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Senate reviews bill to require notice and voting on easement, covenant changes in HOAs
Summary
Senate Bill 400 would establish notice and voting procedures for amending covenants, conditions and restrictions and clarify processes for easements and homeowners associations; supporters said it would protect property owners' rights, opponents warned it could enable obstruction and duplicate broader reform proposals.
Senator Ken Bogner told the Senate Local Government Committee that Senate Bill 400 seeks to provide due-process protections and clearer amendment procedures for residential easements, covenants, conditions and restrictions (CCRs) and homeowners associations.
"S B 400 here does two basic things," Bogner said: require notice and voting opportunities for owners affected by proposed CCR changes and provide amendment procedures when governing documents are silent.
Supporters described concrete problems they said the bill would address: late or unclear notice of proposed changes, small groups of owners adopting rules without…
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