HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE

 HOUSE BILL 1195 CS

This committee will hear the Committee Substitute of the above bill on

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. in Room 404 HOB

This bill -- together with the companion bill S1516 – originally had been an owner-friendly bill with lots of good provisions that would have helped many associations and their members deal with the economic crisis.

Then Peter Dunbar and Gary Poliakoff convinced the sponsors to use their language from the ill-advised bill S530, language that will help to create more cost and fees for owners.

We can't stop legislators from passing bills that will do even more financial damage to owners and remove provisions that were just a few years ago added to protect owners against scams, fraud and embezzlement. However, if our legislators feel it's good to pass laws that harm even more of their citizens, so be it! But then remove all other language that was supplied by people who care about associations and their members and let the Dunbar/Poliakoff language stand by itself. Don't give them excuses by allowing other language to be included in the bill.

It is about time for the members of the Florida Bar (Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section) to realize what kind of bills Peter Dunbar is pushing in their name.  It is about time for the board members and owners of the community associations, represented by Becker & Poliakoff, to find out that their money is being used to lobby for bills that make living in their associations even more expensive.  It's about time for Floridians to wake up!

Here is one good piece of advice for Florida 's legislators:

Your constituents would rather live with no bill at all passed this year than see a bill enacted that will create even more problems.   Florida 's community association members are still trying to sort out the mess created by S1196 from last year -- a bill that was penned by exactly the same folks as this year's S530.  

I just can't understand why Florida legislators allow a few attorneys to create laws.  Obviously, those attorneys are out to fill their own pockets when they create laws that are detrimental to millions of Floridians!

Please contact the committee members and ask them to VOTE NO on this horrible bill!

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