LTC 013-2008 Select Committee on Condominium & Homeowners Association Governancem .~IAMIBEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC # oi3-ZOOB LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Matti H. Bower and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager
DATE: January 14, 2008
SUBJECT: SELECT COMMITTEE ON CONDOMINIUM & HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION GOVERNANCE
The purpose of this LTC is to provide the Mayor and City Commission with the attached
correspondence from Florida Speaker of the House Marco Rubio, creating a Select
Committee on Condominium and Homeowners Association Governance.
The Committee's purview includes the governance of condominiums, including accounting,
budgeting, audits, theft, elections, records, and regulation by the State. The committee shall
meet four times prior to a final meeting on March 3, 2008, the day before the start of the
legislative session. At the meeting on March 3, the final report of the committee findings
shall be submitted.
Although a date has not yet been announced, one of the four meetings will take place in
Miami Beach. The committee will be chaired by Representative Julio Robaina, and includes
two additional Miami-Dade County Representatives, Representatives Luis Garcia, Jr. and
Juan Zapata.
I will provide you with additional information on the work of this committee as it evolves. In
the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or comments.
JMG/HF/DM/kc
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Kevin Crowder, Economic Development
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The Florida House of Representatives
Office of the Speaker
Marco Rubio
Speaker
January 11, 2008
The Honorable William S. Pittman, III, Clerk
The Office of the Chief Clerk
The Florida House of Representatives
Room 513, The Florida Capitol
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1300
Dear Clerk Pittman:
In accordance with Rule 7.6, I hereby create a Select Committee on Condominium &
Homeowners Association Governance. The Select Committee is authorized to exercise all
powers available under the Rules of the House. The Committee is authorized to take any actions
and make any recommendations consistent with its powers prior to the start of the 2008 Regular
Session.
The purview of the select committee shall be limited to the governance of condominiums,
cooperatives, and homeowners associations, to include accounting, budgeting, audits, theft by
officers and directors, elections, and access to records, the state regulation of condominiums and
cooperatives by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The select committee
shall be limited to meetings in Miami Beach, Sunrise, Orlando and Tampa, with a final meeting
on March 3, 2008 in Tallahassee. The select committee and its members are hereby authorized
to incur travel expenses for this purpose. Travel requests must be submitted in advance.
A final report of the committee findings and recommendations shall be submitted no later than
March 3, 2008. The report shall be addressed to the Speaker, the Jobs & Entrepreneurship
Council, and the Safety & Security Council.
420 The Capitol, 402 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1300
(850)488-1450
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The members of the House appointed to serve are:
Representative Julio Robaina, Chair
Representative Juan Zapata
Representative Rich Glorioso
Representative Jimmy Patronis, Jr.
Representative Joseph Gibbons
Representative Franklin Sands
Representative Luis Garcia, Jr.
Sincerely,
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Marco Rubio
Speaker
cc. The Honorable David Rivera, Chair, Rules & Calendar Council
Don Rubottom, Council Director, Rules & Calendar Council
The Honorable Ron Reagan, Chair, Jobs & Entrepreneurship Council
Eric Thorn, Council Director, Jobs & Entrepreneurship Council
The Honorable Dick Kravitz, Chair, Safety & Security Council
Randy Havlicak, Council Director, Safety & Security Council
Earnest W. Sumner, Sergeant at Arms
Leonard M. Collins, Parliamentarian
House Administration