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By Jan Bergemann
President, Cyber Citizens For Justice, Inc.
Published
October 1, 2013
Today
is the day to start to register your HOA -- if you are the community
association manager or a board member of a self-managed HOA. House
Bill 7119 created the provision that requires all HOAs to
register on the website created by the DBPR:
http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/hoa.html
This
is the wording of FS720.303(13):
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(13)
REPORTING REQUIREMENT. -- The community association
manager or management firm, or the association when there is no
community association manager or management firm, shall report to
the division by November 22, 2013, in a manner and form prescribed
by the division.
(a) The report shall include the association’s:
1. Legal name.
2. Federal employer identification number.
3. Mailing and physical addresses.
4. Total number of parcels.
5. Total amount of revenues and expenses from the association’s
annual budget.
(b) For associations in which control of the association has not
been transitioned to nondeveloper members, as set forth in s.
720.307, the report shall also include the developer’s:
1. Legal name.
2. Mailing address.
3. Total number of parcels owned on the date of reporting.
(c) The reporting requirement provided in this subsection shall be
a continuing obligation on each association until the required
information is reported to the division.
(d) By October 1, 2013, the department shall establish and
implement a registration system through an Internet website that
provides for the reporting requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b).
(e) The department shall prepare an annual report of the data
reported pursuant to this subsection and present it to the
Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives by December 1, 2013, and each year
thereafter.
(f) The division shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and
120.54 to implement the provisions of this subsection.
(g) This subsection shall expire on July 1, 2016, unless reenacted
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The
website is easy to use -- tutorials supplied. The information needed to
supply with registration is easily available in your HOA records and your
latest Annual Business Report.
So,
let's see how many folks are willing to follow the laws. And since it is a
provision of FS 720 CAMs should really pay attention. The same bill that
created the registration requirements for HOAs created this provision in FS
468.436(2) Disciplinary proceedings:
7.
Violating any provision of chapter 718, chapter 719, or chapter 720 during
the course of performing community association management services
pursuant to a contract with a community association as defined in s.
468.431(1).
HOA
BOARD CERTIFICATION SEMINARS
The
same bill created as well the requirement for newly elected board members to
certify in writing to the secretary of the association that he or she has
read the association’s declaration of covenants, articles of
incorporation, bylaws, and current written rules and policies or provide
the secretary with an educational certificate stating that the board
member has satisfactorily completed an educational curriculum administered
by a division-approved education provider [FS
720.3033(1)].
These
are the magic words: An
educational curriculum administered by a division-approved education
provider. It seems that quite a lot of folks advertise these
seminars -- without being DIVISION-APPROVED.
Other
"providers" seem to think that they are automatically approved
since they were approved for the Condo Board Certification Educational
Curriculums. NOT
SO!
This
is the latest list of Division Approved Education Curriculums -- according
to the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile
Homes:
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Title of Course: |
CONDO
CRAZE
& HOA'S |
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Course Location: |
Various
locations all over the State. Please click on this banner to see
location and register for the seminars:
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Course Sponsor: |
Law Firm of Glazer & Associates, P.A. |
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Cost of Attendance: |
No Fee |
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Website: |
http://www.condo-laws.com/ |
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Title of
Course: |
Certainly
Certifiable Board Member Certification Course |
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Course
Location: |
Various in
Central and Northeast Florida |
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Course
Sponsor: |
South
Milhausen, P.A. (Attorneys John Christensen or Marlene Kirtland) |
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Cost of
Attendance: |
No Fee |
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Website:
Contact
Info: |
www.southmilhausen.com
[email protected]
; 407‐539‐1638
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Title of
Course: |
HOA Board Member
Certification |
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Course Location: |
Various |
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Course Sponsor: |
Kaye Bender Rembaum –
Attorneys at Law |
| Cost
of Attendance: |
No
Fee |
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Website:
Contact
info: |
www.KBRLegal.com
[email protected]
; (954)
928‐0680
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Title of
Course: |
HOA Board Member Basics |
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Course Location: |
Margate, Orlando |
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Course Sponsor: |
Katzman Garfinkel &
Berger Law Firm |
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Cost of Attendance: |
No Fee |
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Website:
Contact
info: |
www.kgblawfirm.com
[email protected] ;
(954) 315-0372 |
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Title of
Course: |
Board Certification:
HOA – Condominium – Coop |
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Course Location: |
Locations throughout
Tampa |
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Course Sponsor: |
Vanguard Management
Group; U ‐Manage
online |
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Cost of Attendance: |
No Fee |
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Website:
Contact
info: |
www.vanguardmanagementgroup.com
[email protected]
; (813) 930-8036 ext. 300 |
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Title of
Course: |
Everything You
Wanted to Know About Being a Board Member – But Were Afraid to
Ask! |
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Course
Location: |
Various |
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Course
Sponsor: |
Becker &
Poliakoff, P.A. |
| Cost
of Attendance: |
No Fee |
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Website:
Contact
info: |
www.callbp.com/events.php
; www.becker-poliakoff.com
[email protected]
; (954) 364-6012 |
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Title of Course: |
Understanding Florida’s
Community Association Law for HOA’s |
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Course Location: |
Various |
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Course Sponsor: |
Divine & Estes,
PA |
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Cost of Attendance: |
No Fee |
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Website: |
N/a |
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Contact Info: |
(407)
426‐9500 |
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Title of Course: |
Florida Homeowners Board Education Course |
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Course Location: |
Various |
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Course Sponsor: |
Florida CAM Schools, LLC |
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Cost of Attendance: |
$59 – classroom/$63.13 ‐
Correspondence |
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Website: |
http://www.floridacamschools.com |
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Title of Course: |
Board of Directors
Certification: HOA & Condominium |
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Course Location: |
Throughout Palm Beach
and Broward Counties |
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Course Sponsor: |
Gerstin &
Associates |
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Cost of Attendance: |
No Fee |
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Website: |
www.gerstin.com |
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Contact Info: |
(561)
750‐3456
; [email protected] |
These
are the division-approved HOA education providers! That's it!
Don't
waste your time with attending seminars that are not Division-Approved!
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