b'Condominium DatabasesHB 329 provisionsthatrequirecertainlocalgovernmentCAI-FLAisanalyzing thisbillthatdirectsthe measurestoexpirewithinspecifiedtimeperiodDivisionofFloridaCondominiums,Timeshares unless extended or renewedand Mobile Homes to create, maintain and updatepublicly accessible internet database of condomini- Construction Defect Claimsum and homeowners associations in state by speci- CAI-FLAopposes thisbillinitscurrentformfied date; requires certain information to be includ- revising the limitations period for certain actionsedindatabase;requireslegislativeappropriation founded on the design, planning, or constructionfrom Division of FL Condominiums, Timeshares ofanimprovementonrealproperty;requiringa& Mobile Homes Trust Fund to create, operate and claimanttoincludethereasonsforrejectinganmaintain database. offer in a notice rejecting a settlement offer to rem-edyaconstructiondefect;requiringthecourttoResidential Associations EducationSB 394 stay an action if a claimant initiates an action with-CAI-FLA is analyzing this bill revising certifica- out first accepting or rejecting a supplemental offer;tion and education requirements for board directors requiring a court to appoint an expert to examineof residential condominium associations, coopera- certain alleged construction defects and to preparetive associations, and homeowners associations. anexaminationreport,undercertaincircum-stances; requiring a claimant to repair a construc-Champlain Towers First Responders/Search and tion defect if the claimant receives compensationRescue ResolutionSR 570 foranallegedconstructiondefectfromspecifiedCAI-FLAsupports thisbillexpressinggratitude persons, etc.from the FL Senate to the valiant men and womenof the urban search and rescue teams who worked Click heretirelessly in the search for and recovery of the vic- (https://www.caionline.org/Advocacy/Resources/Patims of the Champlain Towers Condominium col- ges/Legislative-Tracking.aspx)forcurrentlegisla-lapse. tion being tracked and addressed by CAIs FloridaLegislative Alliance.ResidentialHomeProtection/Tree TrimmingSB518CAI-FLAisanalyzingandmonitoring About the Community Associationthisbillrevisingconditionsunderwhichalocal Housing Modelgovernment may not require a notice, application, Whilecommunityassociationscomeinmanyapproval permit, fee, or mitigation for the pruning, formsandsizes,allassociationssharethreebasictrimmingorremovalofatreeonaresidential characteristics: (1) membership in the association isproperty;specifyingwhenatreepossessesan mandatory and automatic for all property owners;unacceptable risk, etc. (2)certainlegaldocumentsbindallownerstodefined land-use requirements administered by theCitizens Insurance Take Out/DePop programcommunity association; and (3) all property ownersSB186CAI-FLAsupports thisbillrevisingthe paymandatorylien-basedassessmentsthatfundmethod for determining the amounts of potential association operations.surcharges to be levied against policyholders undercertaincircumstances;providingthateligible Thecommunityassociationhousingmodelissurplus lines insurers may participate, in the same actively supported by local government as it permitsmanner and on the same terms as an authorized thetransferofmanymunicipalcoststothe insurer, in depopulation, take-out or keep-out pro- ssociationandhomeowners.Today,manygramsrelatingtopoliciesremovedfromCitizens community associations deliver services that oncePropertyInsuranceCorporation;specifyingthat were the exclusive province of local government.only the corporations transfer of a policy file to aninsurer,asopposedtothetransferofanyfile, Community associations are governed by a board ofchanges the files public records status, etc. directorsortrusteeselectedbytheirmembers.ThisboardguidestheassociationinprovidingRent Control/Local GovtHB 6017/SB 580 governanceandothercriticalservicesfortheCAI-FLAisanalyzing thesebillsdeleting community usually funded by property taxes. !Winter 2021 Suncoast Review - 17'