropriations committees an annual report that includes, but need not be limited to, the number of training programs provided for condominium association board members and unit owners, the number of complaints received by type, the number and percent of complaints acknowledged in writing within 30 days and the number and percent of investigations acted upon within 90 days in accordance with paragraph (m), and the number of investigations exceeding the 90-day requirement. 2008-191; s. 89, ch. The governmental entity, business organization, or individual shall thereafter file its response and any supplemental affidavits. Stat., provides very little guidance with respect to special assessments (assessments that are outside of the ordinary budgeted assessments). If, during the period prior to the time that the developer relinquishes control of the association pursuant to subsection (4), any provision of the Condominium Act or any rule promulgated thereunder is violated by the association, the developer is responsible for such violation and is subject to the administrative action provided in this chapter for such violation or violations and is liable for such violation or violations to third parties. 84-368; s. 64, ch. The legal description of the land being added to the condominium. Multicondominiums; multicondominium associations. The shares in the common elements appurtenant to units are undivided, and no action for partition of the common elements shall lie. A summary of the provisions of the declaration which provide for the phasing. If additional information or a mistake related to the estoppel certificate becomes known to the association within the effective period, an amended estoppel certificate may be delivered and becomes effective if a sale or refinancing of the unit has not been completed during the effective period. The remaining association assets shall be distributed pursuant to paragraph (c). Unless a unit owner waives in writing the right to receive notice of the annual meeting, such notice must be hand delivered, mailed, or electronically transmitted to each unit owner. A copy of the associations most recent structural integrity reserve study. The annual budget required by s. 718.112(2)(f) and any proposed budget to be considered at the annual meeting. However, an owner may exclude his or her telephone numbers from the directory by so requesting in writing to the association. 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