The Florida Senate

HB 657: Community Associations

GENERAL BILL by Porras

Community Associations; Removes presuit mediation requirements; requires associations to include specified statement in their governing documents or to hold meeting by date certain to vote to amend governing documents to include such statement; requires that specified arbitrators conduct arbitration proceedings; authorizes HOA's to be terminated; provides requirements for termination of HOA; provides conditions for plan of termination; requires approved plan of termination be submitted to community association court program & recorded in public records of each county in which association is located; provides duties & responsibilities of termination trustee; authorizes member to file petition with community association court program; authorizes community association court program to take certain actions; provides responsibilities of board after approval of plan of termination; provides for distribution of assets & paying of lawful debts after association is terminated; specifies unlawful actions by association or its officers or directors; authorizes circuit court to create & administer community association court program; provides duties of chief judge; provides jurisdiction of community association court program; authorizes community association court program to take certain actions; requires each judicial circuit to submit to Legislature specified report annually by specified date; provides duties of OSCA; provides certain funding come from DBPR appropriation.