Amendment
Bill No. HB 7135

Amendment No. 133243

CHAMBER ACTION
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1	Representative Mayfield offered the following:
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3	Amendment (with title amendment)
4	Between lines 477 and 478, insert:
5	163.04 Energy devices based on renewable resources.--
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7	(2)  A deed restriction, covenant, declaration, or similar
8	binding agreement may not No deed restrictions, covenants, or
9	similar binding agreements running with the land shall prohibit
10	or have the effect of prohibiting solar collectors,
11	clotheslines, or other energy devices based on renewable
12	resources from being installed on buildings erected on the lots
13	or parcels covered by the deed restriction, covenant,
14	declaration, or binding agreement restrictions, covenants, or
15	binding agreements. A property owner may not be denied
16	permission to install solar collectors or other energy devices
17	based on renewable resources by any entity granted the power or
18	right in any deed restriction, covenant, or similar binding
19	agreement to approve, forbid, control, or direct alteration of
20	property with respect to residential dwellings and within the
21	boundaries of a condominium unit. not exceeding three stories in
22	height. For purposes of this subsection, Such entity may
23	determine the specific location where solar collectors may be
24	installed on the roof within an orientation to the south or
25	within 45° east or west of due south if provided that such
26	determination does not impair the effective operation of the
27	solar collectors.
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34	T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
35	Between lines 12 and 13, insert:
36	amending s. 163.04, F.S.; clarifying that condominium
37	declarations may not prohibit renewable energy devices; removes
38	three-story height restriction for installation of solar
39	collectors on condominiums;
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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.