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Committee advances 'right to grow vegetable gardens' bill, narrows association limits
Summary
The House Agriculture Committee advanced H537 (draft 3.1), which prevents common‑interest associations from prohibiting vegetable gardens in exclusive‑use areas while allowing reasonable, nonprohibitive rules; the committee removed a reference to "temporary" structures and set the act to take effect on passage.
The House Agriculture Committee voted to advance H537 (draft 3.1), a bill that protects residents’ right to grow vegetable gardens in common‑interest communities while allowing associations to adopt reasonable rules on installation and maintenance. The committee agreed to a technical change removing the word "temporary" so the provision addresses erection and installation of permanent structures and to an effective date of "on passage."
The bill’s presenter, Cameron, told the committee the revised text applies the garden‑right to common‑interest communities with 12 or more units created on or before Jan. 1, 2011. "This section . . . shall apply to all common interest communities that contain 12 or more units that may be…
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