CHAPTER 140

HB 501 - FINAL VERSION

 

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2017 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 501

 

AN ACT relative to access to minutes of meetings of condominium unit owner's associations.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Webb, Rock. 6; Rep. Rouillard, Hills. 6; Rep. Umberger, Carr. 2; Rep. Kotowski, Merr. 24; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock. 25; Rep. Baroody, Hills. 43; Rep. M. MacKay, Hills. 30; Rep. Forest, Hills. 18; Rep. Abbott, Ches. 1; Rep. Patten, Merr. 17; Rep. Almy, Graf. 13; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Avard, Dist 12

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the condominium board to take minutes of all meetings of the association and provide access to the minutes within 15 days of a unit owner's request.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

8Mar2017... 0396h

04/20/2017   1467s 17-0495

05/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to access to minutes of meetings of condominium unit owner's associations.

 

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

 

140:1  Meetings of Condominium Unit Owner's Associations; Minutes.  Amend RSA 356-B:37, VI to read as follows:

VI.  The secretary or other designee duly authorized by the board of directors shall take minutes of all meetings held in accordance with this section and RSA 356-B:37-c.  The board of directors shall make copies of the minutes of all meetings available to the unit owners within 60 days of the meeting or 15 days of the date such minutes are approved by the board, whichever occurs first.  The association may opt to provide the minutes electronically or publish them on the association website, in which case the owners shall be informed of the web address.   An electronic or paper copy of all meeting minutes shall be available to the unit owners for at least 3 years after the date of the meeting.  The board shall respond to a unit owner's written request for the minutes within 15 days of receipt of the request.

140:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: June 16, 2017

Effective Date: August 15, 2017