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March 31, 2008
Legislative Idiocy - Continued
Julio Robaino, legislator and main advocate for changing Florida's community association laws, proposed some major legislation, that, if enacted, will probably make being a board member for a Florida condo, co-op or HOA, not worth the effort or risk. Let's take a look at what he's proposed:
- Creates civil and criminal sanctions against any officer, director or association manager that knowingly or intentionally defaces, destroys or fails to create or maintain accounting records
- Prohibits staggered terms for board members (lets not have any experience or historical memory, let's just start over every year.)
- Requires condos to allow storm shutters to be left up year round ( who cares what that they make the building look horrible, we don't want to incovenience those snowbirds who are paying all the property taxes)
- allows the Florida Condo Division to remove board members from office and prohibit some owners from even running for the board (can we get this so that they can remove other elected officials, say legislators)
- Requires the free expression of religion on the condominium premises (without defining what that is - so we can have that goat sacrifice out by the pool - this should lead to some great arguments)
And thats just the start - the language will change from day-to-day. And the advocates who say they're just trying to get some rights for owners, and not to destroy associations, continue on their destructive path.
Colorado and Connecticut are working to allow clotheslines without regard to where they're hung or what they look like - something sure to help with re-sale values in this wonderful market.
I'm sure there will be more.
Posted by joewest at March 31, 2008 9:35 AM
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