CS/HB 337

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to condominiums; amending s. 718.116,
3	F.S.; providing requirements for a notice of delinquency;
4	prohibiting a condominium association from imposing
5	certain penalties for delinquency during a notice period
6	or while an objection made within such notice period and
7	accompanied by proof of payment of certain assessments or
8	charges is unresolved; providing an effective date.
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10	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12	Section 1.  Subsection (11) is added to section 718.116,
13	Florida Statutes, to read:
14	718.116  Assessments; liability; lien and priority;
15	interest; collection.-
16	(11)(a)  A notice of delinquency sent to a unit owner shall
17	provide an overall total of assessments claimed and shall
18	specify each assessment or charge that is claimed by the
19	association, listing for each assessment or charge the date of
20	the assessment or charge, the principal balance owed for the
21	assessment or charge, and affiliated late fees or collection
22	charges.
23	(b)  As to any statute or any provision in the governing
24	documents that creates a restriction or condition upon a unit
25	owner related to delinquency in the payment of moneys owed to
26	the association, no such restriction or condition shall be in
27	effect until 20 days after receipt of the delinquency notice by
28	the unit owner. If the unit owner objects to the amount claimed
29	within the 20-day period and provides proof of payment of the
30	assessments or charges specified in the notice provided in
31	paragraph (a), no restriction or condition shall be enforced
32	until the objection is resolved. For purposes of this paragraph,
33	a "restriction or condition" includes any restriction on running
34	for office, holding office, serving on a committee, leasing the
35	unit, or using common areas.
36	Section 2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2011.

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