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Posted By ElleN on 01/17/2024 6:09 PM
Oops; one more FS 720 reference to documents that the HOA might have to put on its web site, as follows:
(Buried in FS 720.303)
INSPECTION AND COPYING OF RECORDS.—The official records shall be maintained within the state for at least 7 years and shall be made available to a parcel owner for inspection or photocopying within 45 miles of the community or within the county in which the association is located within 10 business days after receipt by the board or its designee of a written request. This subsection may be complied with by having a copy of the official records available for inspection or copying in the community or, at the option of the association, by making the records available to a parcel owner electronically via the Internet...
There's a bill now being considered by the Florida legislature that would make all of the official records defined now, and more, be available on a website. It's one thing to have all the records on file that can be made available. Another thing to actually load those all to a website and keep them up to date. That's a huge amount of data that would have to be digitized and uploaded and a huge burden on HOAs.
They are also proposing a state maintained database of all HOAs, their board members, and their governing documents including rules and regulations. It would be maintained by DBPR, which is already so over burdened they can't do the work they are supposed to do.
But to the OP's original question - no, the documents at this point can be paper and do not have to be digitized online.