Notice of Declaratory Statement

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, State of Florida, has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Parliament Towers Condominium, Inc., Docket No. 2010009829 on March 12, 2010. The following is a summary of the agency's disposition of the petition:
The Division finds that in the absence of an amendment to its declaration making the association responsible for installing and maintaining hurricane shutters, hurricane protection or hurricane-resistant glass, Parliament Towers Condominium Association, inc. must have a majority vote of unit owners to install hurricane-resistant glass in the windows of the first three floors of the condominium under Section 718.113(5)(a), Florida Statutes, and must assess the cost as a common expense, which includes the use of common surplus funds, under Sections 718.115(1)(e) and (3), Florida Statutes.
A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Division Clerk, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2217.
Please refer all comments to: Janis Sue Richardson, Chief Assistant General Counsel, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2202.