ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

H.B. 878

11, 2004, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign
House Bill 878.

Very truly yours,
Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
Governor

House Bill No. 878

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;

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