Loading chat...

FL H0307

Bill

Status

Passed

6/3/2015

Primary Sponsor

Regulatory Affairs Committee

Click for details

Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes to approve training and educational programs for board members of mobile home owners' associations and establishes curriculum requirements covering statutory and regulatory matters

  • Revises lot rental increase procedures to clarify 90-day notice requirements and prohibits electronic transmission for recall meeting notices; establishes binding arbitration procedures for disputed board recalls through new section 723.1255

  • Requires newly elected or appointed board members to certify within 90 days that they have read governing documents and understand fiduciary duties, or alternatively submit an approved educational certificate; suspends board service until compliance

  • Expands official records retention requirements and member access rights, including allowing members to use portable devices to photograph records without charge, and establishes $10 per day minimum damages for willful failure to provide access

  • Makes lifetime leases and renewal provisions in automatically renewable leases nonassumable except by the home owner's spouse (one-time assumption only); effective July 1, 2015

Legislative Description

Mobile Homes

Last Action

Chapter No. 2015-90

6/3/2015

Committee Referrals

Regulated Industries4/21/2015
Regulatory Affairs2/18/2015
Civil Justice Subcommittee1/28/2015

Full Bill Text

No bill text available