Florida Senate - 2026                                     SB 908
       
       
        
       By Senator Garcia
       
       
       
       
       
       36-01563-26                                            2026908__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fees; amending s. 720.3025, F.S.;
    3         requiring each homeowners’ association that operates
    4         more than two parcels to pay to the Division of
    5         Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes an
    6         annual fee for each residential parcel operated by the
    7         association; requiring that the association be
    8         assessed a specified penalty of the amount due if the
    9         fee is not paid by a specified date; providing that,
   10         until the amount due, plus any penalty, is paid, an
   11         association is deemed delinquent and does not have
   12         standing to maintain or defend any action in the
   13         courts of this state; requiring that all fees the
   14         division collects be deposited in the Division of
   15         Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes
   16         Trust Fund; providing a contingent effective date.
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   18  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   20         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 720.3025, Florida
   21  Statutes, as created by SB 906 , 2026 Regular Session, is
   22  amended to read:
   23         720.3025 Authority, responsibility, and duties of Division
   24  of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes.—
   25         (2)(a) On the certification form provided by the division,
   26  the directors of the association shall certify that each
   27  director of the association has completed the written
   28  certification and educational certificate requirements in s.
   29  720.3033(1). This certification requirement does not apply to
   30  the directors of an association governing a timeshare property.
   31         (b) Each homeowners’ association shall create and maintain
   32  an online account with the division, as required in subsection
   33  (3).
   34         (c) Each homeowners’ association that operates more than
   35  two parcels must pay to the division an annual fee in the amount
   36  of $4 for each residential parcel operated by the association.
   37  If the fee is not paid by March 1, the association will be
   38  assessed a penalty of 10 percent of the amount due, and, until
   39  the amount due, plus any penalty, is paid, the association is
   40  deemed delinquent and does not have standing to maintain or
   41  defend any action in the courts of this state.
   42         (d) All fees the division collects must be deposited in the
   43  Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes
   44  Trust Fund as provided by law.
   45         Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date that
   46  SB 906 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
   47  is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
   48  thereof and becomes a law.