New florida bill SB932: non-consumer friendly Timeshare law changes

LannyPC said:

...[W]hen a bill is passed, usually there is some rationale to it. What was the rationale behind this one?

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The bill was sold as a benign "glitch" bill to correct technical problems.
Anti-consumer provisions were hidden among multiple layers of legalese.
Very few, other than vested interests, understood it's true intent.
IOW, the legislature was told, "Nothing to see here; move along."

Talent312 said:

The bill was sold as a benign "glitch" bill to correct technical problems.
Anti-consumer provisions were hidden among multiple layers of legalese.
Very few, other than vested interests, understood it's true intent.
IOW, the legislature was told, "Nothing to see here; move along."

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Bingo! You hit the nail on the head. With the willing cooperation of the Representative and Senator, who both represent the Orlando area, (surprise), agreeing to file this egregious bill in behalf of the Florida timeshare developers, as represented by their trade organization/lobby, known as ARDA, and both of these legislators not having a clue as to what was contained in the bill or how it would directly and negatively affect present and future timeshare owners, we now have a timeshare law that weakens liabilities on developers who generate flawed contracts to buyers, allow developers to exceed the pre-existing cap on annual maintenance fees imposed on owners, and allow developers to 'substitute" owners existing accommodations for inferior inventory, without the owners consent.
This bill sailed through both the Legislature and the Governor's office, as a "done deal". And who said campaign contributions don't produce much desired results. Expect more of the same, come next year. You can count on it.

WestGate Resort, Timeshare westgate resort, Orlando

Jason245 said:

Hint... they built a copy of the french palace of Versailles...

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hint,, hint.. they were in documentary that about the "Queen of Versailles" , and had a recent death in the family. (which is a sad byproduct of excessive wealth it seems)


In reading through the entire thread it appears this piece of garbage was signed by the gov of florida.. Too bad the republican party has become beholden to big business and lobbyist. (lobbyist, lowest form of scum on earth.)

BOTH parties at this point are WORTHLESS to the american citizens.. might be time to get the pitchforks and head to the capitals.

carl2591 said:

BOTH parties at this point are WORTHLESS...

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Now, now, let's not get contentious. Remember, others may think politicians are nice people who only wish to promote the public-good, and would never line their own pockets at anyone else's expense. We should respect this head-in-the-sand POV.
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Talent312 said:

Now, now, let's not get contentious. Remember, others may think politicians are nice people who only wish to promote the public-good, and would never line their own pockets at anyone else's expense. We should respect this head-in-the-sand POV.
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:hysterical::rofl:

sadly some like their head in the sand just fine

Nice article from Tom Tubbs posted on the FL TS owners group website about this:

http://www.tsownersgroup.com/news-and-views.html