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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to Lake County; providing procedures by | ||
| 3 | which the mobile home owners' association of a residential | ||
| 4 | mobile home cooperative located within the county may | ||
| 5 | alter, convert, lease, or modify the common areas of the | ||
| 6 | mobile home cooperative; providing requirements for voting | ||
| 7 | and notice; providing requirements for absentee ballots; | ||
| 8 | providing an effective date. | ||
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 12 | Section 1. Residential mobile home cooperatives in Lake | ||
| 13 | County.--Notwithstanding any other law, this act shall govern | ||
| 14 | residential mobile home cooperatives having more than 1,100 | ||
| 15 | units and located within Lake County. | ||
| 16 | (1) Unless other procedures are provided in the documents | ||
| 17 | of the mobile home cooperative or such action is expressly | ||
| 18 | prohibited by the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the | ||
| 19 | mobile home cooperative, the mobile home owners' association may | ||
| 20 | materially alter, convert, lease, or modify the common areas of | ||
| 21 | the residential mobile home cooperative if the action is | ||
| 22 | approved by an affirmative vote of not less than a majority of | ||
| 23 | total voting interests present at a duly noticed meeting of the | ||
| 24 | unit owners, or voting by absentee ballot. | ||
| 25 | (2) At least 30 days prior to the date of the scheduled | ||
| 26 | unit owner's meeting, the association shall deliver to each | ||
| 27 | individual unit owner, by hand delivery or by first-class United | ||
| 28 | States mail, written notice of the date, time, and purpose of | ||
| 29 | the meeting. The notice must clearly state and describe, with | ||
| 30 | sufficient particularity so as to be easily discernible by the | ||
| 31 | unit owners, the issue that the unit owners are being asked to | ||
| 32 | decide. The notice must be delivered to the address last | ||
| 33 | furnished to the association by the unit owner. An absentee | ||
| 34 | ballot enabling the unit owner to cast his or her vote must be | ||
| 35 | included with the notice and must include a return envelope | ||
| 36 | containing a first-class stamp. | ||
| 37 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. | ||