Florida Statutes Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 719.101-719.129)

• 719.101 - Short Title.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Cooperative Act.”History.—s. 2, ch. 76-222.
• 719.102 - Purpose.
  The purpose of this chapter is to give statutory recognition to the cooperative form of ownership of real property. It shall not be construed as...
• 719.103 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter:(1) “Assessment” means a share of the funds required for the payment of common expenses, which from time to time is assessed...
• 719.1035 - Creation Of Cooperatives.
  (1) The date when cooperative existence shall commence is upon commencement of corporate existence of the cooperative association as provided in s. 607.0203. The cooperative documents...
• 719.104 - Cooperatives; Access To Units; Records; Financial Reports; Assessments; Purchase Of Leases.
  (1) RIGHT OF ACCESS TO UNITS.—The association has the irrevocable right of access to each unit from time to time during reasonable hours when necessary for...
• 719.105 - Cooperative Parcels; Appurtenances; Possession And Enjoyment.
  (1) Each cooperative parcel has, as appurtenances thereto:(a) Evidence of membership, ownership of shares, or other interest in the association with the full voting rights appertaining thereto....
• 719.1055 - Amendment Of Cooperative Documents; Alteration And Acquisition Of Property.
  (1) Unless otherwise provided in the original cooperative documents, no amendment thereto may change the configuration or size of any cooperative unit in any material fashion,...
• 719.106 - Bylaws; Cooperative Ownership.
  (1) MANDATORY PROVISIONS.—The bylaws or other cooperative documents shall provide for the following, and if they do not, they shall be deemed to include the following:(a) Administration.—1. The...
• 719.1064 - Failure To Fill Vacancies On Board Of Administration; Appointment Of Receiver Upon Petition Of Unit Owner.
  If an association fails to fill vacancies on the board of administration sufficient to constitute a quorum in accordance with the bylaws, any unit owner...
• 719.1065 - Power Of Attorney; Compliance With Chapter.
  The use of a power of attorney that affects any aspect of the operation of a cooperative shall be subject to and in compliance with...
• 719.107 - Common Expenses; Assessment.
  (1)(a) Common expenses include the expenses of the operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of the cooperative property; costs of carrying out the powers and duties of...
• 719.108 - Rents And Assessments; Liability; Lien And Priority; Interest; Collection; Cooperative Ownership.
  (1) A unit owner, regardless of how title is acquired, including, without limitation, a purchaser at a judicial sale, shall be liable for all rents and...
• 719.109 - Right Of Owners To Peaceably Assemble.
  (1) All common areas and recreational facilities serving any cooperative shall be available to unit owners in the cooperative or cooperatives served thereby and their invited...
• 719.110 - Limitation On Actions By Association.
  The statute of limitations for any actions in law or equity which a cooperative association may have shall not begin to run until the unit...
• 719.111 - Attorney’s Fees.
  If a contract or lease between a cooperative unit owner or association and a developer contains a provision allowing attorney’s fees to the developer, should...
• 719.112 - Unconscionability Of Certain Leases; Rebuttable Presumption.
  (1) The Legislature expressly finds that many leases involving use of recreational or other common facilities by residents of cooperatives were entered into by parties wholly...
• 719.1124 - Failure To Fill Vacancies On Board Of Administration Sufficient To Constitute A Quorum; Appointment Of Receiver Upon Petition Of Unit Owner.
  (1) If an association fails to fill vacancies on the board of administration sufficient to constitute a quorum in accordance with the bylaws, any unit owner...
• 719.114 - Separate Taxation Of Cooperative Parcels; Survival Of Contractual Provisions After Tax Sale.
  (1) Ad valorem taxes and special assessments by taxing authorities shall be assessed against the cooperative parcels and not upon the cooperative property as a whole....
• 719.115 - Limitation Of Liability.
  (1) The liability of the owner of a unit for common expenses is limited to the amounts for which he or she is assessed for common...
• 719.1255 - Alternative Resolution Of Disputes.
  The Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation shall provide for alternative dispute resolution in accordance...
• 719.127 - Receivership Notification.
  Upon the appointment of a receiver by a court for any reason relating to a cooperative association, the court shall direct the receiver to provide...
• 719.128 - Association Emergency Powers.
  (1) To the extent allowed by law, unless specifically prohibited by the cooperative documents, and consistent with s. 617.0830, the board of administration, in response to...
• 719.129 - Electronic Voting.
  The association may conduct elections and other unit owner votes through an Internet-based online voting system if a unit owner consents, in writing, to online...

Last modified: September 23, 2016