1 | Representative Robaina offered the following: |
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3 | Substitute Amendment for Amendment (788877) (with title |
4 | amendment) |
5 | Between lines 1528 and 1529, insert: |
6 | Section 10. Section 720.314, Florida Statutes, is created |
7 | to read: |
8 | 720.314 Parcel owner informational complaint.-- |
9 | (1) Any parcel owner may file an informational complaint |
10 | to report alleged failures by the homeowners' association or |
11 | officers or directors of the association to comply with the |
12 | provisions of this chapter. The informational complaint shall be |
13 | in writing and signed by the complainant, and the accuracy of |
14 | the facts alleged shall be sworn to before a notary public. |
15 | Properly filed informational complaints shall be used for |
16 | analysis and recommendations to the Legislature for changes to |
17 | this chapter. |
18 | (2) The informational complaint shall be in the format |
19 | provided in subsection (3) and shall be filed with the Office of |
20 | Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability. If the |
21 | form does not comply with the requirements provided in |
22 | subsection (3), it shall be returned to the complainant as not |
23 | in compliance with the requirements of this section and shall |
24 | not be considered by the Office of Program Policy Analysis and |
25 | Government Accountability for any purpose. |
26 | (3) The informational complaint shall be in substantially |
27 | the following form: |
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29 | PARCEL OWNER COMPLAINT |
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31 | NAME OF COMPLAINANT: |
32 | ADDRESS OF COMPLAINANT: |
33 | NAME OF ASSOCIATION: |
34 | ADDRESS OF ASSOCIATION: |
35 | STATUTE NOT COMPLIED WITH: |
36 | NAME OF OFFICER: |
37 | NAME OF DIRECTOR: |
38 | FACTS SUPPORTING VIOLATION (50 words or less): |
39 | ________ |
40 | Signature of Complainant |
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42 | SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED TO THIS _____ DAY OF ______, 20__ |
43 | ________ |
44 | Notary Public |
45 | Section 11. The Office of Program Policy Analysis and |
46 | Government Accountability shall conduct a study to evaluate |
47 | whether the state should regulate homeowners' associations in a |
48 | manner similar to the regulation of condominiums and |
49 | cooperatives. The study's scope shall include, but need not be |
50 | limited to, estimating the number of homeowners' associations |
51 | and the number of homes that are members of a homeowners' |
52 | association. The office shall submit its report to the President |
53 | of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by |
54 | January 1, 2010. |
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57 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
58 | Remove line 65 and insert: |
59 | agreements and arbitration awards; creating s. 720.314, F.S.; |
60 | providing for parcel owners to file informational complaints |
61 | regarding homeowners' associations and their officers and |
62 | directors with the Office of Program Policy Analysis and |
63 | Government Accountability; providing for an informational |
64 | complaint form and the format of such form; requiring a study by |
65 | the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government |
66 | Accountability for specified purposes; requiring a report to the |
67 | Legislature by a specified date; providing an effective |