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Therefore it is unnecessary for me to sign Senate Bill

582.

Sincerely,
Harry Hughes
Governor

AN ACT concerning

Senate Bill No. 587

Condominiums

FOR the purpose of specifying certain rights, duties,

    responsibilities, and liabilities of lenders, unit

    owners, developers, and other persons and organizations

having interests in condominiums; specifying powers and

responsibilities of a condominium association,

condominium council of unit owners, and condominium

board of directors; specifying certain conditions of

sale of certain condominium units; specifying rights

and duties of buyers and sellers of condominium units;

changing the percentage of vote needed to make certain

changes in documents relating to condominiums and the

rights and responsibilities of certain persons and

organizations having an interest in a condominium;

altering procedures and recordkeeping related to

condominiums; creating a State agency within the

Department of Licensing and Regulation to be known as

"The Maryland Condominium Administration"; specifying

the agency's powers and duties; creating an advisory

board to the agency; providing for the effect of The
Regulatory Programs Evaluation Act of 1978; and

generally relating to a revision of the State laws
pertaining to condominiums. changing the time before
conversion of property to a condominium regime a tenant
must be notified; changing the required percentage of
unit owners for amending the bylaws; changing the right
of a council of unit owners to terminate certain
contracts; providing that a vendor of a previously sold

unit provide certain materials to a purchaser;

clarifying and enlarging certain powers of a council of
unit owners; and generally relating to the
administration, sale, and purchase of condominiums.

Honorable James Clark, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House

May 29, 1979