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BILL: CS/SB 1178 Page 7 • Requires that a phase one milestone inspection must commence within 180 days after an association receives a written notice from the local enforcement agency. • Provides the minimum contents of a milestone inspection report. • Requires inspection report results to be provided to local building officials and the affected association. • Requires that the contract between an association that is subject to the milestone inspection requirement and a community association manager (CAM) or CAM firm must require compliance with those requirements as directed by the board. • Requires the local enforcement agency to review and determine if a building is safe for human occupancy if an association fails to submit proof that repairs for substantial deterioration have been scheduled or begun within at least 365 days after the local enforcement agency receives a phase two inspection report. Within 45 days after receiving a milestone inspection report, the condominium or cooperative association must distribute a copy of an inspector -prepared summary of the inspection report to each condominium unit owner or cooperative unit owner. The inspector -prepared summary must be provided to unit owners, regardless of the findings or recommendations in the report, by United States mail or personal delivery at the mailing address, property address, or any other address of the owner provided to fulfill the association's notice requirements under ch. 718, F.S., or ch. 719, F.S., as applicable, and by electronic transmission to the e-mail address or facsimile number provided to fulfill the association's notice requirements to unit owners who previously consented to receive notice by electronic transmission. The association must also post a copy of the inspector -prepared summary in a conspicuous place on the condominium or cooperative property and must publish the full report and inspector -prepared summary on the association's website, if the association is required to have a website. Condominium and Cooperative Associations Chapters 718 and 719, F.S. Chapter 718, F.S., relating to condominiums, and ch. 719, F.S., relating to cooperatives, provide for the governance of these community associations. The chapters delineate requirements for notices of meetings,8 recordkeeping requirements, including which records are accessible to the members of the association,9 and financial reporting. 10 Timeshare condominiums are generally governed by ch. 721, F.S., the "Florida Vacation Plan and Timesharing Act." The Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes (division) within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) administers the provisions of chs. 718 and 719, F.S., for condominium and cooperative associations, respectively. Condominiums A condominium is a "form of ownership of real property created under ch. 718, F.S,"11 the "Condominium Act." Condominium unit owners are in a unique legal position because they are 8 See ss. 718.112(2) and 719.106(2)(c), F.S., for condominium and cooperative associations, respectively. 9 See ss. 718.111(12) and 719.104(2), F.S., for condominium and cooperative associations, respectively. io See ss. 718.111(13) and 719.104(4), F.S., for condominium and cooperative associations, respectively. " Section 718.103(l 1), F.S. 317