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Condominiums - Disclosures to Unit Owners and Prohibited Provisions in Instruments by Developers (Sunset Island Act)

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Real PropertyStatus: Hearing 2/12 at 12:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Clarifying that certain provisions of law relating to closed-door meetings of a board of directors of a condominium do not allow the board to withhold or agree to withhold any information about a legal agreement to which the board is a party from the unit owners; altering the applicability of a certain provision of law concerning claims against a developer or vendor; establishing that a provision in certain instruments made by a developer that prohibits a certain disclosure to unit owners is unenforceable; etc.

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Testimony (8)

MGA witness list
FAV 5FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendments
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVElmore, KathleenMD Legislative Action CommitteeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVAbrams, StanleyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVArdinger, CynthiaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHester, SenatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMeloni, MaryIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAStraughn, KarenConsumer Protection DivisionOral + Written (PDF)
FWAElmore, KathleenMD-LAC Community Associations InstituteOral + Written (PDF)
FWAGraf, LorilobbyistMaryland Building Industry AssociationOral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWAGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association