LIVE FREE OR DIE LEGAL
This website is not an official source of law. This website does not provide legal advice. For official legal materials, verify against the relevant court, legislature, agency, or other official source. Legal information may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrectly processed. Consult a qualified attorney for advice about a specific legal matter.

This page is an unofficial LFoD record and is not legal advice. Verify the document against the official source before relying on it.

HB501: relative to access to minutes of meetings of condominium unit owner's associations.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2017 HB501
Official source

Bill details

Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.

House status
Concurred
Senate status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Committee
Senate Commerce
Hearing
04/04/2017 at 01:45 PM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Commerce

Official links

CHAPTER 140

HB 501 - FINAL VERSION

8Mar2017... 0396h

04/20/2017 1467s

2017 SESSION

17-0495

05/06

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

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.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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