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SB 996: Community Associations

GENERAL BILL by Garcia ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Hutson

Community Associations; Specifying requirements for the contents, delivery, and posting of certain association notices; providing that certain associations have the right to seek judicial review, appeal decisions, and represent unit or parcel owners in certain proceedings; providing and revising the parties considered as the defendants in a tax suit; providing unit or parcel owners’ options for defending a tax suit; providing that a condominium association may take certain actions relating to a challenge to ad valorem taxes in its own name or on behalf of unit owners, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
 Last Action: 4/26/2021 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 649 (Ch. 2021-209) -SJ 686
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Regulated Industries (RI)
  2. Finance and Tax (FT)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/2/2021 Senate • Filed
    2/10/2021 Senate • Referred to Regulated Industries; Finance and Tax; Appropriations -SJ 107
    2/22/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/01/21, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    3/1/2021 Senate • Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 176
    3/2/2021 Senate • Introduced -SJ 107
    • Now in Finance and Tax
    3/15/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 03/18/21, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
    3/18/2021 Senate • Favorable by Finance and Tax; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 282
    3/19/2021 Senate • Now in Appropriations
    4/21/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/21/21, 4:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
    • Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 -SJ 642
    4/22/2021 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/21 -SJ 720
    4/26/2021 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 686
    • Substituted CS/HB 649 -SJ 686
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 649 (Ch. 2021-209) -SJ 686

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  • SB 996, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/2/2021 at 8:34 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Regulated Industries (Pre-Meeting) 2/26/2021 (pdf)
    Regulated Industries (Post-Meeting) 3/2/2021 (pdf)
    Finance and Tax (Pre-Meeting) 3/16/2021 (pdf)
    Finance and Tax (Post-Meeting) 3/18/2021 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 4/21/2021 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 4/22/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 649 (er) Petition for Objection to Assessment Civil Justice and Property Rights Subcommittee Identical Last Action: 7/6/2021 Chapter No. 2021-209 Track This Bill
    S 1998 Condominium Associations Pizzo Compare Last Action: 4/30/2021 S Died in Regulated Industries, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 649 (Ch. 2021-209), CS/CS/SB 630 (Ch. 2021-99) Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    3/1/2021 4:00 PM Regulated Industries 9 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/18/2021 9:00 AM Finance and Tax 8 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/21/2021 4:30 PM Appropriations 19 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    194.011 Assessment notice; objections to assessments. Page 2 (pdf)
    194.181 Parties to a tax suit. Page 4 (pdf)
    718.111 The association. Page 6 (pdf)

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