Bill Text: NY A08185 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the board of managers of a condominium to allow unit owner meetings to be conducted via electronic means.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-06-30 - signed chap.249 [A08185 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08185-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         8185--B

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     August 25, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Housing -- recommitted to the Committee on  Housing  in  accordance
          with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation  to  authorizing  the
          board  of managers of a condominium to allow unit owner meetings to be
          conducted via electronic means

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 339-v of the real
     2  property  law, as added by chapter 82 of the laws of 1964, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (b) [Method] Methods of calling meetings  of  the  unit  owners;  what
     5  percentage  of  the unit owners, if other than a majority, shall consti-
     6  tute a quorum; and what percentage shall, consistent with the provisions
     7  of this [act] section, be necessary to adopt decisions  binding  on  all
     8  unit  owners. Meetings of unit owners may be held at such physical place
     9  as may be fixed by or under the by-laws, or if not so fixed,  as  deter-
    10  mined  by  the  board of managers.  Provided, however, that the board of
    11  managers may, in its sole discretion, determine that the meeting be held
    12  solely or partially by    means  of  electronic    communication,    the
    13  platform/service    of  which  shall  be  the  place  of the meeting for
    14  purposes of this article. Nothing  contained  in  this  paragraph  shall
    15  prohibit  a board of managers from holding a meeting at a physical place
    16  and allowing unit owners the option of attending such meeting either  at
    17  such physical place or by means of electronic communication.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11858-06-2