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SB 556: Hurricane Protection for Condominium Associations

GENERAL BILL by Hooper

Hurricane Protection for Condominium Associations; Defining the term “hurricane protection”; requiring declarations to specify the entity responsible for the installation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of hurricane protection; authorizing, rather than requiring, certain hurricane protection specifications; authorizing the boards of residential and mixed-use condominiums to install or require the unit owners to install hurricane protection; prohibiting the boards of residential and mixed-use condominiums from refusing to approve certain hurricane protections; specifying when the cost of installation of hurricane protection is not a common expense, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2023
 Last Action: 5/5/2023 Senate - Died in Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Regulated Industries (RI)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/7/2023 Senate • Filed
    2/16/2023 Senate • Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules
    3/7/2023 Senate • Introduced
    3/9/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/14/23, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Building
    3/14/2023 Senate • Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
    3/15/2023 Senate • Now in Community Affairs
    3/24/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/29/23, 8:30 am, 401 Senate Building
    3/29/2023 Senate • Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
    • Now in Rules
    5/5/2023 Senate • Died in Rules

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  • SB 556, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/7/2023 at 2:04 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Regulated Industries (Pre-Meeting) 3/13/2023 (pdf)
    Regulated Industries (Post-Meeting) 3/15/2023 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/27/2023 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 3/29/2023 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 395 Hurricane Protection for Condominium Associations Tuck Similar Last Action: 5/5/2023 H Died in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    3/14/2023 4:00 PM Regulated Industries 9 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/29/2023 8:30 AM Community Affairs 7 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    718.103 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    718.104 Creation of condominiums; contents of declaration. Page 3 (pdf)
    718.113 Maintenance; limitation upon improvement; display of flag; hurricane shutters and protection; display of religious decorations. Page 3 (pdf)
    718.115 Common expenses and common surplus. Page 7 (pdf)

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