Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1172
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/26/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Latvala) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (363030) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 314 and 315
    5  insert:
    6         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 718.1255, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         718.1255 Alternative dispute resolution; voluntary
    9  mediation; mandatory nonbinding arbitration; legislative
   10  findings.—
   11         (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term
   12  “dispute” means any disagreement between two or more parties
   13  that involves:
   14         (a) The authority of the board of directors, under this
   15  chapter or association document to:
   16         1. Require any owner to take any action, or not to take any
   17  action, involving that owner’s unit or the appurtenances
   18  thereto.
   19         2. Alter or add to a common area or element.
   20         (b) The failure of a governing body, when required by this
   21  chapter or an association document, to:
   22         1. Properly conduct elections.
   23         2. Give adequate notice of meetings or other actions.
   24         3. Properly conduct meetings.
   25         4. Allow inspection of books and records.
   26         (c) A plan of termination pursuant to s. 718.117.
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   28  “Dispute” does not include any disagreement that primarily
   29  involves: title to any unit or common element; the
   30  interpretation or enforcement of any warranty; the levy of a fee
   31  or assessment, or the collection of an assessment levied against
   32  a party; the eviction or other removal of a tenant from a unit;
   33  alleged breaches of fiduciary duty by one or more directors; or
   34  claims for damages to a unit based upon the alleged failure of
   35  the association to maintain the common elements or condominium
   36  property.
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   39  And the title is amended as follows:
   40         Delete line 335
   41  and insert:
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