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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill modifies provisions relating to a homeowner association's governing
11 documents.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 ▸ defines terms;
15 ▸ addresses the procedures, requirements, limitations, and enforcement mechanisms
16 that apply a request to inspect or copy association records;
17 ▸ addresses the requirements for an association to amend the association's governing
18 documents;
19 ▸ prohibits certain restrictions on the time at which an association may amend the
20 association's governing documents;
21 ▸ provides that the provisions of this bill apply regardless of when the association is
22 created; and
23 ▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
24 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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26 Other Special Clauses:
27 This bill provides a coordination clause to reconcile conflicts between this bill and
28 other legislation.
29 Utah Code Sections Affected:
30 AMENDS:
31 57-8-3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapters 95 and 152
32 57-8-7.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2014, Chapter 189
33 57-8-39, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 223
34 57-8a-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapters 95 and 152
35 57-8a-217, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 355
36 57-8a-104, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 137
37 57-8a-224, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 152
38 ENACTS:
39 57-8a-225, Utah Code Annotated 1953
40 REPEALS AND REENACTS:
41 57-8-17, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 95
42 Utah Code Sections Affected by Coordination Clause:
43 57-8-56, Utah Code Annotated 1953
44 57-8a-225, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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46 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
47 Section 1. Section 57-8-3 is amended to read:
48 57-8-3. Definitions.
49 As used in this chapter:
50 (1) "Assessment" means any charge imposed by the association, including:
51 (a) common expenses on or against a unit owner pursuant to the provisions of the
52 declaration, bylaws, or this chapter; and
53 (b) an amount that an association of unit owners assesses to a unit owner under
54 Subsection 57-8-43(9)(g).
55 (2) "Association of unit owners" means all of the unit owners:
56 (a) acting as a group in accordance with the declaration and bylaws; or
57 (b) organized as a legal entity in accordance with the declaration.
58 (3) "Building" means a building, containing units, and comprising a part of the
59 property.
60 (4) "Commercial condominium project" means a condominium project that has no
61 residential units within the project.
62 (5) "Common areas and facilities" unless otherwise provided in the declaration or
63 lawful amendments to the declaration means:
64 (a) the land included within the condominium project, whether leasehold or in fee
65 simple;
66 (b) the foundations, columns, girders, beams, supports, main walls, roofs, halls,
67 corridors, lobbies, stairs, stairways, fire escapes, entrances, and exits of the building;
68 (c) the basements, yards, gardens, parking areas, and storage spaces;
69 (d) the premises for lodging of janitors or persons in charge of the property;
70 (e) installations of central services such as power, light, gas, hot and cold water,
71 heating, refrigeration, air conditioning, and incinerating;
72 (f) the elevators, tanks, pumps, motors, fans, compressors, ducts, and in general all
73 apparatus and installations existing for common use;
74 (g) such community and commercial facilities as may be provided for in the
75 declaration; and
76 (h) all other parts of the property necessary or convenient to its existence, maintenance,
77 and safety, or normally in common use.
78 (6) "Common expenses" means:
79 (a) all sums lawfully assessed against the unit owners;
80 (b) expenses of administration, maintenance, repair, or replacement of the common
81 areas and facilities;
82 (c) expenses agreed upon as common expenses by the association of unit owners; and
83 (d) expenses declared common expenses by this chapter, or by the declaration or the
84 bylaws.
85 (7) "Common profits," unless otherwise provided in the declaration or lawful
86 amendments to the declaration, means the balance of all income, rents, profits, and revenues
87 from the common areas and facilities remaining after the deduction of the common expenses.
88 (8) "Condominium" means the ownership of a single unit in a multiunit project
89 together with an undivided interest in common in the common areas and facilities of the
90 property.
91 (9) "Condominium plat" means a plat or plats of survey of land and units prepared in
92 accordance with Section 57-8-13.
93 (10) "Condominium project" means a real estate condominium project; a plan or
94 project whereby two or more units, whether contained in existing or proposed apartments,
95 commercial or industrial buildings or structures, or otherwise, are separately offered or
96 proposed to be offered for sale. Condominium project also means the property when the
97 context so requires.
98 (11) "Condominium unit" means a unit together with the undivided interest in the
99 common areas and facilities appertaining to that unit. Any reference in this chapter to a
100 condominium unit includes both a physical unit together with its appurtenant undivided interest
101 in the common areas and facilities and a time period unit together with its appurtenant
102 undivided interest, unless the reference is specifically limited to a time period unit.
103 (12) "Contractible condominium" means a condominium project from which one or
104 more portions of the land within the project may be withdrawn in accordance with provisions
105 of the declaration and of this chapter. If the withdrawal can occur only by the expiration or
106 termination of one or more leases, then the condominium project is not a contractible
107 condominium within the meaning of this chapter.
108 (13) "Convertible land" means a building site which is a portion of the common areas
109 and facilities, described by metes and bounds, within which additional units or limited common
110 areas and facilities may be created in accordance with this chapter.
111 (14) "Convertible space" means a portion of the structure within the condominium
112 project, which portion may be converted into one or more units or common areas and facilities,
113 including limited common areas and facilities in accordance with this chapter.
114 (15) "Declarant" means all persons who execute the declaration or on whose behalf the
115 declaration is executed. From the time of the recordation of any amendment to the declaration
116 expanding an expandable condominium, all persons who execute that amendment or on whose
117 behalf that amendment is executed shall also come within this definition. Any successors of
118 the persons referred to in this subsection who come to stand in the same relation to the
119 condominium project as their predecessors also come within this definition.
120 (16) "Declaration" means the instrument by which the property is submitted to the
121 provisions of this act, as it from time to time may be lawfully amended.
122 (17) "Expandable condominium" means a condominium project to which additional
123 land or an interest in it may be added in accordance with the declaration and this chapter.
124 (18) "Governing documents":
125 (a) means a written instrument by which an association of unit owners may:
126 (i) exercise powers; or
127 (ii) manage, maintain, or otherwise affect the property under the jurisdiction of the
128 association of unit owners; and
129 (b) includes:
130 (i) articles of incorporation;
131 (ii) bylaws;
132 (iii) a plat;
133 (iv) a declaration of covenants, conditions, and restrictions; and
134 (v) rules of the association of unit owners.
135 (19) "Independent third party" means a person that:
136 (a) is not related to the unit owner;
137 (b) shares no pecuniary interests with the unit owner; and
138 (c) purchases the unit in good faith and without the intent to defraud a current or future
139 lienholder.
140 (20) "Leasehold condominium" means a condominium project in all or any portion of
141 which each unit owner owns an estate for years in his unit, or in the land upon which that unit
142 is situated, or both, with all those leasehold interests to expire naturally at the same time. A
143 condominium project including leased land, or an interest in the land, upon which no units are
144 situated or to be situated is not a leasehold condominium within the meaning of this chapter.
145 (21) "Limited common areas and facilities" means those common areas and facilities
146 designated in the declaration as reserved for use of a certain unit or units to the exclusion of the
147 other units.
148 (22) "Majority" or "majority of the unit owners," unless otherwise provided in the
149 declaration or lawful amendments to the declaration, means the owners of more than 50% in
150 the aggregate in interest of the undivided ownership of the common areas and facilities.
151 (23) "Management committee" means the committee as provided in the declaration
152 charged with and having the responsibility and authority to make and to enforce all of the
153 reasonable rules covering the operation and maintenance of the property.
154 (24) "Mixed-use condominium project" means a condominium project that has both
155 residential and commercial units in the condominium project.
156 (25) "Par value" means a number of dollars or points assigned to each unit by the
157 declaration. Substantially identical units shall be assigned the same par value, but units located
158 at substantially different heights above the ground, or having substantially different views, or
159 having substantially different amenities or other characteristics that might result in differences
160 in market value, may be considered substantially identical within the meaning of this
161 subsection. If par value is stated in terms of dollars, that statement may not be considered to
162 reflect or control the sales price or fair market value of any unit, and no opinion, appraisal, or
163 fair market transaction at a different figure may affect the par value of any unit, or any
164 undivided interest in the common areas and facilities, voting rights in the unit owners'
165 association, liability for common expenses, or right to common profits, assigned on the basis
166 thereof.
167 (26) "Period of administrative control" means the period of control described in
168 Subsection 57-8-16.5(1).
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172 if any, all improvements and structures thereon, all easements, rights, and appurtenances
173 belonging thereto, and all articles of personal property intended for use in connection
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178 ground or floor space, within each unit as computed by reference to the record of survey map
179 and rounded off to a whole number. Certain spaces within the units including attic, basement,
180 or garage space may be omitted from the calculation or be partially discounted by the use of a
181 ratio, if the same basis of calculation is employed for all units in the condominium project and
182 if that basis is described in the declaration.
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184 specified in the declaration as a period for which a unit is separately owned and includes a
185 timeshare estate as defined in Subsection 57-19-2(19).
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187 type of independent use, including one or more rooms or spaces located in one or more floors
188 or part or parts of floors in a building or a time period unit, as the context may require. A
189 convertible space shall be treated as a unit in accordance with Subsection 57-8-13.4(3). A
190 proposed condominium unit under an expandable condominium project, not constructed, is a
191 unit two years after the date the recording requirements of Section 57-8-13.6 are met.
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193 letters designating the unit in the declaration and in the record of survey map.
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195 an undivided interest in the fee simple estate of the common areas and facilities in the
196 percentage specified and established in the declaration or, in the case of a leasehold
197 condominium project, the person or persons whose leasehold interest or interests in the
198 condominium unit extend for the entire balance of the unexpired term or terms.
199 Section 2. Section 57-8-7.5 is amended to read:
200 57-8-7.5. Reserve analysis -- Reserve fund.
201 (1) As used in this section:
202 (a) "Reserve analysis" means an analysis to determine:
203 (i) the need for a reserve fund to accumulate money to cover the cost of repairing,
204 replacing, or restoring common areas and facilities that have a useful life of three years or more
205 and a remaining useful life of less than 30 years, if the cost cannot reasonably be funded from
206 the general budget or other funds of the association of unit owners; and
207 (ii) the appropriate amount of any reserve fund.
208 (b) "Reserve fund line item" means the line item in an association of unit owners'
209 annual budget that identifies the amount to be placed into a reserve fund.
210 (2) Except as otherwise provided in the declaration, a management committee shall:
211 (a) cause a reserve analysis to be conducted no less frequently than every six years; and
212 (b) review and, if necessary, update a previously conducted reserve analysis no less
213 frequently than every three years.
214 (3) The management committee may conduct a reserve analysis itself or may engage a
215 reliable person or organization, as determined by the management committee, to conduct the
216 reserve analysis.
217 (4) A reserve fund analysis shall include:
218 (a) a list of the components identified in the reserve analysis that will reasonably
219 require reserve funds;
220 (b) a statement of the probable remaining useful life, as of the date of the reserve
221 analysis, of each component identified in the reserve analysis;
222 (c) an estimate of the cost to repair, replace, or restore each component identified in the
223 reserve analysis;
224 (d) an estimate of the total annual contribution to a reserve fund necessary to meet the
225 cost to repair, replace, or restore each component identified in the reserve analysis during the
226 component's useful life and at the end of the component's useful life; and
227 (e) a reserve funding plan that recommends how the association of unit owners may
228 fund the annual contribution described in Subsection (4)(d).
229 (5) An association of unit owners shall:
230 (a) annually provide unit owners a summary of the most recent reserve analysis or
231 update; and
232 (b) provide a copy of the complete reserve analysis or update to a unit owner who
233 requests a copy.
234 (6) In formulating its budget each year, an association of unit owners shall include a
235 reserve fund line item in:
236 (a) an amount the management committee determines, based on the reserve analysis, to
237 be prudent; or
238 (b) an amount required by the declaration, if the declaration requires an amount higher
239 than the amount determined under Subsection (6)(a).
240 (7) (a) Within 45 days after the day on which an association of unit owners adopts its
241 annual budget, the unit owners may veto the reserve fund line item by a 51% vote of the
242 allocated voting interests in the association of unit owners at a special meeting called by the
243 unit owners for the purpose of voting whether to veto a reserve fund line item.
244 (b) If the unit owners veto a reserve fund line item under Subsection (7)(a) and a
245 reserve fund line item exists in a previously approved annual budget of the association of unit
246 owners that was not vetoed, the association of unit owners shall fund the reserve account in
247 accordance with that prior reserve fund line item.
248 (8) (a) Subject to Subsection (8)(b), if an association of unit owners does not comply
249 with the requirements of Subsection (5), (6), or (7) and fails to remedy the noncompliance
250 within the time specified in Subsection (8)(c), a unit owner may file an action in state court for:
251 (i) injunctive relief requiring the association of unit owners to comply with the
252 requirements of Subsection (5), (6), or (7);
253 (ii) $500 or actual damages, whichever is greater;
254 (iii) any other remedy provided by law; and
255 (iv) reasonable costs and attorney fees.
256 (b) No fewer than 90 days before the day on which a unit owner files a complaint under
257 Subsection (8)(a), the unit owner shall deliver written notice described in Subsection (8)(c) to
258 the association of unit owners.
259 (c) A notice under Subsection (8)(b) shall state:
260 (i) the requirement in Subsection (5), (6), or (7) with which the association of unit
261 owners has failed to comply;
262 (ii) a demand that the association of unit owners come into compliance with the
263 requirements; and
264 (iii) a date, no fewer than 90 days after the day on which the unit owner delivers the
265 notice, by which the association of unit owners shall remedy its noncompliance.
266 (d) In a case filed under Subsection (8)(a), a court may order an association of unit
267 owners to produce the summary of the reserve analysis or the complete reserve analysis on an
268 expedited basis and at the association of unit owners' expense.
269 (9) (a) A management committee may not use money in a reserve fund:
270 (i) for daily maintenance expenses, unless a majority of the members of the association
271 of unit owners vote to approve the use of reserve fund money for that purpose; or
272 (ii) for any purpose other than the purpose for which the reserve fund was established.
273 (b) A management committee shall maintain a reserve fund separate from other funds
274 of the association of unit owners.
275 (c) This Subsection (9) may not be construed to limit a management committee from
276 prudently investing money in a reserve fund, subject to any investment constraints imposed by
277 the declaration.
278 (10) Subsections (2) through (9) do not apply to an association of unit owners during
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280 (11) This section applies to each association of unit owners, regardless of when the
281 association of unit owners was created.
282 Section 3. Section 57-8-17 is repealed and reenacted to read:
283 57-8-17. Records -- Availability for examination.
284 (1) (a) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), an association of unit owners shall keep and make
285 documents available to unit owners in accordance with Sections 16-6a-1601 through 1603,
286 16-6a-1605, 16-6a-1606, and 16-6a-1610, regardless of whether the association of unit owners
287 is incorporated under Title 16, Chapter 6a, Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act.
288 (b) An association of unit owners may redact the following information from any
289 document the association of unit owners produces for inspection or copying:
290 (i) a Social Security number;
291 (ii) a bank account number; and
292 (iii) any communication subject to attorney-client privilege.
293 (2) (a) In addition to the requirements described in Subsection (1), an association of
294 unit owners shall make documents available to unit owners in accordance with the association
295 of unit owners' governing documents.
296 (b) If a provision of an association of unit owners' governing documents conflicts with
297 a provision of this section, the provision of this section governs.
298 (3) In a request to inspect or copy documents, a unit owner may:
299 (a) elect whether to inspect or copy the documents;
300 (b) if the unit owner elects to copy the documents, request hard copies or electronic
301 scans of the documents; or
302 (c) subject to Subsection (4), request that:
303 (i) the association of unit owners make the copies or electronic scans of the requested
304 documents;
305 (ii) a recognized third party duplicating service make the copies or electronic scans of
306 the requested documents; or
307 (iii) the unit owner bring any necessary imaging equipment to the place of inspection
308 and make copies or electronic scans of the documents while inspecting the documents.
309 (4) (a) An association of unit owners shall comply with a request described in
310 Subsection (3).
311 (b) If an association of unit owners produces the copies or electronic scans:
312 (i) the copies or electronic scans shall be legible and accurate; and
313 (ii) the unit owner shall pay the association of unit owners the reasonable cost of the
314 copies or electronic scans, which may not exceed:
315 (A) the actual cost that the association of unit owners paid to a recognized third party
316 duplicating service to make the copies or electronic scans; or
317 (B) if an employee, manager, or other agent of the association of unit owners makes the
318 copies or electronic scans, 10 cents per page and $15 per hour for the employee's, manager's, or
319 other agent's time making the copies or electronic scans.
320 (c) If a unit owner requests a recognized third party duplicating service make the copies
321 or electronic scans:
322 (i) the association of unit owners shall arrange for the delivery and pick up of the
323 original documents; and
324 (ii) the unit owner shall pay the duplicating service directly.
325 (d) If a unit owner requests to bring imaging equipment to the inspection, the
326 association of unit owners shall provide the necessary space, light, and power for the imaging
327 equipment.
328 (5) If, in response to a unit owner's request to inspect or copy documents, an
329 association of unit owners fails to comply with a provision of this section, the association of
330 unit owners shall pay:
331 (a) the reasonable costs of inspecting and copying the requested documents; and
332 (b) reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred by the unit owner in obtaining the
333 inspection and copies of the requested documents.
334 (6) (a) In addition to any remedy in the association of unit owners' governing
335 documents or as otherwise provided by law, a unit owner may file an action in court under this
336 section if:
337 (i) an association of unit owners fails to make documents available to the unit owner in
338 accordance with this section, the association of unit owners' governing documents, or as
339 otherwise provided by law; and
340 (ii) the association of unit owners fails to timely comply with a notice described in
341 Subsection (6)(d).
342 (b) In an action described in Subsection (6)(a):
343 (i) the unit owner may request:
344 (A) injunctive relief requiring the association of unit owners to comply with the
345 provisions of this section;
346 (B) $500 or actual damage, whichever is greater; or
347 (C) any other relief provided by law; and
348 (ii) the court shall award costs and reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party,
349 including any reasonable attorney fees incurred before the action was filed that relate to the
350 request that is the subject of the action.
351 (c) (i) In an action described in Subsection (6)(a), upon motion by the unit owner,
352 notice to the association of unit owners, and a hearing in which the court finds a likelihood that
353 the association of unit owners failed to comply with a provision of this section, the court shall
354 order the association of unit owners to immediately comply with the provision.
355 (ii) The court shall hold a hearing described in Subsection (6)(c)(i) within 30 days after
356 the day on which the unit owner files the motion.
357 (d) At least 10 days before the day on which a unit owner files an action described in
358 Subsection (6)(a), the unit owner shall deliver a written notice to the association of unit owners
359 that states:
360 (i) the unit owner's name, address, telephone number, and email address;
361 (ii) each requirement of this section with which the association of unit owners has
362 failed to comply;
363 (iii) a demand that the association of unit owners comply with each requirement with
364 which the association of unit owners has failed to comply; and
365 (iv) a date by which the association of unit owners shall remedy the association of unit
366 owners' noncompliance that is at least 10 days after the day on which the unit owner delivers
367 the notice to the association of unit owners.
368 (7) (a) The provisions of Section 16-6a-1604 do not apply to an association of unit
369 owners.
370 (b) The provisions of this section apply regardless of any conflicting provision in Title
371 16, Chapter 6a, Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act.
372 Section 4. Section 57-8-39 is amended to read:
373 57-8-39. Limitation on requirements for amending governing documents --
374 Limitation on contracts.
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381 (1) (a) (i) To amend the governing documents, the governing documents may not
382 require:
383 (A) for an amendment adopted after the period of administrative control, the vote or
384 approval of unit owners with more than 67% of the voting interests;
385 (B) the approval of any specific unit owner; or
386 (C) the vote or approval of lien holders holding more than 67% of the first position
387 security interests secured by a mortgage or trust deed in the association of unit owners.
388 (ii) Any provision in the governing documents that prohibits a vote or approval to
389 amend any part of the governing documents during a particular time period is invalid.
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396 or snow removal executed on behalf of the association of unit owners during a period of
397 administrative control is binding beyond the period of administrative control unless terminated
398 by the board of directors after the period of administrative control ends.
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400 utilities, cable services, and other similar services that require an investment of infrastructure
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402 (3) Voting interests under Subsection (1) are calculated in the manner required by the
403 governing documents.
404 (4) Nothing in this section affects any other rights reserved by the declarant.
405 (5) This section applies to an association of unit owners regardless of when the
406 association of unit owners is created.
407 Section 5. Section 57-8a-102 is amended to read:
408 57-8a-102. Definitions.
409 As used in this chapter:
410 (1) (a) "Assessment" means a charge imposed or levied:
411 (i) by the association;
412 (ii) on or against a lot or a lot owner; and
413 (iii) pursuant to a governing document recorded with the county recorder.
414 (b) "Assessment" includes:
415 (i) a common expense; and
416 (ii) an amount assessed against a lot owner under Subsection 57-8a-405(7).
417 (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), "association" means a corporation or
418 other legal entity, any member of which:
419 (i) is an owner of a residential lot located within the jurisdiction of the association, as
420 described in the governing documents; and
421 (ii) by virtue of membership or ownership of a residential lot is obligated to pay:
422 (A) real property taxes;
423 (B) insurance premiums;
424 (C) maintenance costs; or
425 (D) for improvement of real property not owned by the member.
426 (b) "Association" or "homeowner association" does not include an association created
427 under Title 57, Chapter 8, Condominium Ownership Act.
428 (3) "Board of directors" or "board" means the entity, regardless of name, with primary
429 authority to manage the affairs of the association.
430 (4) "Common areas" means property that the association:
431 (a) owns;
432 (b) maintains;
433 (c) repairs; or
434 (d) administers.
435 (5) "Common expense" means costs incurred by the association to exercise any of the
436 powers provided for in the association's governing documents.
437 (6) "Declarant":
438 (a) means the person who executes a declaration and submits it for recording in the
439 office of the recorder of the county in which the property described in the declaration is
440 located; and
441 (b) includes the person's successor and assign.
442 (7) (a) "Governing documents" means a written instrument by which the association
443 may:
444 (i) exercise powers; or
445 (ii) manage, maintain, or otherwise affect the property under the jurisdiction of the
446 association.
447 (b) "Governing documents" includes:
448 (i) articles of incorporation;
449 (ii) bylaws;
450 (iii) a plat;
451 (iv) a declaration of covenants, conditions, and restrictions; and
452 (v) rules of the association.
453 (8) "Independent third party" means a person that:
454 (a) is not related to the owner of the residential lot;
455 (b) shares no pecuniary interests with the owner of the residential lot; and
456 (c) purchases the residential lot in good faith and without the intent to defraud a current
457 or future lienholder.
458 (9) "Judicial foreclosure" means a foreclosure of a lot:
459 (a) for the nonpayment of an assessment; and
460 (b) (i) in the manner provided by law for the foreclosure of a mortgage on real
461 property; and
462 (ii) as provided in Part 3, Collection of Assessments.
463 (10) "Lease" or "leasing" means regular, exclusive occupancy of a lot:
464 (a) by a person or persons other than the owner; and
465 (b) for which the owner receives a consideration or benefit, including a fee, service,
466 gratuity, or emolument.
467 (11) "Limited common areas" means common areas described in the declaration and
468 allocated for the exclusive use of one or more lot owners.
469 (12) "Lot" means:
470 (a) a lot, parcel, plot, or other division of land:
471 (i) designated for separate ownership or occupancy; and
472 (ii) (A) shown on a recorded subdivision plat; or
473 (B) the boundaries of which are described in a recorded governing document; or
474 (b) (i) a unit in a condominium association if the condominium association is a part of
475 a development; or
476 (ii) a unit in a real estate cooperative if the real estate cooperative is part of a
477 development.
478 (13) "Mixed-use project" means a project under this chapter that has both residential
479 and commercial lots in the project.
480 (14) "Nonjudicial foreclosure" means the sale of a lot:
481 (a) for the nonpayment of an assessment; and
482 (b) (i) in the same manner as the sale of trust property under Sections 57-1-19 through
483 57-1-34; and
484 (ii) as provided in Part 3, Collection of Assessments.
485 (15) "Period of administrative control" mean the period during which the person who
486 filed the association's governing documents or the person's successor in interest retains
487 authority to:
488 (a) appoint or remove members of the association's board of directors; or
489 (b) exercise power or authority assigned to the association under the association's
490 governing documents.
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492 or otherwise to primarily residential or recreational purposes.
493 Section 6. Section 57-8a-104 is amended to read:
494 57-8a-104. Limitation on requirements for amending governing documents --
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509 (1) (a) (i) To amend the governing documents, the governing documents may not
510 require:
511 (A) for an amendment adopted after the period of administrative control, the vote or
512 approval of lot owners with more than 67% of the voting interests;
513 (B) the approval of any specific lot owner; or
514 (C) the vote or approval of lien holders holding more than 67% of the first position
515 security interests secured by a mortgage or trust deed in the association.
516 (ii) Any provision in the governing documents that prohibits a vote or approval to
517 amend any part of the governing documents during a particular time period is invalid.
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522 or snow removal executed on behalf of the association during a period of administrative control
523 is binding beyond the period of administrative control unless terminated by the board of
524 directors after the period of administrative control ends.
525 (b) Subsection [
526 utilities, cable services, and other similar services that require an investment of infrastructure
527 or capital.
528 [
529 in the manner required by the governing documents.
530 [
531 filed the association's original governing documents or a successor in interest.
532 (5) This section applies to an association regardless of when the association is created.
533 Section 7. Section 57-8a-217 is amended to read:
534 57-8a-217. Association rules, including design criteria -- Requirements and
535 limitations relating to board's action on rules and design criteria -- Vote of disapproval.
536 (1) (a) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), a board may adopt, amend, modify, cancel, limit,
537 create exceptions to, expand, or enforce the rules and design criteria of the association.
538 (b) A board's action under Subsection (1)(a) is subject to:
539 (i) this section;
540 (ii) any limitation that the declaration imposes on the authority stated in Subsection
541 (1)(a);
542 (iii) the limitation on rules in Sections 57-8a-218 and 57-8a-219;
543 (iv) the board's duty to exercise business judgment on behalf of:
544 (A) the association; and
545 (B) the lot owners in the association; and
546 (v) the right of the lot owners or declarant to disapprove the action under Subsection
547 (4).
548 (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), before adopting, amending, modifying,
549 canceling, limiting, creating exceptions to, or expanding the rules and design criteria of the
550 association, the board shall:
551 (a) at least 15 days before the board will meet to consider a change to a rule or design
552 criterion, deliver notice to lot owners, as provided in Section 57-8a-214, that the board is
553 considering a change to a rule or design criterion;
554 (b) provide an open forum at the board meeting giving lot owners an opportunity to be
555 heard at the board meeting before the board takes action under Subsection (1)(a); and
556 (c) deliver a copy of the change in the rules or design criteria approved by the board to
557 the lot owners as provided in Section 57-8a-214 within 15 days after the date of the board
558 meeting.
559 (3) (a) Subject to Subsection (3)(b), a board may adopt a rule without first giving
560 notice to the lot owners under Subsection (2) if there is an imminent risk of harm to a common
561 area, a limited common area, a lot owner, an occupant of a lot, a lot, or a dwelling.
562 (b) The board shall provide notice under Subsection (2) to the lot owners of a rule
563 adopted under Subsection (3)(a).
564 (4) A board action in accordance with Subsections (1), (2), and (3) is disapproved if
565 within 60 days after the date of the board meeting where the action was taken:
566 (a) (i) there is a vote of disapproval by at least 51% of all the allocated voting interests
567 of the lot owners in the association; and
568 (ii) the vote is taken at a special meeting called for that purpose by the lot owners
569 under the declaration, articles, or bylaws; or
570 (b) (i) the declarant delivers to the board a writing of disapproval; and
571 (ii) (A) the declarant is within the period of [
572 (B) for an expandable project, the declarant has the right to add real estate to the
573 project.
574 (5) (a) The board has no obligation to call a meeting of the lot owners to consider
575 disapproval, unless lot owners submit a petition, in the same manner as the declaration,
576 articles, or bylaws provide for a special meeting, for the meeting to be held.
577 (b) Upon the board receiving a petition under Subsection (5)(a), the effect of the
578 board's action is:
579 (i) stayed until after the meeting is held; and
580 (ii) subject to the outcome of the meeting.
581 (6) During the period of administrative control, a declarant may exempt the declarant
582 from association rules and the rulemaking procedure under this section if the declaration
583 reserves to the declarant the right to exempt the declarant.
584 Section 8. Section 57-8a-224 is amended to read:
585 57-8a-224. Responsibility for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of
586 common area and lots.
587 (1) As used in this section:
588 (a) "Emergency repair" means a repair that, if not made in a timely manner, will likely
589 result in immediate and substantial damage to a common area or to another lot.
590 (b) "Reasonable notice" means:
591 (i) written notice that is hand delivered to the lot at least 24 hours before the proposed
592 entry; or
593 (ii) in the case of an emergency repair, notice that is reasonable under the
594 circumstances.
595 (2) Except as otherwise provided in the declaration or Part 4, Insurance:
596 (a) an association is responsible for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of
597 common areas; and
598 (b) a lot owner is responsible for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of the lot
599 owner's lot.
600 (3) After reasonable notice to the occupant of the lot being entered, the board may
601 access a lot:
602 (a) from time to time during reasonable hours, as necessary for the maintenance, repair,
603 or replacement of any of the common areas; or
604 (b) for making an emergency repair.
605 (4) (a) An association is liable to repair damage it causes to the common areas or to a
606 lot the association uses to access the common areas.
607 (b) An association shall repair damage described in Subsection (4)(a) within a time that
608 is reasonable under the circumstances.
609 (5) Subsections (2), (3), and (4) do not apply during the period of administrative
610 control [
611 Section 9. Section 57-8a-225 is enacted to read:
612 57-8a-225. Records -- Availability for examination.
613 (1) (a) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), an association shall keep and make documents
614 available to lot owners in accordance with Sections 16-6a-1601 through 1603, 16-6a-1605,
615 16-6a-1606, and 16-6a-1610, regardless of whether the association is incorporated under Title
616 16, Chapter 6a, Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act.
617 (b) An association may redact the following information from any document the
618 association produces for inspection or copying:
619 (i) a Social Security number;
620 (ii) a bank account number; and
621 (iii) any communication subject to attorney-client privilege.
622 (2) (a) In addition to the requirements described in Subsection (1), an association shall
623 make documents available to lot owners in accordance with the association's governing
624 documents.
625 (b) If a provision of an association's governing documents conflicts with a provision of
626 this section, the provision of this section governs.
627 (3) In a request to inspect or copy documents, a lot owner may:
628 (a) elect whether to inspect or copy the documents;
629 (b) if the lot owner elects to copy the documents, request hard copies or electronic
630 scans of the documents; or
631 (c) subject to Subsection (4), request that:
632 (i) the association make the copies or electronic scans of the requested documents;
633 (ii) a recognized third party duplicating service make the copies or electronic scans of
634 the requested documents; or
635 (iii) the lot owner bring any necessary imaging equipment to the place of inspection
636 and make copies or electronic scans of the documents while inspecting the documents.
637 (4) (a) An association shall comply with a request described in Subsection (3).
638 (b) If an association produces the copies or electronic scans:
639 (i) the copies or electronic scans shall be legible and accurate; and
640 (ii) the lot owner shall pay the association the reasonable cost of the copies or
641 electronic scans, which may not exceed:
642 (A) the actual cost that the association paid to a recognized third party duplicating
643 service to make the copies or electronic scans; or
644 (B) if an employee, manager, or other agent of the association makes the copies or
645 electronic scans, 10 cents per page and $15 per hour for the employee's, manager's, or other
646 agent's time making the copies or electronic scans.
647 (c) If a lot owner requests a recognized third party duplicating service make the copies
648 or electronic scans:
649 (i) the association shall arrange for the delivery and pick up of the original documents;
650 and
651 (ii) the lot owner shall pay the duplicating service directly.
652 (d) If a lot owner requests to bring imaging equipment to the inspection, the association
653 shall provide the necessary space, light, and power for the imaging equipment.
654 (5) If, in response to a lot owner's request to inspect or copy documents, an association
655 fails to comply with a provision of this section, the association shall pay:
656 (a) the reasonable costs of inspecting and copying the requested documents; and
657 (b) reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred by the lot owner in obtaining the
658 inspection and copies of the requested documents.
659 (6) (a) In addition to any remedy in the association's governing documents or otherwise
660 provided by law, a lot owner may file an action in court under this section if:
661 (i) an association fails to make documents available to the lot owner in accordance
662 with this section, the association's governing documents, or as otherwise provided by law; and
663 (ii) the association fails to timely comply with a notice described in Subsection (6)(d).
664 (b) In an action described in Subsection (6)(a):
665 (i) the lot owner may request:
666 (A) injunctive relief requiring the association to comply with the provisions of this
667 section;
668 (B) $500 or actual damage, whichever is greater; or
669 (C) any other relief provided by law; and
670 (ii) the court shall award costs and reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party,
671 including any reasonable attorney fees incurred before the action was filed that relate to the
672 request that is the subject of the action.
673 (c) (i) In an action described in Subsection (6)(a), upon motion by the lot owner, notice
674 to the association, and a hearing in which the court finds a likelihood that the association failed
675 to comply with a provision of this section, the court shall order the association to immediately
676 comply with the provision.
677 (ii) The court shall hold a hearing described in Subsection (6)(c)(i) within 30 days after
678 the day on which the lot owner files the motion.
679 (d) At least 10 days before the day on which a lot owner files an action described in
680 Subsection (6)(a), the lot owner shall deliver a written notice to the association that states:
681 (i) the lot owner's name, address, telephone number, and email address;
682 (ii) each requirement of this section with which the association has failed to comply;
683 (iii) a demand that the association comply with each requirement with which the
684 association has failed to comply; and
685 (iv) a date by which the association shall remedy the association's noncompliance that
686 is at least 10 days after the day on which the lot owner delivers the notice to the association.
687 (7) (a) The provisions of Section 16-6a-1604 do not apply to an association.
688 (b) The provisions of this section apply regardless of any conflicting provision in Title
689 16, Chapter 6a, Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act.
690 Section 10. Coordinating S.B. 118 with H.B. 99 -- Substantive amendment.
691 If this S.B. 118 and H.B. 99, Association Open Meeting Amendments, both pass and
692 become law, the Legislature intends that the Office of Legislative Research and General
693 Counsel, in preparing the Utah Code database for publication, on July 1, 2015:
694 (1) enact a new Subsection 57-8-56(8) to read:
695 "(8) (a) Subject to Subsection (8)(d), if an association of unit owners fails to comply
696 with a provision of Subsections (1) through (4) and fails to remedy the noncompliance during
697 the 90-day period described in Subsection (8)(d), a unit owner may file an action in court for:
698 (i) injunctive relief requiring the association of unit owners to comply with the
699 provisions of Subsections (1) through (4);
700 (ii) $500 or actual damages, whichever is greater; or
701 (iii) any other relief provided by law.
702 (b) In an action described in Subsection (8)(a), the court may award costs and
703 reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party.
704 (c) Upon motion from the unit owner, notice to the association of unit owners, and a
705 hearing in which the court finds a likelihood that the association of unit owners has failed to
706 comply with a provision of Subsections (1) through (4), the court may order the association of
707 unit owners to immediately comply with the provisions of Subsections (1) through (4).
708 (d) At least 90 days before the day on which a unit owner files an action described in
709 Subsection (8)(a), the unit owner shall deliver a written notice to the association of unit owners
710 that states:
711 (i) the unit owner's name, address, telephone number, and email address;
712 (ii) each requirement of Subsections (1) through (4) with which the association of unit
713 owners has failed to comply;
714 (iii) a demand that the association of unit owners comply with each requirement with
715 which the association of unit owners has failed to comply; and
716 (iv) a date by which the association of unit owners shall remedy the association of unit
717 owners' noncompliance that is at least 90 days after the day on which the unit owner delivers
718 the notice to the association of unit owners."; and
719 (2) enact a new Subsection 57-8a-225(8) in H.B. 99 to read:
720 "(8) (a) Subject to Subsection (8)(d), if an association fails to comply with a provision
721 of Subsections (1) through (4) and fails to remedy the noncompliance during the 90-day period
722 described in Subsection (8)(d), a lot owner may file an action in court for:
723 (i) injunctive relief requiring the association to comply with the provisions of
724 Subsections (1) through (4);
725 (ii) $500 or actual damages, whichever is greater; or
726 (iii) any other relief provided by law.
727 (b) In an action described in Subsection (8)(a), the court may award costs and
728 reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party.
729 (c) Upon motion from the lot owner, notice to the association, and a hearing in which
730 the court finds a likelihood that the association has failed to comply with a provision of
731 Subsections (1) through (4), the court may order the association to immediately comply with
732 the provisions of Subsections (1) through (4).
733 (d) At least 90 days before the day on which a lot owner files an action described in
734 Subsection (8)(a), the lot owner shall deliver a written notice to the association that states:
735 (i) the lot owner's name, address, telephone number, and email address;
736 (ii) each requirement of Subsections (1) through (4) with which the association has
737 failed to comply;
738 (iii) a demand that the association comply with each requirement with which the
739 association has failed to comply; and
740 (iv) a date by which the association shall remedy the association's noncompliance that
741 is at least 90 days after the day on which the lot owner delivers the notice to the association."