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Condominium Budgets, Reserves, and Insurance, Oh My! BY ELIZABETH (BETH) LANHAM-PATRIE
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s budget season approaches for condominiums, it would behoove the association to start a little earlier this year. Thanks to House Bill (HB) 913, there are numerous changes to Chapter 718. This bill was signed by the governor on June 23, 2025, and went into effect on July 1, 2025. As a preliminary matter, Section 718.112(2)(e), Florida Statutes, has been amended to provide budget meetings may be conducted by video conference. Video conference has been defined in Section 718.103 by adding subsection (33) and is defined to mean “…a real-time audio and video-based meeting between two or more people in different locations using video-enabled and audio-enabled devices. The notice for any meeting that will be conducted by video conference must have a hyperlink and call-in conference telephone number for unit owners to attend the meeting and must have a physical location where unit owners can also attend the meeting in person. All meetings conducted by video conference must be recorded, and such recording must be maintained as an official record of the association.”
8 August 2025 FLCAJ | www.fcapgroup.com