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CS/HB 7119: Homeowners' Associations

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Business and Professional Regulation Subcommittee ; La Rosa ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Artiles ; Gibbons ; Rangel

Homeowners' Associations; Provides grounds for disciplinary actions against community association managers; requires official records to be maintained within specified distance of association for specified time; requires association directors to file with association secretary written certification that they have read certain association documents, will uphold documents, & will uphold their fiduciary responsibility to members; requires association to provide copies of amendments to governing documents to members under certain conditions; provides additional circumstances for authorizing members to elect majority of association board members; provides public policy regarding amendments to governing documents in associations under developer control; defines term "previous owner" to exclude certain associations from provisions relating to liability of previous owners of parcels for unpaid assessments, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2013
Last Action: 6/17/2013 - Chapter No. 2013-218, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 73 (Ch. 2013-188)
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/25/2013 House • Filed
• Introduced -HJ 336
3/28/2013 House • Referred to Judiciary Committee; Regulatory Affairs Committee -HJ 370
4/5/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/09/13, 2:30 pm, Morris Hall
4/9/2013 House • CS by Judiciary Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 571
4/11/2013 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time -HJ 576
4/12/2013 House • Original reference(s) removed: Regulatory Affairs Committee
• Referred to- Calendar -HJ 610
4/22/2013 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/13
4/24/2013 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 768
• Amendment(s) adopted (930633) -HJ 772
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/25/2013 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 835
• Amendment(s) adopted (370345) -HJ 836
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 5 -HJ 836
4/25/2013 Senate • In Messages
• Received -SJ 673
• Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 673
• Withdrawn from Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 651
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 651
• Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 580 -SJ 651
• Read 2nd time -SJ 651
• Read 3rd time -SJ 651
• CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 651
4/26/2013 House • Ordered enrolled -HJ 911
6/10/2013 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/14/2013 • Approved by Governor
6/17/2013 • Chapter No. 2013-218, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 73 (Ch. 2013-188)