Bill Text - HB1519 (2018)

(New Title) relative to the conduct of condominium unit owners' associations votes without a meeting.


Revision: March 8, 2018, 10:43 a.m.

HB 1519 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

6Mar2018... 0722h

2018 SESSION

18-2307

10/03

 

HOUSE BILL 1519

 

AN ACT relative to the conduct of condominium unit owners' associations votes without a meeting.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Webb, Rock. 6; Rep. LeBrun, Hills. 32; Rep. Dowling, Rock. 6; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock. 25; Rep. Rouillard, Hills. 6; Rep. Baroody, Hills. 43; Rep. Tripp, Rock. 6; Rep. Ellis, Straf. 8; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides for the examination and recount of a condominium unit owners' association vote taken without a meeting.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

6Mar2018... 0722h 18-2307

10/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to the conduct of condominium unit owners' associations votes without a meeting.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Paragraph; Condominiums; Voting by Ballot.  Amend RSA 356-B:39-a by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V.  All ballots cast in an association vote under this section shall be counted using a tally sheet for the vote.  If more than one ballot item was voted on, the board may elect to keep a   corresponding tally sheet for each ballot item.  The ballots and tally sheets shall be made available for examination and recount, by request of any owner participating in the vote, immediately following announcement of the results of the vote taken.  During any examination and recount one or more members of the board of directors and at least one additional owner shall be present.  The ballots shall be examined and tallied to verify that the count and announced result was correct.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.