Does 720 supersede bylaws?

In Florida, our HOA bylaws (which are older than 720) says members who want to serve on the board must live in the community at least 9 months out of the year. Florida 720 statutes states any member in good standing can be elected as a board of director. Does a member have to live in the community 9 months out of the year to be on the board?

good standing typically refers to being current on assessments.

If you can provide the legal or statutory basis for this it would probably help the OP

Florida Chapter 720 appears to apply to all HOAs, regardless of when they were built. See 720.302, http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0700-0799/0720/Sections/0720.302.html

Sections 720.306(9)(a) and 720.306(9)(b) indicate that the only way a Florida HOA can disqualify an owner for board membership is if the owner is delinquent in payment of assessments (like TimB4 wrote) or is a felon who has not had her or his civil rights restored in the last five years. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0700-0799/0720/Sections/0720.306.html

As Geno knows, Florida has a HOA statute (Chapter 720) and a condominium statute (Chapter 718). The two statutes do have differences. For Florida condominiums, it appears to me that 718.112(2)(d)(2) is the basis for the argument that a non-resident owner is eligible to serve on the board. The following site states that the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes has ruled thusly for Florida condominiums:

https://beckerlawyers.com/association-cannot-restrict-board-to-florida-residents/

Aside: I think the above web site has a typo. It cites "718.112(2)(d)4" I think this is supposed to be 718.112(2)(d)(2).