FL S0556

Defines "hurricane protection" in Florida condominium law to include hurricane shutters, impact glass, code-compliant windows or doors, and other code-compliant hurricane protection products used to preserve and protect condominium or association property

Requires condominium declarations to specify whether the unit owner or the association is responsible for the installation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of hurricane protection

Authorizes boards of residential and mixed-use condominiums to install or require unit owners to install hurricane protection with approval of a majority of voting interests, and requires the vote to be recorded as a certificate in the county's public records

Prohibits boards from installing the same type of hurricane protection already in place unless it has reached the end of its useful life or is necessary to prevent damage, and prohibits boards from refusing to approve a unit owner's installation that conforms to adopted specifications

Excuses unit owners who already have code-compliant hurricane protection from assessments for association-installed protection of the same type, or entitles them to a credit equal to the amount they would have been assessed, while keeping them responsible for their pro rata share of hurricane protection on common elements