IF THERE EVER WAS A TIME TO GET EDUCATED
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published October 3, 2022
In light
of the tragedy at The Champlain Towers in Surfside last year,
The Florida Legislature, to its credit, passed massive
condominium reform regarding safety, inspections and reserves.
These laws are confusing to those who work in the industry every
day, never mind to those who serve on condo Boards throughout
the state.
The
Florida Legislature thought that it was so important for condo
boards to enforce these laws that they included a provision
which considers a breach of these laws a breach of the
director’s fiduciary duty. Imagine, personal liability can be
imposed against a director who fails to enforce these new laws.
Once
again, I drafted legislation which would require Board members
to learn these new laws in order to get certified and once again
this requirement was removed from the statute. It’s hard to
believe, but The Florida Legislature drafted a law which imposes
personal liability against those directors who fail to follow
these new laws yet removed the requirement to learn these new
laws. In any event, I will again try to make learning these new
laws a condition of becoming certified in the next legislative
session.
As far as
condominium Board members go…….there can be no more important
time than the present to learn these new laws. They are
designed to keep you and your fellow unit owners alive.
Don’t
dare get certified by signing that dumb, silly form that says I
read my governing docs and promise to enforce them. Even if you
read your governing documents from cover to cover, you still
wouldn’t learn any of the new condo laws. What a disgrace that
you can still become certified this way.
I am
teaching at the following times and locations this month. It is
more imperative than ever to attend an educational course. In
fact, if you don’t learn the new laws and don’t apply the new
laws on your condo board, you can face personal liability.
Moreover, any condo Board member who can’t find a few hours to
take an educational course is not worthy of a single vote. So
what do you say? Please register for any of the free following
Condo Craze and HOAs Board Certification Classes offered around
the state at the L&L Condo and HOA Exhibition, by going to:
http://www.condocrazeandhoas.com.
Lunch is even included for free as well.
OCTOBER 4TH 9:00 AM: AT THE PALM BEACH
COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER
OCTOBER 11TH 9:00 AM: IN BROWARD COUNTY – AT
THE SIGNATURE GRAND
OCTOBER 12TH 9:00 AM: AT THE BRADENTION
CONVENTION CENTER
OCTOBER 17TH 9:00 AM: AT THE ORANGE COUNTY
CONVENTION CENTER
OCTOBER 27TH 9:00 AM: AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION
CENTER
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About
HOA & Condo Blog
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Eric Glazer graduated
from the University of Miami School of Law in 1992 after
receiving a B.A. from NYU. He has practiced community
association law for three decades and is the owner of
Glazer and Sachs, P.A. a five attorney law firm with
offices in Fort Lauderdale and Orlando.
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Eric is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in
Condominium and Planned Development Law.
Since 2009, Eric has been the host of Condo Craze
and HOAs, a weekly one hour radio show that airs at 11:00 a.m.
each Sunday on 850 WFTL.
See:
www.condocrazeandhoas.com.
Eric is the first attorney in the State of
Florida that designed a course that certifies condominium and
HOA residents as eligible to serve on a Board of Directors and
has now certified more than 20,000 Floridians all across the
state. He is certified as a Circuit Court Mediator by The
Florida Supreme Court and has mediated dozens of disputes
between associations and unit owners. Eric also devotes
significant time to advancing legislation in the best interest
of Florida community association members.
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