I was invited by our manager Bill to attend a seminar Aug. 20th where some of the changes in the State laws that affect condominium and homeowner associations were discussed. The first speaker was Mary-Frances Katona who is an Investigative Supervisor for the State of Florida DBPR and the other two speakers were attorneys from the local law firm Porges, Hamlin, Knowles & Prouty, PA. The speakers answered questions concerning enforcement issues.
One of the interesting things that we learned was that we’ll no longer be able to include the phone numbers of owners in our Resident Directory. Since the new law did not take effect until this past July 1St we are ok with the latest directory, however future directories will not include phone numbers. We’ll have to decide as an association how to stay in touch while following appropriate rules/laws.
Withholding amenities from owners who are behind on their association fees is a sticky issue and the attorneys suggested that this should be discussed with our association attorney regarding proper procedures. Consider this added to our To-Do-List.
Bill will, in his capacity as manager; continue to keep the association and board informed of important issues as will the attorney in his capacity as counsel.
Bob McDevitt
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