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Several managers of resident owned communities have asked me to discuss the recent Florida Supreme Court opinion concerning certain activities performed by non-lawyer CAMs.
The Court was asked whether these activities, if performed by a non-lawyer community association manager, would constitute the "unlicensed practice of law". On May 14, 2015, the Court…
Effective July 1, 2015, voting and the conduct of elections in resident owned communities in Florida may be done electronically. There are numerous conditions that must be met before a unit owner can vote electronically–not the least of which is that the unit or parcel owner must consent to that electronic voting.
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I wanted to share two recent news stories and discuss a question raised in an email sent to my blog over the weekend.
It’s always nice to read good things about the members of our ROC family and the efforts of some of the residents at Country Club Estates in Venice to encourage the display…
A much needed update to Florida’s laws governing service animals was signed into law yesterday (June 11, 2015).
Here’s the link to the full text of House Bill 71 that shows the numerous revisions to Florida Statute Section 413.08.
It appears that Florida’s lawmakers are taking some positive steps to combat what I’ve referred to…
Florida’s lawmakers "tweaked" the provisions relating to ROC "fining committees" during the recent legislative session in Tallahassee. In summary, condominium associations, cooperative associations, and mandatory homeowners’ associations now follow a similar process:
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Welcome to 2015 and my best wishes to all of my blog’s followers for a very happy and healthy new year.
2014 was an extremely busy year and I was unable to post entries here as often as in previous years. I’m hereby resolving to do better in 2015.
We’ll start 2015 with a reminder…
Florida’s Governor has signed into law Senate Bill 807 which contains very important changes to the laws governing resident owned communities. I’ll discuss many of those in future entries to this blog but since we’re now into hurricane season, I thought I’d first highlight the creation of Florida Statute Sections 719.128 and 720.316…
Now that Memorial Day is behind us, and many of our "snowbirds" have returned to their northern homes, my blog followers who are managers or board members in resident owned manufactured housing cooperatives can turn their attention to subsections (5) and (6) Florida Statute Section 719.1055.
When I last checked, none of the manufactured…
There’s a great opportunity for managers and board members of resident owned communities scheduled for Wednesday, April 16, at the Venice Community Center. It’s the 4th Annual Community Association Festival, complete with free breakfast and lunch, prizes, food, steel drums, lots of Hawaiian shirts (wear one if you’re attending) and informative and…
I’m posting a link for tomorrow’s Community Association Day scheduled at the Bradenton Area Convention Center. CA Day is always a very well attended event with tremendous opportunities for ROC Board Members to learn, network, and have fun. Admission is free but if you have a chance to rsvp for the event please do…