Plain English Breakdown
The source text is truncated at the end regarding existing law on state taxes, leaving that section incomplete.
AB-21: Rules for HOA Meetings and Management
This bill changes how homeowners associations must notify members about rule changes, restricts board communications outside of meetings, requires meeting recordings, updates minute requirements, and adjusts voting rules for operating rule amendments.
What This Bill Does
- Requires boards to send individual notices about proposed rule changes using the member's preferred delivery method instead of general notice.
- Prohibits a majority of board members from discussing or deciding business items outside of official meetings through any form of communication, directly or indirectly.
- Mandates that meeting agendas include instructions on how members can get agenda packets and sets rules for boards to respond to these requests.
- Requires open session meetings to be recorded with audio or video, making those recordings available to members like written minutes.
- Eliminates fees for electronically distributed meeting minutes while requiring them to list the date, time, and quorum status of the meeting.
- Removes the requirement that changes to operating rules must use a secret ballot vote.
Who It Names or Affects
- Boards of directors in common interest developments such as condominiums or homeowners associations.
- Members living within these communities who receive notices and attend meetings.
- Courts handling disputes over board meeting violations, including small claims courts.
Terms To Know
- Common interest development
- A type of housing community like a condominium or planned unit where owners share common areas and are governed by an association.
- Executive session
- A private part of a board meeting held to discuss specific matters like litigation, which is not open to all members.
- Quorum
- The minimum number of directors that must be present at a meeting for the board to legally make decisions.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official source material does not state an effective date, so it is unclear when these rules will begin.
- The provided text regarding existing law requirements on states and taxes ends abruptly and appears incomplete.