Florida Senate - 2019                                    SB 1382
       
       
        
       By Senator Gibson
       
       
       
       
       
       6-01078B-19                                           20191382__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to quorum requirements for homeowners’
    3         associations; amending s. 720.306, F.S.; revising the
    4         quorum requirements for meetings of homeowners’
    5         associations; providing an effective date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
   10  720.306, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   11         720.306 Meetings of members; voting and election
   12  procedures; amendments.—
   13         (1) QUORUM; AMENDMENTS.—
   14         (a)1. Unless a lower number is provided in the bylaws, the
   15  percentage of voting interests required to constitute a quorum
   16  at a meeting of the members is shall be 30 percent of the total
   17  number of parcel owners who meet all of the following criteria:
   18         a. The parcel owner must reside in the community;
   19         b. The parcel owner’s property must be the parcel owner’s
   20  homestead; and
   21         c. The parcel owner may not have unpaid assessments voting
   22  interests.
   23         2. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or in the
   24  articles of incorporation or bylaws, decisions that require a
   25  vote of the members must be made by the concurrence of at least
   26  a majority of the voting interests present, in person or by
   27  proxy, at a meeting at which a quorum has been attained.
   28         3. A meeting of the members must be held at a location that
   29  is accessible to a physically handicapped person if requested by
   30  a physically handicapped person who has a right to attend the
   31  meeting.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.