No. HB 1541
Filed under Housing.
Use of Audioconferencing by Community Associations; Defines "audio conference"; revises list of official records that condominium association is required to maintain to include audio conference recordings; revises association meeting requirements & authorizing associations to use audioconferencing, in addition to videoconferencing, or to use both; revises emergency powers of condominium, residential cooperative, & homeowners' associations to include power to conduct meetings & elections via audioconferencing; revises quorum requirements for residential cooperative association meetings to include audioconferencing.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDCommunity associations may now conduct board, committee, and owner meetings by audio conference, video conference, or both, expanding beyond the prior video-only option.
Audio conference recordings become official records that associations must maintain, adding a new record-keeping duty alongside existing video recording requirements.
Participants joining by audio conference count toward quorum and may vote as if physically present, provided a speaker is available for in-person attendees to hear them.
Meeting notices must state the format and include a hyperlink and conference telephone number so unit owners can attend remotely.
AIPermits board, committee, and unit owner meetings to be held by audio conference, video conference, or both, expanding beyond the prior video-only option.
AIRequires associations to maintain audio conference recordings as official records, adding a new record-keeping duty alongside existing video recording requirements.
AIAllows board and committee members participating by audio conference to count toward quorum and vote as if physically present, with a speaker required so in-person attendees can hear them.
AIAuthorizes associations to conduct meetings via audioconferencing, in addition to videoconferencing, or both.
AIRevises quorum requirements for residential cooperative association meetings to include participation via audioconferencing.
AIAuthorizes condominium, cooperative, and homeowners' associations to conduct board meetings, elections, and membership meetings by audio conference during declared emergencies.
AIRequires meeting notices to state the meeting will be via audio or video conference and include a hyperlink and conference telephone number for unit owners to attend.
AIAdds a statutory definition of "audio conference" as a real-time, audio-based meeting between two or more people in different locations using an audio-enabled device, in chapters 718, 719, and 720.