Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 822
Ì871556?Î871556
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
02/10/2026 .
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The Committee on Regulated Industries (Bradley) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 25 - 156
4 and insert:
5 revenues of $750,000 or more and consisting of 100 or more units
6 must contract with a community association management firm or a
7 community association manager certified by the Community
8 Association Managers International Certification Board as a
9 Certified Manager of Community Associations or by the Community
10 Associations Institute as an Association Management Specialist
11 or a Professional Community Association Manager. Each board
12 member or officer All board members or officers of an
13 association that contracts with a community association manager
14 or a community association management firm has have a duty to
15 ensure that the community association manager or community
16 association management firm is properly licensed and certified
17 before entering into a contract.
18 Section 2. Subsection (6) is added to section 718.405,
19 Florida Statutes, to read:
20 718.405 Multicondominiums; multicondominium associations.—
21 (6) An association operating a multicondominium with total
22 annual revenues of $750,000 or more and consisting of 100 or
23 more units must contract with a community association management
24 firm or a community association manager certified by the
25 Community Association Managers International Certification Board
26 as a Certified Manager of Community Associations or by the
27 Community Associations Institute as an Association Management
28 Specialist or a Professional Community Association Manager. The
29 community association manager or community association
30 management firm must possess all applicable licenses required by
31 part VIII of chapter 468. Each board member or officer of an
32 association that contracts with a community association manager
33 or a community association management firm has a duty to ensure
34 that the community association manager or community association
35 management firm is properly licensed and certified before
36 entering into a contract.
37 Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
38 719.106, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
39 719.106 Bylaws; cooperative ownership.—
40 (1) MANDATORY PROVISIONS.—The bylaws or other cooperative
41 documents shall provide for the following, and if they do not,
42 they shall be deemed to include the following:
43 (a) Administration.—
44 1. The form of administration of the association shall be
45 described, indicating the titles of the officers and board of
46 administration and specifying the powers, duties, manner of
47 selection and removal, and compensation, if any, of officers and
48 board members. In the absence of such a provision, the board of
49 administration shall be composed of five members, unless the
50 cooperative has five or fewer units. The board shall be composed
51 consist of not fewer than three members in cooperatives with
52 five or fewer units that are not-for-profit corporations. In a
53 residential cooperative association of more than 10 units, co
54 owners of a unit may not serve as members of the board of
55 directors at the same time unless the co-owners own more than
56 one unit or unless there are not enough eligible candidates to
57 fill the vacancies on the board at the time of the vacancy. In
58 the absence of provisions to the contrary, the board of
59 administration shall have a president, a secretary, and a
60 treasurer, who shall perform the duties of those offices
61 customarily performed by officers of corporations. Unless
62 prohibited in the bylaws, the board of administration may
63 appoint other officers and grant them those duties it deems
64 appropriate. Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, the
65 officers shall serve without compensation and at the pleasure of
66 the board. Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, the members
67 of the board shall serve without compensation.
68 2. A person who has been suspended or removed by the
69 division under this chapter, or who is delinquent in the payment
70 of any monetary obligation due to the association, is not
71 eligible to be a candidate for board membership and may not be
72 listed on the ballot. A director or officer charged by
73 information or indictment with a felony theft or embezzlement
74 offense involving the association’s funds or property is
75 suspended from office. The board shall fill the vacancy
76 according to general law until the end of the period of the
77 suspension or the end of the director’s term of office,
78 whichever occurs first. However, if the charges are resolved
79 without a finding of guilt or without acceptance of a plea of
80 guilty or nolo contendere, the director or officer shall be
81 reinstated for any remainder of his or her term of office. A
82 member who has such criminal charges pending may not be
83 appointed or elected to a position as a director or officer. A
84 person who has been convicted of any felony in this state or in
85 any United States District Court, or who has been convicted of
86 any offense in another jurisdiction which would be considered a
87 felony if committed in this state, is not eligible for board
88 membership unless such felon’s civil rights have been restored
89 for at least 5 years as of the date such person seeks election
90 to the board. The validity of an action by the board is not
91 affected if it is later determined that a board member is
92 ineligible for board membership due to having been convicted of
93 a felony.
94 3. When a unit owner files a written inquiry by certified
95 mail with the board of administration, the board shall respond
96 in writing to the unit owner within 30 days of receipt of the
97 inquiry. The board’s response shall either give a substantive
98 response to the inquirer, notify the inquirer that a legal
99 opinion has been requested, or notify the inquirer that advice
100 has been requested from the division. If the board requests
101 advice from the division, the board shall, within 10 days of its
102 receipt of the advice, provide in writing a substantive response
103 to the inquirer. If a legal opinion is requested, the board
104 shall, within 60 days after the receipt of the inquiry, provide
105 in writing a substantive response to the inquirer. The failure
106 to provide a substantive response to the inquirer as provided
107 herein precludes the board from recovering attorney’s fees and
108 costs in any subsequent litigation, administrative proceeding,
109 or arbitration arising out of the inquiry. The association may,
110 through its board of administration, adopt reasonable rules and
111 regulations regarding the frequency and manner of responding to
112 the unit owners’ inquiries, one of which may be that the
113 association is obligated to respond to only one written inquiry
114 per unit in any given 30-day period. In such case, any
115 additional inquiry or inquiries must be responded to in the
116 subsequent 30-day period, or periods, as applicable.
117 4. An association with total annual revenues of $750,000 or
118 more and consisting of 100 or more units must contract with a
119 community association management firm or a community association
120 manager certified by the Community Association Managers
121 International Certification Board as a Certified Manager of
122 Community Associations or by the Community Associations
123 Institute as an Association Management Specialist or a
124 Professional Community Association Manager. The community
125 association manager or community association management firm
126 must possess all applicable licenses required by part VIII of
127 chapter 468.
128 5. Each board member or officer of an association that
129 contracts with a community association manager or a community
130 association management firm has a duty to ensure that the
131 community association manager or community association
132 management firm is properly licensed and certified before
133 entering into a contract.
134 Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 720.303, Florida
135 Statutes, is amended to read:
136 720.303 Association powers and duties; meetings of board;
137 official records; budgets; financial reporting; association
138 funds; recalls.—
139 (1) POWERS AND DUTIES.—An association that operates a
140 community as defined in s. 720.301 must be operated by an
141 association that is a Florida corporation. After October 1,
142 1995, the association must be incorporated and the initial
143 governing documents must be recorded in the official records of
144 the county in which the community is located. An association may
145 operate more than one community. An association with total
146 annual revenues of $750,000 or more and consisting of 100 or
147 more parcels must contract with a community association
148 management firm or a community association manager certified by
149 the Community Association Managers International Certification
150 Board as a Certified Manager of Community Associations or by the
151 Community Associations Institute as an Association Management
152 Specialist or a Professional Community Association Manager. The
153 community association manager or community association firm must
154 possess all applicable licenses required by part VIII of chapter
155 468. The officers and directors of an association are subject to
156 s. 617.0830 and have a fiduciary relationship to the members who
157 are served by the association. Each officer and director of an
158 association that contracts with a community association manager
159 or a community association management firm has a duty to ensure
160 that the community association manager or community association
161 management firm is properly licensed and certified before
162 entering into a contract. The powers
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165 And the title is amended as follows:
166 Delete lines 5 - 11
167 and insert:
168 contract with a community association management firm
169 or a community association manager certified by the
170 Community Association Managers International
171 Certification Board as a Certified Manager of
172 Community Associations or by the Community
173 Associations Institute as an Association Management
174 Specialist or a Professional Community Association
175 Manager; requiring the community association
176 management firm or certified community association
177 manager to possess all applicable licenses; providing
178 that association board members, officers, and
179 directors have a duty to ensure such community
180 association management firm or community association
181 manager is properly licensed; requiring that such
182 community associations managers also be certified;
183 providing an effective date.