(1)(a) There is created the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation. The corporation shall be administered by a board of directors made up of six members, three of whom shall be appointed by the Secretary of Business and Professional Regulation from a list of nominees submitted by the largest nonprofit association representing mobile home owners in this state, and three of whom shall be appointed by the Secretary of Business and Professional Regulation from a list of nominees submitted by the largest nonprofit association representing the manufactured housing industry in this state. All members of the board of directors, including the chair, shall be appointed to serve for staggered 3-year terms.
(b) A member of the board of directors shall be removed from the board by the Secretary of Business and Professional Regulation, with or without cause, immediately after the written request for removal from the association in paragraph (a) that originally nominated that board member. The nominating entity must include nominees for replacement with the request for removal, and the secretary must immediately fill the vacancy created by the removal. The removal process may not occur more than once in a calendar year.
(2)(a) The board of directors may employ or retain such persons as are necessary to perform the administrative and financial transactions and responsibilities of the corporation and to perform other necessary and proper functions not prohibited by law.
(b) Members of the board of directors may be reimbursed from moneys of the corporation for actual and necessary expenses incurred by them as members but may not otherwise be compensated for their services.
(c) The corporation shall, for purposes of s. 768.28, be considered an agency of the state. Agents or employees of the corporation, members of the board of directors of the corporation, or representatives of the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes shall be considered officers, employees, or agents of the state, and actions against them and the corporation shall be governed by s. 768.28.
(d) Meetings of the board of directors are subject to the provisions of s. 286.011.
(e) Any person who receives compensation from the corporation or the park owner pursuant to ss. 723.061-723.0612 shall not have a cause of action against the corporation or the park owner for any claim arising under the rights, duties, and obligations of the corporation or park owner in ss. 723.061-723.0612.
(3) The board of directors shall:
(a) Adopt a plan of operation and articles, bylaws, and operating rules pursuant to the provisions of ss. 120.536 and 120.54 to administer the provisions of this section and ss. 723.06115, 723.06116, and 723.0612.
(b) Establish procedures under which applicants for payments from the corporation may have grievances reviewed by an impartial body and reported to the board of directors.
(4) The corporation may:
(a) Sue or be sued.
(b) Borrow from private finance sources in order to meet the demands of the relocation program established in s. 723.0612.
History.—s. 7, ch. 2001-227; s. 8, ch. 2003-263; s. 2, ch. 2005-79; s. 75, ch. 2008-240; s. 8, ch. 2015-90.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XL - Real and Personal Property
Chapter 723 - Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies
723.002 - Application of Chapter.
723.004 - Legislative Intent; Preemption of Subject Matter.
723.005 - Regulation by Division.
723.006 - Powers and Duties of Division.
723.007 - Annual Fees; Surcharge.
723.008 - Applicability of Chapter 212 to Fees, Penalties, and Fines Under This Chapter.
723.009 - Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes Trust Fund.
723.011 - Disclosure Prior to Rental of a Mobile Home Lot; Prospectus, Filing, Approval.
723.012 - Prospectus or Offering Circular.
723.013 - Written Notification in the Absence of a Prospectus.
723.014 - Failure to Provide Prospectus or Offering Circular Prior to Occupancy.
723.016 - Advertising Materials; Oral Statements.
723.017 - Publication of False or Misleading Information; Remedies.
723.021 - Obligation of Good Faith and Fair Dealings.
723.022 - Mobile Home Park Owner’s General Obligations.
723.023 - Mobile Home Owner’s General Obligations.
723.024 - Compliance by Mobile Home Park Owners and Mobile Home Owners.
723.025 - Park Owner’s Access to Mobile Home and Mobile Home Lot.
723.027 - Persons Authorized by Park Owner to Receive Notices.
723.031 - Mobile Home Lot Rental Agreements.
723.032 - Prohibited or Unenforceable Provisions in Mobile Home Lot Rental Agreements.
723.033 - Unreasonable Lot Rental Agreements; Increases, Changes.
723.035 - Rules and Regulations.
723.038 - Dispute Settlement; Mediation.
723.0381 - Civil Actions; Arbitration.
723.041 - Entrance Fees; Refunds; Exit Fees Prohibited; Replacement Homes.
723.042 - Provision of Improvements.
723.043 - Purchase of Equipment.
723.044 - Interference With Installation of Appliances or Interior Improvements.
723.045 - Sale of Utilities by Park Owner or Developer.
723.046 - Capital Costs of Utility Improvements.
723.051 - Invitees; Rights and Obligations.
723.054 - Right of Mobile Home Owners to Peaceably Assemble; Right to Communicate.
723.056 - Enforcement of Right of Assembly and Right to Hear Outside Speakers.
723.058 - Restrictions on Sale of Mobile Homes.
723.059 - Purchaser of a Mobile Home Within a Mobile Home Park.
723.061 - Eviction; Grounds, Proceedings.
723.0611 - Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation.
723.06115 - Florida Mobile Home Relocation Trust Fund.
723.06116 - Payments to the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation.
723.0612 - Change in Use; Relocation Expenses; Payments by Park Owner.
723.0615 - Retaliatory Conduct.
723.062 - Removal of Mobile Home Owner; Process.
723.063 - Defenses to Action for Rent or Possession; Procedure.
723.071 - Sale of Mobile Home Parks.
723.072 - Affidavit of Compliance With Statutory Requirements.
723.073 - Conveyance by the Association.
723.074 - Sale of Facilities Serving a Mobile Home Subdivision.
723.075 - Homeowners’ Associations.
723.0751 - Mobile Home Subdivision Homeowners’ Association.
723.076 - Incorporation; Notification of Park Owner.
723.077 - Articles of Incorporation.
723.078 - Bylaws of Homeowners’ Associations.
723.0781 - Board Member Training Programs.
723.079 - Powers and Duties of Homeowners’ Association.
723.0791 - Mobile Home Cooperative Homeowners’ Associations; Elections.
723.081 - Notice of Application for Change in Zoning.
723.083 - Governmental Action Affecting Removal of Mobile Home Owners.
723.084 - Storage Charges on Mobile Homes.
723.085 - Rights of Lienholder on Mobile Homes in Rental Mobile Home Parks.
723.086 - Property and Lienholder Contracts.