Bill Text - SB415 (2018)

(New Title) relative to condominium unit owners' special meetings and voting proxies.


Revision: Dec. 20, 2017, 11:57 a.m.

SB 415  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2771

10/01

 

SENATE BILL 415

 

AN ACT relative to condominium unit owners' special meetings.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Morse, Dist 22; Rep. LeBrun, Hills. 32; Rep. Almy, Graf. 13; Rep. Biggie, Hills. 23; Rep. Webb, Rock. 6

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides that a duly noticed condominium unit owners' special meeting may vote on a proposal in the meeting notice.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2771

10/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to condominium unit owners' special meetings.

 

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

 

1  Condominium Unit Owners' Meetings; Special Meetings.  Amend RSA 356-B:37, II to read as follows:

II.  An association shall hold a special meeting of unit owners to address any matter affecting the unit owners or the association if its president, a majority of the board of directors, or unit owners having at least 33 percent, or any lower percentage specified in the bylaws, of the votes in the association request that the secretary call the meeting.  If the association does not notify unit owners of a special meeting within 30 days after the requisite number or percentage of unit owners request the secretary to do so, the requesting members may directly notify all the unit owners of [an informational] the special meeting, the purpose of which shall be to present the issue to fellow residents and unit owners and to vote on any proposal set forth in the meeting notice.  Only matters described in the meeting notice required by RSA 356-B:37-a may be considered at a special meeting.

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