Carolina Sznajderman Sheir of Eisinger, Brown, Lewis, Frankel & Chaiet. Courtesy photo
On May 20, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) issued Emergency Order 2020-06, which appears to cancel a majority of the provisions previously adopted in Emergency Order 2020-04, issued March 27 in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The DBPR has taken the position that its prior emergency order, which among other things, partially recognized statutory emergency powers in response to the COVID-19 crisis, is no longer necessary.
The DBPR’s second attempt to address the global pandemic and at the same time clarify ambiguities for the thousands of community associations throughout the state, has generated heated debate among association attorneys and has left community associations with even more unanswered questions.
