Bill Text: CT SB01145 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Revisions To The Common Interest Ownership Act And The Condominium Act.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-04 - Senate Recommitted to Judiciary [SB01145 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-SB01145-Comm_Sub.html
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January Session, 2013 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE COMMON INTEREST OWNERSHIP ACT AND THE CONDOMINIUM ACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 20-458 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (c) as follows (Effective October 1, 2013):
(NEW) (c) An association's board of directors, as defined in section 47-68a, or executive board, as defined in section 47-202, shall ensure that any community association manager under contract to provide association management services to an association provides such services in full compliance with the association's bylaws, as well as the provisions of chapter 825 or 828, as applicable.
Sec. 2. Subdivision (5) of subsection (b) of section 47-250 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
(5) Unless [the meeting is included in a schedule given to the unit owners or the] a meeting is called to deal with an emergency, the secretary or other officer specified in the bylaws shall give notice of each executive board meeting to each board member and to the unit owners. The notice shall be given at least five days before the meeting and shall state the time, date, place and agenda of the meeting, except that notice of a meeting called to adopt, amend or repeal a rule shall be given in accordance with subsection (a) of section 47-261b.
Sec. 3. Subsection (c) of section 47-252 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
(c) Except as otherwise provided in the declaration or bylaws, the following requirements apply with respect to proxy voting:
(1) Votes allocated to a unit may be cast pursuant to a directed or undirected proxy duly executed by a unit owner;
(2) The association may provide a proxy form to any unit owner who seeks to vote pursuant to a directed or undirected proxy. No proxy form provided by an association pursuant to this subdivision shall include the name of the proxy holder, unless the unit owner requests that the name of the proxy holder be included on the proxy form;
[(2)] (3) If a unit is owned by more than one person, each owner of the unit may vote or register protest to the casting of votes by the other owners of the unit through a duly executed proxy;
[(3)] (4) A unit owner may revoke a proxy given pursuant to this section only by actual notice of revocation to the person presiding over a meeting of the association;
[(4)] (5) A proxy is void if it is not dated or purports to be revocable without notice;
[(5)] (6) A proxy terminates one year after its date, unless it specifies a shorter term; and
[(6)] (7) A person may not cast votes representing more than fifteen per cent of the votes in the association pursuant to undirected proxies.
Sec. 4. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 47-260 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
(1) Detailed records of receipts and expenditures affecting the operation and administration of the association and other appropriate accounting records, including, but not limited to, records relating to reserve accounts;
Sec. 5. Section 47-253 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (e) as follows (Effective October 1, 2013):
(NEW) (e) No member of the executive board or officer of the association shall be criminally liable for any conduct performed on behalf of the association which is within the scope of such member's or officer's authority.
Sec. 6. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) No member of a board of directors, as defined in section 47-68a of the general statutes, or officer, as defined in section 47-68a of the general statutes, shall be criminally liable for any conduct performed by the member or officer on behalf of the association of unit owners, as defined in section 47-68a of the general statutes, which is within the scope of such member's or officer's authority.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2013 |
20-458 |
Sec. 2 |
October 1, 2013 |
47-250(b)(5) |
Sec. 3 |
October 1, 2013 |
47-252(c) |
Sec. 4 |
October 1, 2013 |
47-260(a)(1) |
Sec. 5 |
October 1, 2013 |
47-253 |
Sec. 6 |
October 1, 2013 |
New section |
INS |
Joint Favorable Subst. |