<section number="57-8-7.6"><effdate>5/6/2026</effdate><histories><history>Enacted by Chapter <modchap sess="2026GS">62</modchap>, 2026 General Session</history><modyear>2026</modyear></histories><catchline>Budget.</catchline><subsection number="57-8-7.6(1)">At least once annually a management committee shall prepare and adopt a budget for the association.</subsection><subsection number="57-8-7.6(2)">The management committee shall present the adopted budget to association members at a meeting of the members.</subsection><subsection number="57-8-7.6(3)">A budget is disapproved if within 45 days after the date of the meeting under Subsection (2) at which the management committee presents the adopted budget:<subsection number="57-8-7.6(3)(a)">at least 51% of all the allocated voting interests of the unit owners in the association vote to disapprove the adopted budget; and</subsection><subsection number="57-8-7.6(3)(b)">the vote is taken at a special meeting called by unit owners under the declaration, articles, or bylaws to disapprove the budget.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="57-8-7.6(4)">If a budget is disapproved under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="57-8-7.6(3)">(3)</xref> or not adopted under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="57-8-7.6(1)">(1)</xref>, the budget that the management committee last adopted continues as the budget until the management committee prepares and adopts a new budget for the association.</subsection></section>