ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 286

CHAPTER 286
(Senate Bill 568)

AN ACT concerning

Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners
Associations - Electronic Transmission of Notices and Votes

FOR the purpose of authorizing a cooperative housing corporation, to provide notice of
a meeting or deliver information to a member by electronic transmission if
certain conditions are met; providing that notice or delivery by electronic
transmission by a cooperative housing corporation shall be considered
ineffective if certain conditions are met; providing that the inadvertent failure to
deliver notice by electronic transmission to a member does not invalidate any
meeting or other action of the cooperative housing corporation; authorizing the
board of directors of a cooperative housing association to authorize members to
submit a vote or proxy by electronic transmission if the electronic transmission
contains certain information; prohibiting a regular or special meeting of a
council of unit owners of a condominium from being held without certain notice;
requiring that notice of special meetings of the board of directors of a council of
unit owners be given in a certain manner; requiring that certain notice be
delivered, mailed, or sent by electronic transmission if certain requirements are
met, to each unit owner; providing that only a unit owner voting in person or by
electronic transmission or a certain proxy may vote for officers and members of
the board of directors if certain requirements are met; authorizing a council of
unit owners to provide notice of a meeting or deliver information to a unit owner
by electronic transmission if certain conditions are met; providing that notice or
delivery by electronic transmission by a council of unit owners shall be
considered ineffective if certain conditions are met; providing that the
inadvertent failure to deliver notice to a unit owner by electronic transmission
does not invalidate any meeting or other action of the council of unit owners;
authorizing the board of directors of a council of unit owners to authorize unit
owners to submit a vote or proxy by electronic transmission if the electronic
transmission contains certain information; authorizing a homeowners
association to provide notice of a meeting or deliver information to a lot owner by
electronic transmission if certain conditions are met; providing that notice or
delivery by electronic transmission by a homeowners association shall be
considered ineffective if certain conditions are met; providing that the
inadvertent failure to deliver notice by electronic transmission to a lot owner
does not invalidate any meeting or other action of the homeowners association;
authorizing the board of directors or other governing body of a homeowners
association to authorize lot owners to submit a vote or proxy by electronic
transmission if the electronic transmission contains certain information;
defining certain terms; and generally relating to the authority of cooperative
housing corporations, units of council owners of condominiums, and
homeowners associations to provide notices and authorize voting by electronic
transmission.

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