| 1 | Representative Robaina offered the following: |
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| 3 | Substitute Amendment for Amendment (473339) (with directory |
| 4 | and title amendments) |
| 5 | Between lines 75 and 76, insert: |
| 6 | (c) Board of administration meetings.--Meetings of the |
| 7 | board of administration at which a quorum of the members is |
| 8 | present shall be open to all unit owners. Any unit owner may |
| 9 | tape record or videotape meetings of the board of |
| 10 | administration. The right to attend such meetings includes the |
| 11 | right to speak at such meetings with reference to all designated |
| 12 | agenda items. The division shall adopt reasonable rules |
| 13 | governing the tape recording and videotaping of the meeting. The |
| 14 | association may adopt written reasonable rules governing the |
| 15 | frequency, duration, and manner of unit owner statements. |
| 16 | Adequate notice of all meetings, which notice shall specifically |
| 17 | incorporate an identification of agenda items, shall be posted |
| 18 | conspicuously on the condominium property at least 48 continuous |
| 19 | hours preceding the meeting except in an emergency. If 20 |
| 20 | percent of the voting interests petition the board to address an |
| 21 | item of business, the board shall at its next regular board |
| 22 | meeting or at a special meeting of the board, but not later than |
| 23 | 60 days after the receipt of the petition, place the item on the |
| 24 | agenda. Any item not included on the notice may be taken up on |
| 25 | an emergency basis by at least a majority plus one of the |
| 26 | members of the board. Such emergency action shall be noticed and |
| 27 | ratified at the next regular meeting of the board. However, |
| 28 | written notice of any meeting at which nonemergency special |
| 29 | assessments, or at which amendment to rules regarding unit use, |
| 30 | will be considered shall be mailed, delivered, or electronically |
| 31 | transmitted to the unit owners and posted conspicuously on the |
| 32 | condominium property not less than 14 days prior to the meeting. |
| 33 | Evidence of compliance with this 14-day notice shall be made by |
| 34 | an affidavit executed by the person providing the notice and |
| 35 | filed among the official records of the association. Upon notice |
| 36 | to the unit owners, the board shall by duly adopted rule |
| 37 | designate a specific location on the condominium property or |
| 38 | association property upon which all notices of board meetings |
| 39 | shall be posted. If there is no condominium property or |
| 40 | association property upon which notices can be posted, notices |
| 41 | of board meetings shall be mailed, delivered, or electronically |
| 42 | transmitted at least 14 days before the meeting to the owner of |
| 43 | each unit. In lieu of or in addition to the physical posting of |
| 44 | notice of any meeting of the board of administration on the |
| 45 | condominium property, the association may, by reasonable rule, |
| 46 | adopt a procedure for conspicuously posting and repeatedly |
| 47 | broadcasting the notice and the agenda on a closed-circuit cable |
| 48 | television system serving the condominium association. However, |
| 49 | if broadcast notice is used in lieu of a notice posted |
| 50 | physically on the condominium property, the notice and agenda |
| 51 | must be broadcast at least four times every broadcast hour of |
| 52 | each day that a posted notice is otherwise required under this |
| 53 | section. When broadcast notice is provided, the notice and |
| 54 | agenda must be broadcast in a manner and for a sufficient |
| 55 | continuous length of time so as to allow an average reader to |
| 56 | observe the notice and read and comprehend the entire content of |
| 57 | the notice and the agenda. Notice of any meeting in which |
| 58 | regular or special assessments against unit owners are to be |
| 59 | considered for any reason shall specifically state that |
| 60 | assessments will be considered and the nature of, actual amount |
| 61 | of any bids or proposals for estimated cost, and description of |
| 62 | the purposes for such assessments. Meetings of a committee to |
| 63 | take final action on behalf of the board or make recommendations |
| 64 | to the board regarding the association budget are subject to the |
| 65 | provisions of this paragraph. Meetings of a committee that does |
| 66 | not take final action on behalf of the board or make |
| 67 | recommendations to the board regarding the association budget |
| 68 | are subject to the provisions of this section, unless those |
| 69 | meetings are exempted from this section by the bylaws of the |
| 70 | association. Notwithstanding any other law, the requirement that |
| 71 | board meetings and committee meetings be open to the unit owners |
| 72 | is inapplicable to meetings between the board or a committee and |
| 73 | the association's attorney, with respect to proposed or pending |
| 74 | litigation, when the meeting is held for the purpose of seeking |
| 75 | or rendering legal advice. |
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| 78 | D I R E C T O R Y A M E N D M E N T |
| 79 | Remove lines 70-71 and insert: |
| 80 | Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (2) of |
| 81 | section 718.112, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
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| 85 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 86 | Remove line 3 and insert: |
| 87 | 718.112, F.S.; revising notice requirements for board of |
| 88 | administration meetings; requiring each newly elected director |
| 89 | to |