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Backyard Storage Woes: Does the New Backyard Storage Statute Apply to Your Homeowners Association?

Florida Condo & HOA Law Blog

While there has been a lot of buzz about changes made in the 2023 Florida Legislative Session to laws affecting our Association clients, one potentially important change has been largely overlooked. Florida Statute 720.3075 was amended to increase the number of flags a homeowners’ association cannot prohibit, from one to two.

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Boot Camp for Board Members: Army Vet, PCAM and Becker Shareholder, Howard Perl, Discusses the Benefits of Rigorous Board Member Education

Florida Condo & HOA Law Blog

Howard recounts his unique journey from joining the army at 17, to participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom to how his military background inspired Becker’s Board Member Boot Camp, a unique military-themed board certification course.

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Breed-Specific Dog Bans

Florida Condo & HOA Law Blog

The following year, the Florida legislature enacted Florida Statute Section 767.14, which prohibited local governments from adopting breed specific dog laws. Earlier this year, SB942 successfully approved elimination of the provision in Florida Statute Section 767.14 This will no longer be possible.

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Florida Police Chiefs Launch Campaign to Take on “Rape Culture”

Associations Now

Police in Florida have had enough of sexual assaults. The Tampa Bay Area Chiefs of Police Association launched a two-pronged campaign called Consent Florida earlier this month to tackle the problem. Florida, of course, is home to several major colleges, and sexual assault on campus has become a high-profile issue in recent years.

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Best Benefit Ever: For Golf Course Managers, New Association Brings Renewed Perks

Associations Now

Now that the International Golf Course Equipment Managers Association has dissolved, its members will reap the benefits of their new affiliation with the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. The post Best Benefit Ever: For Golf Course Managers, New Association Brings Renewed Perks appeared first on Associations Now.

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Three Ways IT Teams and Staff Technology Champions Can Collaborate

Associations Now

You want to maintain relationships with staff across all departments,” said Josh Bula, web development and director of information technology at the Florida Music Education Association (FMEA). In this environment, IT departments need to create a space where staff feel comfortable approaching IT with new ideas and tools.

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Safe harbors: Community associations built to be places of open discussion and respect

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In addition to the shooting at the Florida condominium this month, another incident last August in Atlanta claimed the life of a high-rise community association manager. >>Access additional on-demand webinars and education courses in CAI’s Learning Center. . >>Find more conflict management resources from CAI Press. >>Access

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