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HOUSE AMENDMENT
hbd-05 Bill No. HB 1465
Amendment No. (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Wasserman Schultz offered the following:
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17 Section 1. Paragraph(b) of subsection (1) of section
18 718.115, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19 718.115 Common expenses and common surplus.--
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21 (b) If so provided in the declaration, the cost of a
22 master antenna television system or duly franchised cable
23 television service obtained pursuant to a bulk contract shall
24 be deemed a common expense. If the declaration does not
25 provide for the cost of a master antenna television system or
26 duly franchised cable television service obtained under a bulk
27 contract as a common expense, the board of administration may
28 enter into such a contract, and the cost of the service will
29 be a common expense but allocated on a per-unit basis rather
30 than a percentage basis if the declaration provides for other
31 than an equal sharing of common expenses, and any contract
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1 entered into before July 1, 1998, in which the cost of the
2 service is not equally divided among all unit owners, may be
3 changed by vote of a majority of the voting interests present
4 at a regular or special meeting of the association, to
5 allocate the cost equally among all units. The contract shall
6 be for a term of not less than 2 years.
7 1. Any contract made by the board after the effective
8 date hereof for a community antenna system or duly franchised
9 cable television service may be canceled by a majority of the
10 voting interests present at the next regular or special
11 meeting of the association. Any member may make a motion to
12 cancel said contract, but if no motion is made or if such
13 motion fails to obtain the required majority at the next
14 regular or special meeting, whichever is sooner, following the
15 making of the contract, then such contract shall be deemed
16 ratified for the term therein expressed.
17 2. Any such contract shall provide, and shall be
18 deemed to provide if not expressly set forth, that any hearing
19 impaired or legally blind unit owner who does not occupy the
20 unit with a non-hearing-impaired or sighted person, or any
21 unit owner receiving supplemental security income under Title
22 XVI of the Social Security Act or food stamps as administered
23 by the Department of Children and Family Services pursuant to
24 s. 414.31, may discontinue the service without incurring
25 disconnect fees, penalties, or subsequent service charges, and
26 as to such units, the owners shall not be required to pay any
27 common expenses charge related to such service. If less than
28 all members of an association share the expenses of cable
29 television, the expense shall be shared equally by all
30 participating unit owners. The association may use the
31 provisions of s. 718.116 to enforce payment of the shares of
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5 And the title is amended as follows:
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9 amending s. 718.115, F.S.; authorizing
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11 security income or food stamps to discontinue
12 cable television service without fees,
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