| 1 | Representative Robaina offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 4 | Between lines 731 and 732, insert: |
| 5 | (13) BORROWING.--The borrowing of funds or committing to a |
| 6 | line of credit by the board of administration shall be |
| 7 | considered a special assessment, and any meeting of the board of |
| 8 | administration to discuss such matters shall be noticed as |
| 9 | provided in paragraph (2)(c). The board shall not have the |
| 10 | authority to enter into a line of credit or borrow funds for any |
| 11 | purpose unless the specific use of the funds from the line of |
| 12 | credit or loan is set forth in the notice of meeting with the |
| 13 | same specificity as required for a special assessment or unless |
| 14 | the borrowing or line of credit has received the prior approval |
| 15 | of not less than two-thirds of the voting interests of the |
| 16 | association. |
| 17 | (14) TRANSFER FEES.--No charge may be made by the |
| 18 | association or anybody thereof in connection with the sale, |
| 19 | mortgage, lease, sublease, or other transfer of a parcel. |
| 20 | Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit an |
| 21 | association from requiring as a condition to permitting the |
| 22 | letting or renting of a parcel, when the association has such |
| 23 | authority in the documents, the depositing into an escrow |
| 24 | account maintained by the association a security deposit in an |
| 25 | amount not to exceed the equivalent of one month's rent. The |
| 26 | security deposit shall protect against damages to the common |
| 27 | areas or association property. Within 15 days after a tenant |
| 28 | vacates the premises, the association shall refund the full |
| 29 | security deposit or give written notice to the tenant of any |
| 30 | claim made against the security. Disputes under this subsection |
| 31 | shall be handled in the same fashion as disputes concerning |
| 32 | security deposits under s. 83.49. |
| 33 | Section 6. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section |
| 34 | 720.304, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 35 | 720.304 Right of owners to peaceably assemble; display of |
| 36 | flag; SLAPP suits prohibited.-- |
| 37 | (2)(a) Any homeowner may display within the boundaries of |
| 38 | the homeowner's parcel one portable, removable United States |
| 39 | flag or official flag of the State of Florida in a respectful |
| 40 | manner, and one portable, removable official flag, in a |
| 41 | respectful way and, on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, |
| 42 | Independence Day, and Veterans' Day, may display in a respectful |
| 43 | way portable, removable official flags manner, not larger than 4 |
| 44 | 1/2 feet by 6 feet, that represent which represents the United |
| 45 | States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, or a |
| 46 | POW-MIA flag, regardless of any declaration covenants, |
| 47 | restrictions, bylaws, rules, or requirements dealing with flags |
| 48 | or decorations of the association. |
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| 51 | D I R E C T O R Y A M E N D M E N T |
| 52 | Remove lines 492-493 and insert: |
| 53 | section 720.303, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsections |
| 54 | (12), (13), and (14) are added to that section, to read: |
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| 57 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 58 | Between lines 28 and 29, insert: |
| 59 | providing requirements for the borrowing of funds or committing |
| 60 | to a line of credit by the board; providing requirements |
| 61 | relating to transfer fees; amending s. 720.304, F.S.; revising |
| 62 | requirements with respect to the display of flags; |