Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 154
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/22/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Bradley) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 1381 - 1384
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 18. Paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section
    6  718.501, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
    7         718.501 Authority, responsibility, and duties of Division
    8  of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes.—
    9         (1) The division may enforce and ensure compliance with
   10  this chapter and rules relating to the development,
   11  construction, sale, lease, ownership, operation, and management
   12  of residential condominium units and complaints related to the
   13  procedural completion of milestone inspections under s. 553.899.
   14  In performing its duties, the division has complete jurisdiction
   15  to investigate complaints and enforce compliance with respect to
   16  associations that are still under developer control or the
   17  control of a bulk assignee or bulk buyer pursuant to part VII of
   18  this chapter and complaints against developers, bulk assignees,
   19  or bulk buyers involving improper turnover or failure to
   20  turnover, pursuant to s. 718.301. However, after turnover has
   21  occurred, the division has jurisdiction to investigate
   22  complaints related only to financial issues, elections, and the
   23  maintenance of and unit owner access to association records
   24  under s. 718.111(12), and the procedural completion of
   25  structural integrity reserve studies under s. 718.112(2)(g).
   26         (f) The division may adopt rules to administer and enforce
   27  this chapter.
   28         Section 19. Paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section
   29  719.501, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
   30         719.501 Powers and duties of Division of Florida
   31  Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes.—
   32         (1) The Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and
   33  Mobile Homes of the Department of Business and Professional
   34  Regulation, referred to as the “division” in this part, in
   35  addition to other powers and duties prescribed by chapter 718,
   36  has the power to enforce and ensure compliance with this chapter
   37  and adopted rules relating to the development, construction,
   38  sale, lease, ownership, operation, and management of residential
   39  cooperative units; complaints related to the procedural
   40  completion of the structural integrity reserve studies under s.
   41  719.106(1)(k); and complaints related to the procedural
   42  completion of milestone inspections under s. 553.899. In
   43  performing its duties, the division shall have the following
   44  powers and duties:
   45         (f) The division has authority to adopt rules pursuant to
   46  ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement and enforce the
   47  provisions of this chapter.
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   49  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   50  And the title is amended as follows:
   51         Delete lines 81 - 84
   52  and insert:
   53         718.1255, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting ss.
   54         718.501(1)(f) and 719.501(1)(f), F.S., relating to the
   55         rulemaking authority of the Division of Florida
   56         Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the
   57         Department of Business and Professional Regulation;
   58         providing