Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 942
       
       
        
       By Senator Rodriguez
       
       
       
       
       
       40-00795A-24                                           2024942__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a homeowners’ associations
    3         database; creating s. 720.319, F.S.; requiring the
    4         Department of Business and Professional Regulation to
    5         establish a searchable database by a specified date
    6         which contains specified information regarding each
    7         homeowners’ association in the state; requiring a
    8         homeowners’ association to notify the department of
    9         any changes to the information listed in the database;
   10         providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 720.319, Florida Statutes, is created to
   15  read:
   16         720.319 Database for homeowners’ association information.—
   17         (1) By July 1, 2025, the department shall establish a
   18  searchable database that contains information regarding each
   19  association operating within the state. The database must be
   20  accessible on the association’s webpage. The database must allow
   21  a user to search the name by which a community is identified to
   22  find the association that governs such community. At a minimum,
   23  the database must include all of the following information for
   24  each association:
   25         (a) The names, e-mail addresses, and other contact
   26  information of the officers and directors of the association.
   27         (b) An indication that the association is self-managed, or,
   28  if not, the contact information for the person licensed under
   29  part VIII of chapter 468 who is responsible for the management
   30  of the association.
   31         (c) A copy of the association’s governing documents,
   32  including, but not limited to, declarations, bylaws, rules, and
   33  any amendments thereto.
   34         (d) A copy of the association’s most recently adopted
   35  annual budget, in a uniform format, which includes the amount
   36  and purpose of any monthly assessments and any current or
   37  pending special assessments levied by the association.
   38         (e) A copy of any studies regarding funds in reserve
   39  accounts held by the association or any reports regarding the
   40  physical inspection, including any engineering studies, of
   41  properties maintained by the association.
   42         (2) An association must notify the department of any
   43  changes to the information listed in the database within 30 days
   44  after such changes take effect.
   45         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.