June 2010

It appears that, effective July 1, 2010, members and employees of condominium associations and mandatory homeowners’ associations in Florida will be entitled to some additional privacy protections thanks to Senate Bill 1196

The Florida legislature, through Senate Bill 1196, has revised Florida Statute Sections 718.111(12) and 720.303(5) to provide that the following records–in addition

I’m posting links for my blog readers to two articles from last Sunday’s Sarasota Herald -Tribune and a story that was summarized in a recent edition of the Florida Manufactured Housing Association’s newsletter.

  • The first article from the Herald-Tribune focuses on the tragic consequences of an accident involving a golf cart.  I’ve covered this

Governor Crist signed Senate Bill 1196 into law last week and I’ll be posting several entries about the amendments to Florida’s statutes affecting condominiums, cooperatives, and mandatory homeowners’ associations in the coming weeks. 

I’d like to first mention a provision in Senate Bill 1196 that corrects a "glitch" in the statutes governing cooperative associations.

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