Today’s the day! Let’s see how well our HOA past board of directors, secretary and treasurer have prepared for our association to be in compliance with Florida Statute 720.303. Make sure to request your username and password in writing so you can access documents.
By January 1, 2025, an association that has 100 or more parcels shall post the following documents on its website or make available such documents through an application that can be downloaded on a mobile device:
a. The articles of incorporation of the association and each amendment thereto.
b. The recorded bylaws of the association and each amendment thereto.
c. The declaration of covenants and a copy of each amendment thereto.
d. The current rules of the association.
e. A list of all current executory contracts or documents to which the association is a party or under which the association or the parcel owners have an obligation or responsibility and, after bidding for the related materials, equipment, or services has closed, a list of bids received by the association within the past year.
f. The annual budget required by subsection (6) and any proposed budget to be considered at the annual meeting.
g. The financial report required by subsection (7) and any monthly income or expense statement to be considered at a meeting.
h. The association’s current insurance policies.
i. The certification of each director as required by s. 720.3033(1)(a).
j. All contracts or transactions between the association and any director, officer, corporation, firm, or association that is not an affiliated homeowners’ association or any other entity in which a director of an association is also a director or an officer and has a financial interest.
k. Any contract or document regarding a conflict of interest or possible conflict of interest as provided in ss. 468.436(2)(b)6. and 720.3033(2).
l. Notice of any scheduled meeting of members and the agenda for the meeting, as required by s. 720.306, at least 14 days before such meeting. The notice must be posted in plain view on the homepage of the website or application, or on a separate subpage of the website or application labeled “Notices” which is conspicuously visible and linked from the homepage. The association shall also post on its website or application any document to be considered and voted on by the members during the meeting or any document listed on the meeting agenda at least 7 days before the meeting at which such document or information within the document will be considered.
m. Notice of any board meeting, the agenda, and any other document required for such meeting as required by subsection (3), which must be posted on the website or application no later than the date required for notice under subsection (3).
2. The association’s website or application must be accessible through the Internet and must contain a subpage, web portal, or other protected electronic location that is inaccessible to the general public and accessible only to parcel owners and employees of the association.
3. Upon written request by a parcel owner, the association must provide the parcel owner with a username and password and access to the protected sections of the association’s website or application which contains the official documents of the association.
4. The association shall ensure that the information and records described in paragraph (5)(g), which are not allowed to be accessible to parcel owners, are not posted on the association’s website or application. If protected information or information restricted from being accessible to parcel owners is included in documents that are required to be posted on the association’s website or application, the association must ensure the information is redacted before posting the documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the association or its authorized agent is not liable for disclosing information that is protected or restricted under paragraph (5)(g) unless such disclosure was made with a knowing or intentional disregard of the protected or restricted nature of such information.
(c) The association shall adopt written rules governing the method or policy by which the official records of the association are to be retained and the time period such records must be retained pursuant to paragraph (a). Such information must be made available to the parcel owners through the association’s website or application.
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