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The House stood its ground on the “Home Tax” bill concerning estoppel certificates and who pays for them. Its unwillingness to budge killed the measure (HB 979).
As originally filed, the measure would have blocked homeowner associations from charging a fee to prepare an estoppel certificate, a move critics said would lead to pass through fees to other homeowners.
The House amended the legislation to alleviate concerns, proposing a prohibition on charging homeowners and buyers for the estoppel certificates.
The Senate passed its version of the bill (SB 278) without the amendment, but the House refused to take up its version.
– Janelle Irwin, Florida Politics