H0657 — Community Associations

Provides requirements for terminating dissolved HOA governing documents; provides requirements relating to easements of dissolved HOA; provides retroactive applicability; requires condominium & homeowners' associations to include specified statement in their governing documents or to hold meeting by date certain to vote to amend governing documents to include such statement; revises provisions relating to official records, electronic ballots, turnover inspection reports, & roofs; provides disclosure requirements for conflicts of interest; removes presuit mediation requirements; requires that specified arbitrators conduct arbitration proceedings; authorizes HOA's to be terminated; provides requirements for termination of HOA; provides duties & responsibilities of HOA board, & termination trustee; provides for distribution of HOA assets & paying lawful debts after termination; authorizes circuit court to create & administer community association court program; provides duties of chief judge; provides jurisdiction of community association court program; authorizes community association court program to take certain actions; requires each judicial circuit to submit to Legislature specified report annually by specified date; provides duties of OSCA; provides for funding & additional judges.

Commerce Committee (Rep), House Budget Committee (Rep), Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (Rep), Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee (Rep), Juan Porras (Rep, R, HD-119), Jose Alvarez (Rep, D, HD-046), Webster Barnaby (Rep, R, HD-029), William Conerly (Rep, R, HD-072), Kimberly Daniels (Rep, D, HD-014), Jervonte Edmonds (Rep, D, HD-088), Peggy Gossett-Seidman (Rep, R, HD-091), Chad Johnson (Rep, R, HD-022), Jim Mooney (Rep, R, HD-120), Michelle Salzman (Rep, R, HD-001), Paula Stark (Rep, R, HD-047), Susan Valdes (Rep, R, HD-064)