HOA bylaws are legal documents that revolve around operational issues, mainly pertaining to the board of directors. They're the specific rules that explain how an HOA runs on a daily basis. Within the bylaws, you'll find information about: Board member election processes.
The law says: An association shall, upon payment of the prescribed fees, submit to the proper Regional Office of HLURB its Articles of Association, duly notarized and signed on each and every page by all the incorporators consisting of not less than five (5) nor more than fifteen (15) natural persons.
SECTION 37. Association officers - Unless otherwise provided in the by-laws, an Association should have the following executive officers who shall be responsible for the management of the Association's business: president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and auditor.
— Every association of homeowners shall be required to register with the HLURB. This registration shall serve to grant juridical personality to all such associations that have not previously acquired the same by operation of the General Corporation Law or by any other general law.
The Broward County Human Rights Act gives Human Rights Section jurisdiction over three areas of unlawful discrimination: Employment (for employers who employ 5-14 employees) Housing (involving the sale or rental of housing with 4 or more units located in Broward County)
Each dwelling and each dwelling unit shall have a minimum gross floor area of not less than one hundred fifty (150) square feet for the first occupant and not less than one hundred (100) square feet for each additional occupant.
It is important to note, that just because disability is the most common basis for filed fair housing complaints, it does not necessarily mean that it is the one that occurs most often.
Exemptions to the Fair Housing Act: Any single-family house sold or rented by an owner, provided such private individual owner does not own more than three single-family houses at any one time. Single-family homeowners who rent or sell their homes without the use of a real estate professional.
The Broward County Human Rights Act and the Federal Fair Housing Act, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended, protect you from housing discrimination. The Broward County Civil Rights Division was created to protect persons from unlawful discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations.