<section number="57-8a-215"><effdate>5/6/2026</effdate><histories><history>Amended by Chapter <modchap sess="2026GS">62</modchap>, 2026 General Session</history><modyear>2026</modyear></histories><catchline>Budget.</catchline><subsection number="57-8a-215(1)">At least once annually the board shall prepare and adopt a budget for the association.</subsection><subsection number="57-8a-215(2)">The board shall present the adopted budget to association members at a meeting of the members.</subsection><subsection number="57-8a-215(3)">A budget is disapproved if within 45 days after the date of the meeting under Subsection <xref depth="4" refid="C57-8a-S215_1800010118000101" refnumber="57-8a-215(2)" start="0">(2)</xref> at which the board presents the adopted budget:<subsection number="57-8a-215(3)(a)">there is a vote of disapproval by at least 51% of all the allocated voting interests of the lot owners in the association; and</subsection><subsection number="57-8a-215(3)(b)">the vote is taken at a special meeting called for that purpose by lot owners under the declaration, articles, or bylaws.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="57-8a-215(4)">If a budget is disapproved under Subsection <xref depth="4" refid="C57-8a-S215_1800010118000101" refnumber="57-8a-215(3)" start="0">(3)</xref> or not adopted under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="57-8a-215(1)">(1)</xref>, then the budget that the board last adopted continues as the budget until the board prepares and adopts a new budget for the association.</subsection></section>