ADDITIONAL LAWS PASSED IN 2025 FLORIDA STATUTES: DANGEROUS DOGS [CHAPTER 2025-61, HB 593, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025 ] F.S. 767, Damage by dogs; Dangerous dogs was amended to read: This act may be cited as the “Pam Rock Act.”
(4) “Owner” means a any person, a firm, a corporation, or an organization possessing, harboring, keeping, or having control or custody of an animal or, if the animal is owned by a person under the age of 18, that person’s parent or guardian. (5) “Proper enclosure of a dangerous dog” means, while on the owner’s property, a dangerous dog is securely confined indoors or in a securely enclosed and locked pen or structure, suitable to prevent the entry of young children and designed to prevent the dog animal from escaping. Such The pen or structure must shall have secure sides and a secure top to prevent the dog from escaping over, under, or through the structure and must shall also provide protection from the elements. F.S. 767.12 Classification of dogs as dangerous. Owner requirements; penalty certification of registration; notice and hearing requirements; confinement of animal; exemption; appeals; unlawful acts. (a) An animal that is the subject of a dangerous dog a written rental or lease agreement expressly states that the dwelling unit is the sole residence of the guest. There is a rebuttable presumption that, when the dwelling unit occupied is not the sole residence of the guest, the occupancy is transient. (15) “Non-transient occupancy” means occupancy that is not when it is the intention of the parties that the occupancy will not be temporary. The term does not include the occupancy of a dwelling unit at a hotel, motel, vacation rental, bed and breakfast inn, or timeshare project, as defined in s. 509.242, unless a written rental or lease agreement expressly states that the dwelling unit is the sole residence of the guest. There is a rebuttable presumption that, when the dwelling unit occupied is the sole residence of the guest, the occupancy is non-transient. inspectors to perform inspections for and grants to eligible associations as funding allows. (1) DEFINITIONS. As used in this section, amended as follows: ( d) “Condominium” has the same meaning as in s.718.103. For purposes of this section, the term does not include detached units on individual parcels of land. (2) PARTICIPATION. (a) Participation in the pilot program is limited to structures or buildings on the condominium property which are three or more stories in height, provided that each structure or building that is the subject of a mitigation grant contains at least two single-family dwellings. (b) In order to apply for an inspection under subsection (4) or a grant under subsection (5) for association property or condominium property, an association must receive approval by a majority vote of the board of administration or
This amendment refers to a Florida mail carrier who was attacked and savagely mauled by a pack of dogs. The victim succumbed to her fatal injuries a day later. We find it relevant to address these changes because community associations are often subject to various instances of injury, damages, and death based on events of animal versus animal and animal versus human. A CAM should be aware of this law. Amendments to F.S. 767 were made throughout the statute including the following: F.S. 767 Part II, Dangerous Dogs. - (1) A dog owner is Owners of dogs shall be liable for any damage done by the owner’s dog their dogs to a person or to any animal included in the definitions of “domestic animal” and “livestock” as provided by s. 585.01.
(2) If a dog owner has knowledge of the dog’s dangerous propensities, the owner must securely confine the dog in a proper enclosure as defined in s. 767.11 . F.S. 767.11 Definitions. (3) “Dangerous dog” means a any dog that according to the records of the appropriate authority: investigation and that has killed a human being or has bitten a human being and left a bite mark that scores 5 or higher on the Dunbar bite scale must because of severe injury to a human being may be immediately confiscated by an animal control authority. Florida Statutes: Lodging and Food Service Establishments [Chapter 2025-113, SB 606, Effective July 1, 2025] F.S. 509 , Lodging and Food Service Establishments, was amended as follows:
License classifications of public lodging establishments, and the definitions are set out in 509.242. Because the amended sections include reference to timeshare projects, we bring this to the attention of community association managers and managing entities who may be serving timeshare plans, governed by Chapter 721, Florida Statutes. Related to licensure, the term does not include condominium common elements as defined in s. 718.103. Defines transient and non-transient occupancy: (12) “Transient occupancy” means occupancy that is when it is the intention of the parties that the occupancy will be temporary. The term includes the occupancy of a dwelling unit at a hotel, motel, vacation rental, bed and breakfast inn, or timeshare project, as defined in s. 509.242, unless
Florida Statutes: My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program [Chapter 2025-173, HB 393, Effective June 23, 2025] F.S. 215.55871 , The amended statute revised definition of the term “condominium” and limits participation in program:
215.55871 My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program. There is established within the Department of Financial Services the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to be implemented pursuant to appropriations. The department shall provide fiscal accountability, contract management, and strategic leadership for the pilot program, consistent with this section. This section does not create an entitlement for associations or unit owners or obligate the state in any way to fund the inspection or retrofitting of condominiums in the state. Implementation of this pilot program is subject to annual legislative appropriations. It is the intent of the Legislature that the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program provide licensed
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